Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Indiana State Fair will be held the week beginning Sept. 7. Read the 2-page ad of the 99 Cent Racket Store in The Democrat to-day'. IwMrs. Alda Parkinson is visiting relatives in and about Mitchell, S. Dak. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walters of Barkley township, last Monday. VJohn M. Wasson, A. F. Long and ifch and Dr. I. M. Washburn and wife were in Chicago Thursday. Mrs. J. F. Hubbard and family who live at Piqua, Ohio, are visiting the family of Dr. E. N. Loy for a couple of weeks. Mrs. Maude Galbraith of Chicago will come Monday lor a visit with her father James Lewis, and other relatives for a few days. William Hanson and son Addison of Piqua county, Ohio, came Tuesday for a visit with his brother BenjaHanson, of this city. Alvin Clark has moved his family back to Rensselaer from Coates, Kan., and will live here in future. This town don't seem so bad after all. Xeen Littlefield and children v\eht to Morocco to visit her sister, Mrs. O. R. Graves and family, Tuesday morning, returning: Friday morning. Pensions of sl2 per month have been granted the widows of Dr. James H. Loughridge, William H. Rhoades of Rensselaer and Robert Stephenson of Parr. F. M. Hayes of Barkley tp., brought a few bushels of mighty fine peaches to town Wednesday. They were budded ftuit and Mr. Hayes tells us he will have about 30 bushels of them this year. kyMrs. Mary E. Spitler and daughter Maude went to Chicago Wednesday to meet Miss Ruey Burnham of Boston, Mass., Wednesday. Miss Burnham is here to attend the Spit-ler-Coen wedding next Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Schultz and baby of Melvin, 111., came yesterday for a week's visit with his brother-in-law, Julius Schultz of Barkley tp., and other relatives in Union tp. Mr. Schultz says crops in his locality are about one-half an average yield. s *kMr. an( j Mrs. J. E. Winters of unlcago, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Phegley and family of Monticello and Mr. and Mrs. Griswold and daughter Ara of Wolcott were guests.of Charles Phegley and sister, Mrs. Nettie Hoover, south of town a couple of days last week.

Mrs. T. J. McMurray and son Roy, who were called here by the death of David Wheeldon, returned Monday to their home in Cedar Rapids, lowa. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson of Rantoul, 111., who were also here on the same sad errand, likewise returned home Monday. A huge arch is being constructed across Washington street, which will be decorated in great style for the home-coming next week. It was designed by Leonard Rhoades of the firm of E. D. Rhoades & Son, of this city. The arch trill be illuminated with electric lights. The Home Coming Finance Committee began collecting subscriptions to the Home Coming yesterday and will continue the work to-day. Get your money ready and fork it over as they make the rounds, or you may not get a chance to pay it, as they have no time to fool away.

John Churchill, whose going to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital at Lafayette was noted Wednesday, has developed a very bad case of typhoid fever, and is in a critical condition at this writing (Friday). He should have had medical attention several days ago, as he has been sick now for three weeks. Chas. Battleday, the road supervisor, is causing much favorable comment in the way he has handled the repair work on the grade at the west end of the new bridge over the Iroquois at the Pullins crossing. He has built a grade at this point 150 feet long and 5 feet high, as fine as was ever put up for any railroad. > Jack Jones of Shelby was in town yesterday morning. He reports fishing the best in the Kankakee it has been since the time some five years ago when anybody could catch pickerel by the hundreds by just pretending to fish, except there is very few pickerel being caught this year; the catch this time is bass, cats and buffalo. Local fishermen please take notice. „> L,’