Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. irlef Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 44c; oats, 35c. Quite a number of farmers have begun baying. A report of the city council proceedings appears on another page. Roy Keesey spent Sunday and Monday with his parents in Logansport. A. D. Babcock and son of Goodland, were Rensselaer visitors Monday. Special discount on lace curtains and muslin underwear at Rowles & Parker’s. Call and get one of those SI.OO Webster’s dictionaries for 39 cents at the Racket Store. T“Mr. and Mrs. Simon Fendig of Wheatfield, spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives here. P. M. Querry, formerly of Gillan township, has been appointed postmaster at Medaryville. / The six-year-old son of Thomas Brusnahan, west of town, got an arm broken Saturday from a fall. Mr. and Mrs. Baughman of Monon, were guests of their son U. M. Baughman and family Wednesday.

Fred Fatka, of near Cbatsworth, 111., was here a few days this week, shaking hands with old friends. Read the opening chapters of “A soldier of Commerce,” the new serial that starts in this issue of The Democrat. The Chicago Bargain Store has a full page aa in this issue of The Democrat. It will pay you to read it carefully. VE. T. Harris and daughter of Remington, were guests of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Harris, Sunday. —Miss Blanche Hoyes returned this week from spending her vacation in Kansas and at the world’s fair and Hot Springs, Ark. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Francesville, 1; Medaryville, R-R-I, 1; Monon, 1; Rensselaer, 1. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Imes are preparing to move back into the rooms over Long’s drug store, which they formerly occupied. A ten pound girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Gray of Monon, July 7. Mrs. Gray was formerly Miss Ethel Rush of Rensselaer. Rensselaer school board reorganized Tuesday with C. W. Coen, president, E. C. English, secretary, and G. K. Hollingsworth, treasurer. Tillie Fendig, who has been clerking in a store in Delphi, came home Monday for an extended stay with her parents, Mr. 'and Mrs. Nathan Fendig. v 4a. N. Oppie of Forest, 111., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Ketchum, Sr., west of town, last Friday night, while here looking after his farm northeast of town.

and Mrs. Philip J. McKenna of Chicago, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Henan Saturday and Sunday. Mr. McKenna is publisher of the Catholic Forester. $~Mr. and Mrs. George Ketchum, Sr., left this week for an extended visit with their son in Dade county, Mo., and will visit relatives in Burlington, Kan., before returning. The aged mother of W. A. Huff, who has been living with her son for some time, was taken to Crawfordsville Sunday where she will live with relatives. She has been in very poor health for some time. \Mm. Grace Lefler and Miss Carrie Parker of Pleasant Ridge, and Mrs. Munroe Banes and Miss Ethel Jacks of Rensselaer, went to Chicago and Zion City, 111, Thursday for a week or ten days visit with relatives and friends. W. A. Huff, the jeweler, is getting ready to move to Indianapolis next month and is closing out his stock of goods at cost. Now is your opportunity to get good, reliable goods at astonishingly low prices. Read his ad in another part of this paper#