Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

\ Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hopkins are spending the week at Cedar Lake. George Lundy returned Saturday from a week’s visit with his parents at Gosport, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe are in Chicago buying goods this week and taking a lake trip. John Ramp went to Chicago Monday and from there to Sag Harbor, Mich., on a week’s vacation trip. Miss Selma Leopold returned Saturday from an extended visit with relatives in Peoria, 111., and Kentland. In the Rensselaer-Mt. Ayr ball game at the latter place Sunday, the score was 15 to 4 in favor of Rensselaer. Mrs. Geo. Goff left Monday for Meadville, Pa., to attend the week’s convention of the Splrella corset salespeople. Friday’s ball game between Wolcott and Rensselaer, played at the latter place, resulted in a complete shut-out for Rensselaer. Score 7 to 0. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Knight, after a few weeks visit with relatives in and near Rensselaer, departed Monday for their home in Yukon, Okla. F. M. Corbin, G. H. Baldwin, Harvey Goff and Clarence Blankenbaker, all of near Mt. Ayr, took the train heye Monday for Big Rapids, Mich., to look at farm lands. James Gilmore and sister Ethel of near Parr left Monday for Pleasant Prairie, Wls., to visit their sister, Mrs. W. F. Reynolds. Miss Ethel Gilmore expects to make her home there. The Democrat carries an exceptionally large stock of bond and typewriter paper and can furnish printed letter heads, envelopes or blank paper in almost any weight or quality of stock promptly and at very low prices. The alleged ball players in the I. O. O. F. lodge went to Pleasant Ridge Sunday and played a team at that place. The score was 7 to 5 in favor of the latter. Friday afternoon the I. O. O. F. and K. of »P’s. will cross bats.

A. L. Branch .expects .to return to Stockton, Cali., the latter part of the week. It is likely Omar Day will accompany him, he having decided to give up his studies at Purdue if he can secure a suitable position out in California. * s Prof. W. O. Schanlaub, Newton ounty’s county superintendent, was n town Saturday to visit his parents. The “old man" must set up some mighty good grub down to his house, and then there may be some other attraction here besides the grub. Shames Clark and Ed Gilmore started for Tripp county, S. Dak., yesterday, where another drawing will be held In the near future for a part of the \ Rosebud reservation adjoining the strip in which so many of our townspeople participated some two or three years ago. Mrs. Harry Harmon of Chicago has been visiting Mrs. Charles Harmon for some days at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Brown. On Saturday evening they were joined by their husbands who were here over Sunday returning to Chicago and the early train Monday morning. |\Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mustard of dear North Vernon visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Geo. Mustard, here a few days the last of the week. They had been to Goodland to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mustard’s mother, Mrs. Wm. Toyne, and came over here for a few days visit before returning home. Miss Lottie Robinson returned Sunday from Rensselaer and McCoysburg, where she has been spending a month among frlehds.. . Oats threshing on the Conrad ranch is progressing rapidly and the yield is the best we have heard of this season. One piece averaged 40 bu. to the acre and another 87% and so on the general average on hundreds of acres not being less than thirty bushels.—Morocco Courier. X '