Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1908 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

TWO MORE WEEKS AT A DOLLAR. The Democrat’s Special Subscription Offer Extended Until June 13. Owing to the weather conditions for the past month and the inability of many to get to town who desired to take advantage of our $i per year offer on The Twice-a-Week Democrat, we have decided to extend the time for renewing subscriptions at the $i rate until June 13. Accordingly all new subscriptions received prior to and on Saturday, June 13, will be taken for The Twice-a-Week Democrat at $1 a year. This offer also includes renewals where subscriptions expire not later than July, 1908. This offer will positively close jnne 13, after which the price to all will be $1.50 per year.

There are 91 graves of soldiers to decorate to-day In Weston cemetery. Peter Imhoff of Trenton, Ohio, is visiting the family of Wm. Augspurger of Newton tp., for a few days. \Dr. H. L. Brown attended the jlasonic grand lodge meeting in Indianapolis this week as a delegate from the local lodge. J. C. Phssons is fixing up his front yard and when he gets it finished he will have one of the most attractive lawns we have seen. E. A. Bartoo came over to Rensselaer from Remington Monday in his auto and while here renewed his subscription to The Democrat. Charlie Wasson of Winchester, Ind., and Howard Kerst of Greenville, Ohio, returned home Thursday after a week’s visit with their uncle, J. M.Wasson. The morning subject at the Presbyterian church will be, “The Personal Pronoun in Religion.” The evening subject, “The Syro Pheniclan Woman.” Everybody welcome. Our Hanging Grove correspondent is with us once more with a “raft” of excellent local items, and has made up for the omission last week by sending in three columns of news this week. Mrs. A. W. Cleveland suffered a couple of strokes of paralysis Saturday, affecting her entire right side. She has improved little if any since, and put in a -bad night of it Thursday night. Rev. C. D. Royse, now of South Dakota, a former pastor of the M. E. church of this city, was here Tuesday. He was on his way home from Indianapolis where he had been to bury his son Charles, mention of whose death was made last week. The first number of the Twice-a-Week Jasper County Democrat will appear next Tuesday. We hope to make it one of the very best county seat papers published in this section of the state, and a paper that will be a welcome visitor in every home in the county. /\Dr. Hamersly of Frankfort, a [cousin of Perry Marlatt, and five other parties passed through Rensselaer Monday morning with three new Mitchell autos. They run onto a washout near the Kankakee and it required the service of a good team of horses to get around it. Mrs. Wilber A. Hoshaw has improved from her serious sickness of over a month’s duration. She is still confined to her bed and is suffering from rheumatism, and although not in such painful form as last week. Careful nursing, it is hoped, will restore her to good health. Lewis Wildberg is still in Chicago and is reported to be slowly on the mend. He is not able to sit up, not * thkt his general health is not Improved, but the wound is not healing as fast as It should. Mr. Wildberg having been active all his life chafes under this long confinement in -the hospital. Prof. Sandlfur, who has taught Mathematics Jn the Rensselaer high school for the past two years, will not be with us any longer. He has contracted to go to Orleans, Ind., where he is given the superintendency at a salary of S9OO for the first year of eight months, and an increase of salary for the succeeding year. Read The Democrat for news.