Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1906 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Uncle William Bull is quite sick at this writing. J Mrs. J. H. Jessen and sister are visiting in Lebanon. Try a new coat shirt from Duvall & Lundy’s, from SI.OO to $2.00. -t-Misses Emma and Clara Schultz <|f Goodland, are visiting relatives in Union tp. this week. State Chief Ranger E. P. Honan was in South Bend Wednesday night to a C. O. F. gathering. 3 Miss Jessie Knox, who has been flFWinona Lake for several weeks; returned home a few days ago. To-day is “Towne Day” at Fountain Park, and the attendance from this vicinity will no .doubt be large. Robinson of Sentinel Butte, No. Dakota., visited his brother Warren Robinson here .Wednesday and Thursday. J. J. Brenner, who has been sick with Bright’s disease for some weeks, is reported in a very serious condition at this writing. Ellis with his father from Carroll county, is spending a few days with bis sister, Mrs. A. H. Hopkins at Eagle Lake, Wis. Newton County Enterprise: The population of Kentland has increased nearly two hundred within the past year, and is larger to-day than ever before in its history. Rev. H. L. Kindig is visiting his old home in Oscaloosa, lowa, and the pulpit of the M. E. church will be occupied to-morrow by Rev. M. V. Brown, late of Miami, Fla. Fred Irwin was arraigned before ’Squire Thornton Tuesday afternoon for intoxication, and on a plea of guilty was fined $1 and and costs, $9.45 in all, which he staid. Advertised letters: Miss Junia Wooldridge, Miss Hewy S. Hortz, Henry Shortz, Miss Edna Shortz, Sarah Shurtz, Chas. Minich, The. Archer, Dr. Clarence B. Tufts, Master Henry Hess. Mrs, J. F. Warren and Mrs. R. W. Spriggs, of Oklahoma City, who have been visiting here for some time, went to Whitehall, Mich., Thursday to visit relatives before returning to their home.

David Elder and family, who moved to Morocco several months ago, have returned to Rensselaer and occupy the former Mrs. Brown property in the east part of town, now owned by E. L. Hollingsworth. There will be preaching at the court honse on Sunday morning by G. H. Clarke. The morning services will be the final meeting held in this place before the congregation moves into the new church building. All welcome. Owing to the extreme hot weather, making it so unpleasant traveling, the excursion to Washington, advertised elsewhere in this paper, has been postponed until Tuesday, Sept. 18. See B. F. Ferguson for any further information desired. The Monticello Baptist Association will convene with the Baptist church, Rensselaer, Aug. 29, 1906, for a two days’ session. Representatives of the Home, Foreign and State Missions, and women’s work will be present and address the meetings. All are invited. from the appearance of what corn we have seen in Jasper county lately the wagon dealers are going to have a mighty poor season selling wagon boxes, for it will be much more convenient to handle the oom on woodracks, cording it up like they do 4-foot wood. Miss Jessie Parker, who has been clerking in the Racket Store for some time, has resigned and is now at the home of her mother in Gillam tp. It ik understood she will soon take another “position,” a life partnership, with a former Rensselaer young man who is now a chauffeur in Chicago. Last Sunday was quite a big day at the Fountain Park Assembly, and hundreds of people from Rensselaer and vicinity were in attendance. A heavy rain that came up about noon spoiled the afternoon’s enjoyment for many, rendering the grounds wet and disagreeable and no doubt kept many visitors away. Mrs. Mary Wilkins, an inmate of the Jasper county poor asylum who will celebrate her one hundred and seventh birthday anniversary Oct. 31, 1906, went to Remington Saturday to visit relatives for awhile. The old lady is in reasonably good health and may live for several years yet, althouhg her mind is failing considerably.