Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1906 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn, 35c; oats 30c. Thanksgiving falls this year on Nov. 29. Rev. Flagg held quarterly meeting at Norway, White county Sunday. Washburn and family of Kentland, were Rensselaer visitors last Saturday. T. P. Jacks and family of Lee were guests of his son G. A. Jacks and family here Thursday. J. A. Williams of Jordan tp., went to North Dakota Tuesday on another land prospecting trip. Walter Ponsler of Mt. Ayr, is one of the numerous typhoid patients in that vicinity. \jValter Maines left Tuesday for Lbs Angeles, Cal., to spend the winter for the benefit of his health. H. R. Kurrie has sold his 120 acre farm in Union tp., to W. L. Wood of Parr, who purchased it as an investment. Little Melvina Shreeves, daughter of Elder and Mrs. Shreeves, is quite low with pneumonia at their home on College avenue. > was a big crowd out at George Davisson’s sale in Union tp., Wednesday and property sold well, the sale footing up to $2,550. Joseph Sharp was in Chicago Sunday to consult a doctor regarding his wounded limb, which has been troubling him some of late. The republican plurality in Indiana at the recent election was about 30,500, and the total vote polled was but 4,500 less than that of 1902. Hugh Leavel writes us to change the address of his paper from Lagro, Wabash county, to Francesville, nf ar which place he has rented a farm. * Mr. and Mrs. E, R. Hight and two children of Kankakee tp., spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Gregory of this city. \sJA Rensselaer man tells us that snow measured between Kniman and Wheatfield thei first of the week that was thirty inches in depth on the level. safe in Tony Stnckfaden’s saloon at Monon was robbed of $l9O in cash, a couple of diamonds and some valuable papers on Thursday night of last week. Lost, Nov, 1, somewhere in Rensselaer, a gent’s open-face silver watch, with “R H. S.” fob. Finder will be suitably, rewarded by leaving same at this office. L. Wood of Parr has traded some property which he owned in Lafayette for the Fisher house and the Jolly lots near the depot, where the former Hershman hard- \ ware store stood. > was another football game at Lowell last Sunday, between Brookston and Lowell teams. One of the Brookston players got three ribs broken and had to be carried from the field. \ Dr. Martin of Mt. Ayr, who was recently severely burned about the face and eyes by an acid thrower, as mentioned in this paper last week, is reported recovering nicely and will not lose his sight as feared.