Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1906 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn, 46c; oats 32c. Read the big closing out sale ad on page 3. are nearly ripe and fnere will be a big crop. Miss Lenna Grant is visiting in Crawfordsville this week. s<Mr. and Mrs. Elza Grow were 'Chicago visitors the first of the week. Gwin has gone to Tombstone, Ariz., for the benefit of his health. -yCMrs. W. J. Merica, with little (daughter Regina, are visiting her parents at Dephi. // Miss Kate Marshall has gone to Duluth, Minn., for the summer to work at proof reading. The Telephone comparer have a new Orient buckboard/for running about in repairing the line. and Mrs. J. L. Brady left Monday for a pleasure trip through the eastern staets. Mrs. J. E. Bislosky was called to Chicago Thursday by the serious illness of her mother. Dr. Turfler now shorts a Gale runabout, purchased from attorney W. E. Uhl of Monticello. ""S/ Kenton Parkison returned last /FiWay from Ames, lowa, where he has been attending college. Newton county has let the contract for ten Columbian voting machines, at a cost of S6OO each. VXr. and Mrs. David Hilton of -Une'Lafayette soldiers’ home are here for a three months furlough. Chas. Porter of Chicago is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Williams, here this week. Wanted, man to plow corn on farm, good wages paid. For particulars call at The Democrat office. and Mrs. A. D. Washburn, of Kentland, visited here Thursday, making the trip over in an automobile. The seven heirs have erected a fine monument in Egypt cemetery sacred to the memory of Catherine and John Wood. Geo. Strickfaden went to Chicago Monday, it is reported to look for a saloon location. He made no purchase, hbwever. "X'-Wesley Hinkle, of South Union / has made some extensive improvements to his farm residence, adding a fine new porch, etc. /'[’he six-year-old son of Daniel Leah, northeast of town, got his collar bone broken Wednesday afternoon, the result of a fall. The democrats of Newton county have postponed the date of their county convention to June 19th. It will be held at Gbodland./ Hoe and Ray Yeoman, Cleeve ’ Eger, Emory Mills and Omar Day, .who have been attending Purdue University, came home last week for the summer vacation. Rev. E. A. Laßounty, a former pastoi of Rensselaer circuit, M. P. church, died at his home near Maxinkuckee Lake, last Monday morning and was buried there Wednesday forenoon. a number of much needed z showers have come this week. They have done a great deal of good to the corn, but come too late to insure much of a hay or oats crop. T. J. Richardson, proprietor of the “Valma Fruit Farm,” presented The Democrat with a box of extra large, luscious strawberries Wednesday. Mr. Richardson says his berries this year are the best he has ever raised. The new sidewalk along the gravel road running out to J. H. Perkins’ residence at the east corporation line, is completed. It will no doubt be a favorite walk for “spoons,” owing to its isolation from the more traveled streets. The ad in The Democrat, asking these interested to turn out and help clean up Egypt cemetery, brought out a great big crowd last week on the day set for doing the work. The cemetery was cleaned up in nice shape and turned over to the trustees. Benton Review: The articles by Blodgett in the Indianapolis News about “political bankers” is getting under the akin of the republican organization in Jasper county, who object to having it known that they were owned and used by the McCoys.