Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Last Saturday was the largest holiday trade in the history of the Chicago Bargain Store. Cigars, Nuts, Fruit and all those nice candies at Cox’s news stand for Xmas and New Year’s.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Nowels of Brook were guests of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nowels, Thursday. teachers in the city schools, will take in a teachers’ excursion to Cuba during holidays. The trip is expected to take about fifteen days. The Kentland Enterprise of this week published a very interesting Christmas greeting in the shape of letters from former residents who are now scattered all over Che United States. There will be a Bluerock shoot given by the Kniman Gun Club, Kniman, Ind., Christmas day, Monday, Deq. 25, and no one will be barred from shooting. Shells can be secured on the ground.

The first annual banquet of the Indiana Society of Chicago was held at the Auditorium hotel Thursday evening. Our fofmer well known townsman, W. B. Austin, was a member of the banquet committee.

Rensselaer merchants have enjoyed a very large holiday trade this week, and much of the trade has been from out of town too. It is also a noticeable fact that the merchants who advertised were the ones who got the trade.

Rev. J. B. Bair preached at the Beaver City Baptist church on Friday evening. The church there had been without any preaching or Sunday school for a year but through Rev. Bair’s help they now have a good Sunday schctol and occasional preaching.

The Democrat is requested to extend the thanks of the Mt. Hope church people to the many friends who helped them with their votes in the Democrat’s piano contest, and while they hardly expected to win out, they are very thankful for the assistance given them.

Postmaster Peck, of Remington will think a cyclone of Jasper County Democrats have struck the office when he gets the several big packages this morning. We had a great big list there previous to our piano contest, but this has swelled it to enormous proportions for a county paper,

While most of the elevators at towns around us have been unable to handle corn for the past few weeks, owing to the inability to secure cars for shipping, Rensselaer has thus far been fortuuate enough in this regard so as to receive all corn hauled, though close to the limit of their storage capacity.

Luther Albin and son of near Tefft, were visitors in the city Wednesday. They drove down to get some dental work done, leaving home at 2 a. m., and arriving here at 7a. m., but found our dentists all head over heels in work, and work promised for all day, so returned home in the afternoon disappointed.

Among those who have been away attending school and are now home for ihe holidays are: Wayne Parker, from law school in New York City; Kenton Parkison and Thos. Moody, from the lowa Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa; and Misses Thena Myers and Mildred Spitler, from Oxford, Ohio. Also, Prof Albert Marshall of North Dakota Agricultural college.

D. W. Williams, a farmer in 4 moderate circumstances residing □ear town, had the misfortune to lose his pocketbook Saturday afternoon either near the grocery entrance to the Chicago Bargain Store or within the store. It was a small leather purse and contained a S2O bill, a $5 bill, some small change and two bay tickets containing weights. He will pay $5 reward for the return of purse and contents.