Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1903 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. John Eger will pay you 18c for good roll butter. Mrs. Carey Call of Duluth, Minn., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jane Platt, of this city. George Brett of Kankakee tp., was in the city on business TuesI day. Mrs. Elizabeth Purcupile is visiting relatives and friends in Akron, Ohio. * Mrs. John Berger of Huntington, was the guest of Mrs. J. F. Major Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Parker, of the firm of Rowles & Parker, was in Chicago ~ Thursday, buying new goods. W. E. Guss, who is working in the Montgomery Ward store in Chicago, spent Sunday with bis mother here. The city has been putting in a few of the much needed street crossings this week. Let the good work go on. Billy Merica has bought the Brenner restaurant on West Washington street and is now irf possession of same. The store of Samuel F. Hall of Medaryville, has been closed by the sheriff. He is said to have numerous creditors. The Rensselaer high school team went to Brook last Saturday and played the Brook high school. Score 6 to 0 in favor of Brook. Miss Bessie Speers returned to her home in Marshalltown, lowa, last Monday after a month’s visit with her friend, Miss Gail Wasson. The Barkley C. E. will give a name social at Wm. Burns’ Saturday evening, Nov. 14. Come and get a prize and a good supper. Albert Parker, aged about 42

years, died at his home in Giilam tp., Tuesday evening of typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and several children. The Billy Clark minstrels were greeted with the biggest house of the season last Friday night and gave an excellent entertainment from start to finish. * Alonzo D. Gow, a prominent resident of White county and exdemocratic county chairman, died at his home in Monticello last week, aged 52 years. Mesdames G. E. Murray, J. H. Chapman, E. P. Honan and Chas. Coen left for Ft. Wayne Thursday to attend the D. A. R. conference, returning to-day. Tom Grant has sold his lumbei yard at Rose Lawn to a lumber firm in Milwaukee, Wis., but will remain as manager of the Rose Lawn business for the present. Mt. Ayr item in Kentland Enter prise: Uncle Alfred and Aunt Jane Crisler have moved to Rensselaer, to spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs. Will Wishard. The Methodist ladies wIM hold their annual rummage sale in January. A great number of good articles are being collected and this sale will be worth waiting for. A new daughter arrived at the home of editor Kitt of the Goodland Herald a few days ago. The republican editors of this section of the state appear to be trying to “stand. in” with Roosevelt. Dr. Rose M. Remmek, optical specialist, will make her regular visit to Clark’s jewelery store, Nov. 16-21. If you have defective vision, or vour lenses need changing, consult Dr. Remmek. Drs. English and Berkley were called to Thayer Tuesday to attend J. R. Eight, formerly of this city, who was so badly injured by the breaking of a stump - puller, the details of which are told by our Fair Oaks correspondent. , Monticello Herald: Amos and William Shesler of Rensselaer attended the funeral of their oousin, Simon Shesler, at Guernsey Tuesday. Also Soott Shesler, a grandson, and who is principal of the Mexico schools, was in attendance. ' The Jasper County Telephone Co., is preparing to put in several hundred feet of cable on Washington and North Cullen street, thus dispensing with a great many wires and rendering the servioe much better in , time of severe storms.