Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Do you read The Democrat? One of the attractions at Chicago to-morrow is a national league ball game —Chicago vs. Brooklyn. Six new rural routes will be established in Benton county Oct. 1. They will start from Fowler, Oxford, Boswell, Ambia, Earl Park and Talbot. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe were up in Michigan the first of the week buying peaches and pears. Their first sale took place Wednesday and Thursday. Peaches are said to be quite a good crop this year but are ripening slowly, on account of the cool weather and this season the market has not been overstocked and prices remained good.

White County Democrat: There is a good deal of complaint about poultry thieves oyer the country, but the biggest single theft that is reported comes from Wm. Kilgos, west of Reynolds. One day recently while the family were all away someone drove in with a wagon and captured and hauled away over two hundred chickens. No trace of the thieves has been discovered.

Mr.. Kitlinger, a Monon mail clerk, has moved here from Louisville, Ky., occupying Mrs. Farrie Loughridge’s cottage on North Vanßensselaer street, vacated by Mr. Stevens, clerk in Murray’s store, who has moved to Argus, where his wife's people reside. Mrs. Stevens has been confined to her bed with sickness for several months, and recently underwent an operation. At last reports she was improving.

The second annual tournament of the Rensselaer Gun Club will be held here next Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 16 and 17. There are 12 events each day for liberal purses, and a 50 target race the second day will be for a Silver Loving Cup, valued at $25, open to amateur resident shooters of Indiana, to be shot for once each year on the gun club’s grounds. This shoot will bring in a good many sportsmen and a good time is anticipated.