Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Don't forget that while the prices at Rowles & Parker’s January clearance have fallen below any competitor the quality of our store always keeps up. For Sale: —Two good building lots in good residence location in Rensselaer, each 67x150 feet, well drained and set out in fruit; cash or on time. Enquire at The Democrat office. Hon. Anson Wolcott, founder town by that name in White county, died at his home in Wolcott last Thursday, aged 88 years. He had resided in Wolcott since 1863. He leaves two sons, Hon. Eben Wolcott of that place and Henry W. Wolcott of Columbus, Ohio. Deceased was quite wealthy, and owned nearly 2,000 acres of land about the town of Wolcott. /Although Wednesday was not a very favorable day for a sale so far as the weather was concerned, a good sized crowd attended S. B. Snedeker’s sale on the Pierce farm south of town, and property sold well. Elizur Sage purchased the span of mules at $475. Auctioneer Phillips says the sale aggregated SI,BOO. He also reports that Joe Leobold’s sale in Newton tp., Thursday aggregated $2,000, five brood mares selling at $1,068 and a coming three-year-old stallion at $550, making $1,618 for six head of horses.

Editor Bowser of the Chesterton Tribune, who was elected member of the legislature last fall on the republican ticket, is evidently not very favorably impressed with the make-up of the present legislature. Just previous to the convening of that body, Bowser said in his paper: “The Indiana legislature will convene next Thursday. God only knows what the coming sixty days will bring forth. And God help the poor taxpayer. He is the fellow into whose pockets the swarm is trying to get. More pay is the cry of the office holder. More money is the cry of every state institution. More offices is the cry of thousands who are trying to get a place to leed at the public crib. The people are now groaning under their burden of taxes, and the question is how much more of a load will they stand,”

Now is the time to save money on boots, shoes and rubbers. Chicago Bargain Store. PUBLIC SALES. The Democrat is again prepared to handle all work in the public sale bill line promptly and in the best style of the printer’s art. New type, new cuts and other material, together with first-class presses and expert workmen puts us to the fore-front in this class of work. A notice of each sale in full is published in The Democrat free of charge with each set of bills, and this is an item worth considering as “everybody reads The Democrat,” and the bill iq its columns will reach hundreds more people and do you more good than the bills themselves. Remember The Democrat if you contemplate having a sale and get your bills printed here. Prices very reasonable. Buy your parchment butter wrappers at The Democrat office. [ An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.