Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL, AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to Qty and Country Readers. Corn, 35c; oats 31c. Bert Brenner attended the poultry show at Lafayette last Friday. A great slaughter sale of cloaks now on at the Chicago Bargain Store. -\Tom Grant and Frank Rowen have bought the McColly grocery near the depot. Eigelsbach of Chicago, is visiting his father, Henry Eigelsbach, for a week or ten dayd. \Ja. A. Jessen has gone to Pike"vtew, Colo., near Colorado Springs where he is working for the Santa Fe R. R. and Mrs. Luther Wartena and Robert Wartena of Hammond, are visiting relatives here this week. /y Levi Renicker will travel for the International Harvester Co., the coming season. He will probably start out some time next month. ! Mrs. Stephen Kohley desires to thank her many friends for the* assistance given her in the popularity contest of the Catholic fair. and Ray Markin who have been in South Dakota for the past summer, returned home Bunday to spend the winter but expect to go back in the spring. --y'Nlr. and Mrs. Charlie Zard, who 'nave been visiting relatives and old friends here for a few weeks, returned to their home near Mitchell, So. Dak., Monday. Wolcott has now gone “dry” for sure. A remonstrance was filed last week containing a clear majority of 36, and the county commissioners held it good. Parker Childers, the 18-year-old son of J. W. Childers, left town again during holidays, and told some of the boys here that he was going to Colorado this time. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, 1; Rensselaer R-R 1, 1; Rensselaer R-R 4,1; Battle* Creek, Mich. 1; Remington, 1. Ray Huston writes us to change the address of his Democrat from Whitefish, Montana, to Spokane, Wash. The Democrat now has quite a list of subscribers at Spokane. Ex-Township trustee J. P. Ryan of Gillam tp., was in the city on business Wednesday. He came in from Chicago Tuesday evening, where he had been with a carload of stock. E. W. Allen of Kankakee tp. was down Tuesday and Wednesday, taking in the poultry show. Incidentally he brought along a 34-8) turkey gobbler and entered for exhibition. Mary E. Lowe, who has beeh in a Chicago hospital for the past six weeks, undergoing a couple of operations, returned home Tuesday, apparently much improved in health. Dr. Roberts will be at Remington Thursday Jan. 24th. Dr. Roberts extracts teeth without pain or danger, using his own exclusive method, “Odontolone.” Call at the Griffith Hotel. —-/Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Goff were Chicago visitors Monday. The latter is visiting a few days in Crown Point this week also, and expects to leave soon for Hot Springs Ark., to spend the winter with relatives.

-yCJ3ro. Fitzpatrick of the Frances'vifle Tribune is the luckiest editor we ever heard of. He got two tons of hard coal at the Catholic fair here last week practically without mdney and without price, at least it only cest him SI.OO. The schools of Milroy tp., have been closed because of the death from diptheria of the five-year-old son of Joseph Groans, at the home of James Blakemore last Saturday. Two other children who have been attending school now have the disease. Geo. Strickfaden came up from Muncie last Friday afternoon to attend the Catholic fair and to take his family back to Muncie with him. As previously stated they will leave their household goods here for the present, and live at the hotel which Mr. Strickfaden is conducting there. W. A. Rinehart of Queen City, Mo., was in the city Monday. It is currently reported that he called at the Republican office and wanted to whip the editors for "complimentary” notices that have appeared in that paper regarding him since the McCoy bank failure, but strange to say he was not accomodated.