Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Ken* of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 89; oats 28. A Merry Christmas. The days are growing longer once more'. Ice about seven inches thick is being put up from the river. The Chicago Bargain Store has increased its force to 21 clerks. Albert Marshall is home from South Dakota to spend the holidays. Most of the “absent ones” are home to spend the holidays with their home folks. “Uncle Josh Perkins” is billed for Ellis opera house next Tuesday evening, Dec. 27.

A new fire escape is being placed on the Nowels House, on the Washington street side.

Your friends will be sure to be pleased if yon boy their Xmas presents at Rowlea& Parker’s. T*~James Stevens of Gillam township will leave Tuesday for a trip to Mississippi and New Orleans. t~Miss Maud Zeigler left Saturay for Streator, 111., where she will spend the winter with relatives. Saturday, Monday and Tuesday The Democrat turned out bills for six public sales, and there are more to follow. p—Mrs. W. D. Bringle of Jordan tp., was called to Des Moines, lowa, last Friday by the serious illness of her niece. The Rensselaer-Kentland basket ball game at the armory last Friday evening resulted in a victory for Rensselaer by a score of 65 to 1. *

Our Aspbaltum correspondent tells of a sad ending of a rabbit hunt in that vicinity, by which a a young lad named Duncan lost his life. 4-L. H. Myers of this city and his son Howard and family of near Foresman, leave to-day for a week’s visit with relatlyes in Washington, IIL An appropriate present to an absent friend, and one that would be a constant reminder of the sender each week, wonld be a copy of The Democrat far a year. Bert Brooks, formerly of tbis place, died last Saturday at Lamar, Colo., where he had gone for the benefit of his health some time ago. He died of consumption.

Holly and evergreen wreathing in stock at Cleveland’s greenhouses. Ferns, extra Loraine Begonias, Cylamen, variety of other plants and cut flowers for holidays.

Unclaimed Letters: Miss Ber- • tha Snyder, Miss Lola Hines, Mrs. J. E. Warren, Mr. I. M. Davison, Mrs. Urn Caringer, Mrs. T. L. Carrow, Mr. Charles Hazen, Mrs. Jamieson Conway.

Mary Fox of Lafayette is visiting relatives here this week and assisting at her old place in the postoffice. Her husband will come up to-day and she will return home with him to-morrow.

The Masons and Eastern Stars will bold joint installation of officers at Masoino hall next Tuesday evening to whioh handsome invitations have been issued to about two hundred of their friends.