Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Chicago Bargain Store has a page ad in this issue of The Democrat. Read it. Ike Glazebrook’s pacer, “Happy New Year," took second money in the 2:45 race at Valparaiso Thursday. It was the first race Happy had ever been in. Time 2:33*4. XJesse Nowels and family who are smiting his parents, went to Brook Monday, returning Tuesday, to visit relatives and old friends. They returned to their home at. Laurens, lowa, yesterday. ■ There is a limited supply of Marshall pictures on hand at this office and at County Chairman Littlefield’s office, and any one desiring one can have it by calling and asking for it. Get it before you decorate Monday for the home coming. Leonard Hayes came up from Marion Wednesday evening for a week or two’s visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hayes of Barkley tp. Leonard was married a few weeks ago to a young lady of Marion and will probably make Marion his home. His wife will join him here next week for a short visit.

Sjtobert Wartena, who was so f ightfully burned some days ago on the drill boat by escaping steam, is doing as well as could be expected but is not entirely out of danger, although the period has passed when blood poisoning might be expected. He still suffers much pain but has been able to sleep without the application of opiates, for a night or two. Sparling Bros, are doing a lot of improving at their farm south of town. They are going to make a very modern residence out of the farmhouse, having equipped it with bath, lavatory and all the modern conveniences that go to make a home enjoyable and convenient. Cement floors and a gas engine in the well house will make for comfort and handiness also. George Plunkett, who works for Frank King, turned out eight of the largest horseshoes Wednesday in all probability ever made in this town. They weighed something like 18 pounds per set and were made out of a piece of iron, I*4 by %, 18 inches long. These shoes will be worn by a 2,000 and a 2,100 pound horse, respectively, but they can’t trot with Happy New Year. Eli Gerber and wife returned Tuesday morning from a three’ weeks .trip to Burwell, Neb., where they were visiting their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Fenner of that place. Mr. Fenner is in the real estate business and has been quite successful. Mr. Gerber says that corn looks good in that section of the country, but the oats and wheat crops were only about half of an average crop. F. E. Duvall of Mackinaw, 111., came over Wednesday to look after some business matters and attended the exercises at Fountain Park Thursday. Frank says the hay and wheat crop was good in his locality, but oats were poor and the corn, a great deal of it, is badly “fired.” they having had less rain there than here. Politically speaking, Illinois, he says, is going to elect Adlai E. Stevenson for governor by a good round plurality, and Bryan, too, he thinks, will carry the state.

r\Mrs. O. C. -Halstead and son Rosqoe- returned from Worland, Wyo., 'lhursday and after stopping a few hours with relatives in the city, they went to the home of Mrs. Halstead's mother, Mrs. Abbie Yeoman of Newton township. Mr. Halstead will remain a month or two longer, as, unlike his wife, he is well pleased with the country and the climate, neither of which seem to have benefited the health of Mrs. Halstead, for whose benefit the move was made. Mrs. W. J. .Imes went to Marion Tuesday to attend a reunion of the Strabuck family which occurred Wednesday. The Starbuck family originated on Nantucket Island away back in colonial times, and the descendents are scattered all over the United States and many foreign countries. The different branches have however kept track of the different members of this now large family, and 211 attended _this reunion, and they were not all present either. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Strange and Dr. Walls were the hosts on this occasion. Marion was Mrs. Imes’ birthplace.

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