Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn, 56c; oats, 420. The season for football acoi- | dents has arrived. Orlie Clouse spent Sunday with a young lady friend at Lee. Mrs. B. Forsythe is visiting her jpster, at New Philadelphia, Ohio. IrSFrank Morlan of North Dakota ' is visiting relatives here this week.

John Stack, of near Goodland, was a business visitor in town Wednesday. Will Clark went to Mitchell, So. Dak., Thursday on aland pros- . pecting trip. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Brown of Crown Point visited Mrs. Geo. Goff this week. Cbhrlie Rhoades of the Monon News force spent Sunday with Rensselaer relatives. • - John A. Miller and Fred Banes of Carpenter tp., were business visitors in town Monday. The “After Harvest Festival’’ held at Mt. Ayr last week is said _ to have been very successful. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wright visited the former’ssister, Miss Leathe Wright, in Chicago over Sunday. The last of the saloons at Wolcott went out of business last week and that town is now in the “dry” belt. Bro. E. A. Walker, late editor of the Wolcott Enterprise, is prospecting in the state of Washington. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cox left Tuesday for a week or ten days’ visit at their old home in Piainfield, Ind.

Durant returned to Grand Rapids, Minn., Monday after three weeks’ visit with relatives here. Eger will leave to-mor-row to resume bis studies at Harvard College. He will graduate year. Mrs. C. Mills of Newpoint, lnd., catfie up last Friday for a visit with her son, Zack Stanley and family. Leland Jessen, wbo has been working as nfght man on the Monon at Brookston, ie home on a vacation, Austin Haas, wife and little son of Lafayette, visited the former’s sisters and brothers here Saturday and Sunday. r > Mrs. John Randle and son Russell of Barkley tp., visited her sister, Mrs. J. G. Tharp, in Chica,.go this week. Spider’s family have moved to Aberdeen, Wash., where » George is following the bill post- > ing business. J New subscribers to the Demoocrat this week by postoffices': Newland, 1; Fair Oaks, 1; Grand Rapids, Minn., 1. Miss Opal Sharp returned this week from a ten days visit with her brother J. A. Sharp and wife ut Chicago Heights. Winifred Pullins purchased a six horse International Gas Engine of Branoh & Hamilton. He will use it in his sorghum mill.

Mrs, Jerome Harmon and two children returned Monday from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Goldie Crowden, at Goodland. " James Fletcher of Kentland, has been engaged as olerk in the clothing departmentof the Chicago Bargain Store, and will move here. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley Church of Remington came over Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bellows. ' Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Cole of Erbon, Ran,', who have been visiting his uncle, A. J. Freeland of Newton tp., for several weeks, left for their home Monday. John Duvall who has been working at tailoring at Grand Rapids, Mich., for the past two or three years, is here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Duvall. Dr. and Mrs. E. C. English entertained the city school board and teaoheni and the county superintendent at their handsome home on Cullen street Saturday 1 evening. The big dredge has been lying idle for some time riow, while more drilling and blasting is being done, At the rate this rook exoavation has been going on for the past few months it will take several years to oomplete the ditoh.