Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Local and Personal. Corn 46c; oats, 33c. Wheat 65 cents; rye, 40 cents. Funeral cards always in stock at this office. An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office. Another dollar excursion to Chicago, to-morrow. Train schedule same as formerly. A ball game between Brook and Rensselaer ball teams took place at Riverside park Sunday afternoon; score 14 to 7 in favor of Rensselaer. Callen street is having a boom this season. There has already been built or are in course of building, eight new houses on that street alone. The Newton county council struck out the item of $40,000 for a new court house, holding it was unnecessary to make such appropriation while the case was in the supreme court. The carnival has brought into disrepute every secret or fraternal order that has had anything to do with it. It is a notable fact that the Masons, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen and other conservative and respected orders have nothing whatever to do with carnivals. Let the people of Rensselaer turn out to-day to swell the oldsettlers’ crowd. Come out and bring your baskets and take dinner on the grounds with the country visitors. Show by your actions that you would like to see “Old Settlers” made the big day in this county as it is in neighboring counties.

About four tons of stale bread is shipped every week from the Chicago bakeries to Goodiand, and sold to the farmers for feeding hogs. B. P. Davidson informs us that the traffic has been carried on for several months and that he finds bread to be the best kind of feed for fattening hogs, and also for milk co.ws. —Kentland Enterprise.