Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Six more days of the great clearance sale, to August Ist. Chicago Bargain Store. Mrs H. E. Wade and son of Haminond. are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Yeoman, of Newton tp.,this week. and Mrs. R. H. Bowen of Putnamville, Ind., were guests of Miss Viola and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Glazebrook a few days this week. . ————. 4__ Don’t forget the grand free parade given by the Gollmar Bros. & Sch nmans 2, big shows united at 10:30 o’clock a. in. at Rensselaer, Monday, July 29. ¥. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 19; oats 32; rye 42. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 36; oats 22; rye 45. YMr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Francis and Miss Lois Robinson who have been attending the Osteopathy school at Kirksville, Mo., have returned home for their summer vacation. It is rumored that Prof. W. H. Hersh man, ex-president of schools of Newton county, has purchased an interest in the Brook Reporter and will take editorial charge of the same. A very pleasant surprise was given Mrs. Gaylord Nowels on College avenue, Thursday p. m., by the parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Nowels and the immediate neighbors in honor of her 23rd birthday.

One carload, 7,ooogallons, white crockery just received. Gallon crocks only 5 cents per gallon, which is less than they can be bought in less than carload lots. Chicago Bargain Store. ■ George Healey, manager and 10. . cal editor of the Rensselaer Republican. has made application for a position in the government printing office at Washington, and hopes to receive an appointment soon. Still another new district school bouse is to be built in Jasper county this year. This one is to be’ located on the south line of section 1. Barkley tp. Advertisement of letting appears elsewhere in this paper. Gollmar Bros. A Schumans circus showed at this place Saturday to Jarge audiences. They have the best circus on the road, the performances as a whole being better than most circuses put up. This was their second visit to this place and they left a good impression each time.-Sheffield Standard, Sheffield, 111. At Rensselaer, Monday, July 29. *>The Democrat job department issued new telephone cards for the Jasper County Telephone Co., this week. This company now has 313 phones in use in Rensselaer and amongadjacent farmers, counTry phones are free to actual subscribers to the Jasper County phones, unless otherwise noted on card. The list appears complete in another part of this paper. • Mr. John Rayburn, a former resident of Gillam township, but who for the past twenty-five years or more has been living in Kansas, has returned, together with his wife and one daughter. He has bought the Ed. Long property on Main street and being well advanced in years, he contemplates spending the balance of his days in ease and comfort.—Medaryville Advertiser. The W heatfield Telephone man thinks that the sugar beet growing business in northern Jasper will not prove a howling success. The yield is not proving satisfactory and the beets sap about all the vitality out of the land. Those who have planted corn this year on ground that grew beets last year find the latter statement to be true, and they are not anxious to try any more beet growing.

Basket Meeting. Quarterly meeting of the U. B. congregation of Green schoolhouse, will be held to-morrow at Chris Roush’s grove, northeast of Remington. An all day meeting and basket dinner will be held.