Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

' Butter wrapper* printed while you wait at The Democrat office. Mr*. Rose Ladd of Fowler is visited her sister, Mrs. W. J. Imes. 160,000,000 bottles of Coca-Cola sold in 1906. On sale at Vick’s 4 States. - “ ' . - . . T _ J'’ Mr*. Carrie Lagen returned to her home In Woodstock, 111., Tuesday after a month’s visit with ber father, Nelson Randle. -V-BKeriff O’Connor received word yesterday that his daughters, Ella and Lottie, who are attending the St, Joseph’s Academy at philioothe, Mo., will graduate \this spring. ________ A. V. Farmer, who has been dredging on the Hodge ditch, near Wheatfield, has completed the job, and moved his family back to Rensselaer and occupies the former Tom Sayler property on Front street, now owned by A. Leopold.

-VVery large hail fell during the last Sunday evening, in the vicinity of Mt. Ayr, but the town escaped the cyclone’s {rath, and it was fortunate it did, or standing on an eminence as it does, not much would have been left to tell the story had it been directly in its way.

Mis* Lillian Karch of south of Wheatfield, who attended high school here this winter, boarding with Mrs. W.*H. Parkison, died at her home last week of typhoid fever after about three weeks sickness. Funeral was held Saturday afternoon. A handsome floral offering was sent by her classmates in the high school.

T. A. Crockett and Mesdames Jesse Nichols and J. W. Childers were among those from here who attended the G. A. R. encampment at Ft. Wayne last week bat whom we did not learn of to give with the list appearing in our last issue. Mrs, John Duvall of Rensselaer vias elected delegate to the national W. R. C., convention which meets at Saratoga, N. Y., next September,

While raining on Wednesday evening of last week the lightning struck four large trees standing in the yard on the Grant farm southeast of town now occupied by Fred Rishling. Some of the tree* were standing within 25 feet of the house and to all was attached a clothesline which was torn np badly and ihe trees also, bnt no other damage was done.

The Yeoman boys, Ray and Roe, and other senior students of Purdue, are. home for the senior vacation. The junior students will not come home until June 8. Both the Yeoman boys will graduate this year in civil engineering and Emory Mills, also from Rensselaer, will graduate in mechanical engineering. Graduating or commencement exercises will be from June 4 to 12.

A move is now on foot to issue stock for the proposed LafayetteChicago electric line through a Chicago brokerage firm to the amount of $1,000,000, and for 60 days to offer same to people tributary to the proposed line. A contract to this effect has been signed up by the local officers of the road and as soon as SIOO,OOO worth of the stock is sold it is proposed to begin work on the line.

Dr, G. W. Proudley of Fair Oaks, who died of tuberculosis last week at Altooua, Pa., where he had gone for the benefit of his health, leaves a wife and five children, four sons and one daughter—Raymond of Washington, D. C.; Henry W. and Harry H., of Denver, Colo.; Edward, of Chicago,.and Mrs. Alice B. Erwin of Fair Oaks. He had resided in Fair Oaks a number of years.

Chester Aldrich, formerly of Remington, died at his Jfidme near Hutchinson, Kan., last week after an extended sickness from consumption, His brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Emerald Aldrich of Rensselaer, were with him when he died. He leaves a widow and nine children, ranging in age from two to twenty-two years. /He was a brother of Emerald and Granville Aldrich and Mrs. Lyman Zea of this city.

The cold, beastly weather is still in evidence most of the, time. Quite a heavy frost fell in various sections of the county Monday night. The wise man still hangs on to his overcoat, and while most people have taken down their base-burners the kitchen stove is kept going full tilt and the kitchen is at present the most popular sitting room in most of homes. Yesterday was cold and cloudy and overcoats and fires were needed to keep out the chill. No more backward spring than this is ever remembered.