Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

UNTIL JUNEJ 3 FOR $ 1.00 The Democrat’s Special Subscription Of- ' fer Extended Two Weeks. 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 $j rate until June 13. Accordingly all new subscriptions received prior to and on Saturday, June 13, will be taken for The Twice aWeek Democrat at $1 a year. This offer also includes renewals where subscriptions expire not later than July, 1908. This offer will positively close June 13, after which the price to all will be $1.50 per year.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. To-day’s markets: dorn, 55c; oats, 45c. Some of the earlier planted fields of corn are no*w being plowed for the first time. L. H. Myers is in quite poor health, his recent sickness having left him in a very 'weakened condition. Farmers have already begun the purchase of grass harvesting machinery with which to harvest the big hay crop. “A dry June for corn,” says the old adage. Well, this is a nice starter and if it keeps up this lick there is hope for a cracking good crop yet. Squire A. H. Dickinson of Carpenter tp., was a business visitor in the city Wednesday. A few farmers in his locality were just finishing corn planting. ''‘The thermometer registered 4 ft. at 4:20 a. m., Thursday, a very low temperature for this time of year, and possibly some frost occurred on low muck ground. A wheel came off one of Frank Kresler’s wagons and it was left loaded with trunks standing in the street near the Methodist church Wednesday night.

Thomas J. Crockett has been having a time with rheumatism in his hips and legs, which has almost laid him up for a week. He Is some better at this writing. B. P. Ferguson and Mr. Martindale of Philalelphia traveled over 110 miles Wednesday over Jasper and Newton counties inspecting lands for loans, by the use of three teams used in relays. "X. Albert Overton, who recently returned from Nashville. Tenn., says that there is much more work there than here, but that the hot weather is very oppressive, and had set in when he left last week. Miss Katie Callahan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Callahan of near Newland, died Monday at 6:30 a. m., of tuberculosis, aged 29 years. The remains were shipped to her old home at Rantoul, 111., for burial. Sylvester Galbraith has returned from Pomeroy, lowa, where he has been for the last month working on a dredge. High water and ill health caused him to quit for a time. r ■ Blasting will this week all be finished south of the Washington street bridge, down to where the dredge left off last fall, and then the main channel blasting will be commenced down to the creamery bridge.

Rev. B. F. Ferguson will go to Battle Ground tomorrow to deliver the memorial address for the K. of P. lodge of that place. This makes the third time he has been called to deliver the annual address for the Battle Ground Knights. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postofflees: Knightstown, Ind., 1$ Virgle, 1; Goodland, 1; Rensselaer, 4; Aix, 1; Kntman, 1; Foresman, 1; Chicago, 1; Rensselaer, R-3, t; Fair Oaks, R-l, 1; Marion, 1; Remington, 1. That was a fine rain—of renewals and new subscribers to The Democrat—and it, has been continuous since the first of the year, but particularly hard since the announcement of the Twice-A-Week for $1 a year if paid before June 13. '—4 ■ Sam Thofnton of Fair OakS was in town betiween trains Wednesday. He and his family will return to the west in about two months, going back to Washington from whence they came on account of the sickness of his wife’s mother, Mrs. Moffltt of Fair Oaks.