Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Clara A. Peters Optician 10 PER CENT. DISCOUNT , On all work, orders, < , chains, cases, etc., during .< , August. SPECIAL : 20 Per Cent Discount I have in stock a few*?, ' SPECIAL BARGAINS in Gold and Gold Filled , goods including different > styles of Spectacles and • , Eye Glasses, also Eye ' ► Glass Chains. August Only.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Thomas Burns of DeMotte was in town Thursday. The wind blew down the Ellis circus tent 'Wednesday night. James Nelson left Wednesday for a visit with a sister in Minnesota. The Rensselaer and Mt. Ayr ball teams will play ball at the latter .place tomorrow. jT""®- F. Fendig and wife were in Chicago Wednesday, returning Thursday evening. John Jordan, a well known retired farmer of Remington, was in the city on business Thursday. p*Mr. and Mrs. Orlan Grant are spending the week with relatives and friends in Hammond and Chicago. ——- .. 1— Eli and Jane Company are now rehearsing in the city and will open their, regular season here August 20th. Mrs. Mattie Grant is preparing to move into W. E. Moore’s new tenant house on North Van Rensselaer street. ''L Miss Mary Meyer went to Chicago Tuesday to meet her sister and two children, Mrs. Will Donnelly of Ravena, Neb.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hazelton of Jamestown, N. Y., came Wednesday for a few days visit with the latter’s sister Mrs. J. M. Knapp. Miss Ethel Knox returned to her home in Columbus, 0., Wednesday after a few weeks visit with the family of her uncle, Thomas Knox, south of town. Miss Bessie Burk of Lamar, Colo., i| visiting Miss Clara Parker and other friends here for a time. Miss Burk came here from Logansport, where she has been visiting. White & Hickman have bought the old Leek automobile, and will convert it into a machine that can be used in their business of repairing and renewing all kinds of well and water apparatus. Mrs. Len Lefler returned to her home in Crawfordsville Thursday after a two weeks visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G .A. Jacks, and other relatives ahd friends here and at Lee. . ( • Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Howell of Remington and Mr. and Mrs. Davis Garrlott of Chillicothe, Ohio, who are visiting the former for a week or ten days, were Rensselaer visitors Wednesday. A high wind accompanied the rain Wednesday evening, and the corn is reported badly blown down In places in the vicinity of this city. However, this will not Injure it greatly, as in most cases it will straighten up in a few days. John Churchill has been on the sick list for a week, having been scarcely able to crawl around, in fact he should have been in bed. An affection of the liver, with which he has been troubled for years, is at the bottom of all the trouble. \wm. Holderness and wife of Chicago are visiting Anson Cox' and family for three or four days. Mrs. Cox is a sister of the former. Mr. Holderness taught school in this county for several years, but returned to Chicago, his home, six or seven years ago. Mrs. Jerry Miller of Lacrosse came over Monday evening for a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Alva Potts, and Mrs. E. A. Aidrich and Mrs. Harry Swartzell, returning home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are running a hotel .now at Lacrosse. f