Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1906 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffioes: Aix, 2; Rensselaer, 1; Rollo, North Dakota, 1. • The two-year-old son of Frank Snyder, on the E. P. Honan farm in Barkley tp., died last Friday from bowel trouble. The funeral was held Saturday. W-JElenry Hildebrand has rented nis residence property to Simon Leopold, and is preparing to move to Chioago, where be owns a saloon on the north side, near Lincoln Park. __________ • jMr. and Mrs. Albert Fendig and children and nurse of Brunswick, Ga., are visiting bis parents, Mr. aud Mr. Ralph Fendig. Albert is engaged in the real estate business and is doing well. Kentland Enterprise: Father Krull of Rensselaer, who returned last week from a trip to Rome and a visit to the Vatican, was in Kentland over Friday night the guest of his brother, Nicholas Krull, and family. I. A. Leavel has sold his farm near Lagro, Wabash county, of 158 acres, to Geo. Kessinger of this county, for $75 per acre, it is reported, an advance of S2O over what he paid some two veers ago. He will now locate in Minnesota, we understand. John N. Baser, of Barkley tp., recently sold his-160:acre farm near Rochester at an advance of $18.75 an acre over what he paid four years ago, and has bought the Mrs. Elizabeth Michael farm of 160 in Barkley tp., paying S4B per acre therefor. J. A. Teter and C, E. Capes of Remington captured some first prizes on Duroc Jersey bogs at the state fair this week, while Look & Wellington of Remington, and A. J, Harmon, of Newtou tp., also won several first prizes on Poland Chinas, the former winning seven firsts. ' Guss Myers of Remington, was lodged in jail here Monday noon for being drunk. spending about’four hours in the quietude of a cell he was sobered up sufficiently to be released, and was .let go on condition that he get out of town and stay out. He skiddooed. E. V. Ransford has sold his residence property on South Scott street to Mary E. Lowe, taking in the deal the property occupied by ; Billy Merica on the same street, but one block north. He gives possession in thirty days. Mrs. Lowe will occupy the Ransford property it is understood. Mrs. Meese, the sister whose sickness called Mr. B. Forsythe of the Chicago Bargain Store, to Dixon, 111., last Friday morning, died the day following from Bright’s disease and blood poisoning. She leaves a husband and four children, and was Mr. Forsythe’s only near blood relative. Remember that The Democrat’s tall oornstalk contest closes next Thursday, aud that we would like to have you represented in the contest. The names of every contestant, together with the height of the stalk of corn entered will be published in next week’s Democrat. The cash prizes will be paid next Saturday afternoon. The Modoq’s excursion to Cedar LakeSuuday was poorly patronized all along the line: For some reason it was poorly advertised, and from this station only about a dozen tickets were sold. There were no Chicago excursions out, and the two or three hundred people who were on the grounds found the entertainment mighty slim,

TStfthn Hemphill, editor of the Valparaiso (Neb.) Visitor, was visiting here this week with his sister, Mrs. E. P. Honan. He left yesterday for Danville, 111., to visit nis mother, Mrs. S. A. Hemphill, who is visiting her son thtre at present, and will go from there borne. John looks prosperous, for an editor, and evidently gets three square meals a day. of the observing farm'ers tell us that while oorn has made a very thrifty growth this season that the yield will not be as good as counted on a few weeks ago. Several stalks are minus ears, they say, and many of the ears are not filled hut well on the end. A peculiarity this season, they say, is that some of the best corfi is on the poorest land. E. V. Ransford, proprietor of the 99 Cent Racket Store, has Eurchased of T. B. McManus, of taluth, Minn., the east threestory building of the Nowels blofek, third door west of the postoffice, and will occupy the same as soon as it can be remodeled for his permanent location. Watch and wait for his great removal sale, whioh will take plaoe soon.