Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Com 43c; oats, 36c. “A Soldier of Commerce.” Read The Democrat for news. Y Perry Marlatt left Tuesday for a trip through the Dakotas. Misses Ethel Sharp and Nellie’ Grey are attending school at Terre Haute. >|Miss A. L. Gronberg, of Salt Lake City, Utah, is a guest of Mrs. S. C. Irwin, New subscribers to The Democrat this week by poßtoffices: Kniman, I; Aix, 1; Demotte, 1. Charles Porter, of Delphi, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Williams, here this week. Chapman has received his appointment as railway mail clerk, and will get a run as soon as there is a vacancy. A new serial, “A Soldier of Commerce,” will in The Democrat. Don’t miss the opening chapters. J. W. King, who has been confined at his home for some years with nervous prostration, is able to be about again. Wanted —A good husband; one that has no bad habits and no small children to care for. Address. P. O. Box 426, Rensselaer, Ind. The Epworth League convention of the Valpariso district, held here Monday and Thursday, was largely attended and a most interesting session was held. on. Titus E. Price, of Yankton, So. Dak., and Max Price, son of Hon. Chas. H. Price, of Remington, were guests of Surveyor M. B. Price Thursday and yesterday. .. Wm. Bums’ general store at Valma was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. A blacksmith shop near by was also burned, the The loss was about SI,BOO, which is partly covered by insurance. -s/Miss Eva Bush of Wheatfield tovmship, and Bert Vandercar of Dunnville. were Rensselaer visitors Saturday. Miss Bush took teachers’ examination and Be?t came down to see that she got ? home safe. Mr. Frank Leek and Mrs. Farrie E, Loughridge, widow of Dr. Vic Loughridge, were married at the home of the bride’s father, Geo. M. Wilcox, at Surrey, at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday, Rev. B. F. Ferguson of Rensselaer officiating. ) The Democrat man was in Chicago Monday and closed up the contract for a fine new Cotterell press which we shall install about September first. The press weighs 8,000 pounds, and with power to operate it represents an outlay of about SI,OOO. e affairs of the Home Bank at Goodland have been thrown into the bankrutcv courts, and also one of the other “busted” banks that Mr. Gilman was connected with. A despondent creditor of one of the latter banks blew his brains out a few days ago as a result of the failure. Charles Sprigg returned Monday from his Oklahoma trip. He secured the position of custodian of the new Epworth College and grounds, consisting of forty acres, at Oklahoma City, and expects to move his family there about the middle of July. The position carries a salary of SI,OOO per year. »• t - And next Monday is the 4th of July. As usual, there will be no eagle screaming in Rensselaer. Fair Ofcka, Wheatfield, Monon, Wolcott, Lowell and other towns in this vicinity will celebrate the natal day with . becoming honors, but Rensselaer prefers to c&rnivalize the the people, it seems, and no entertainment at all will be provided here. -4-W. H. Robertson, former editor of the defunct Wheatfield TeleShone, came down from Hammond aturday and was an onlooker at the representative convention. He says that his father saved most of the type and material in his recent fire at Reddick, 111., but lost his presses. The rumor that the fire originated from" spontaneous combustion is a base canard.