Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. To-day’s markets: Wheat, 93c; Oats, 45c; Corn, 55c; Rye, 65c. O. G. Maxwell of Remington was a business visitor in the city Thursday. . . Bargains in all kinds of winter clothing and cloaks at the G. E. Murray Co. Mrs. E. E. Fritz of Delphi is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Alter. Come out to the Farmers Institute next week. See program elsewhere in this .paper. Xis we go to press the snow is melting quite fast and will probably all be gone by to-night. y'M’erry Marlatt was called to Ohio Tuesday by the sickness of his daughter Katie, who is visiting relatives in that state. t Now is the time for the wise merchant to plant his holiday advertising. Remember, everybody reads The Democrat, and if your ad is there it will sure be seen. Kentland Enterprise: The district meeting of the Knights of Pythias, annotneed to be held in Kentland week after next, has been postponed to the third week in January. Mrs. Amy Rouse of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. M. H. Hemphill and daughter, Mrs. Frank Alter, left Thursday for an extended visit in Colorado. Uncle John Makeever passed his 89th milestone Tuesday. While not quite so hale and hearty as of yore, owing to his recent experience in a runaway, he still bids fair to live many years yet. r \Mrs. E. C. English, MM. GeO. Meyers and Mrs. John Duvall gave a six o'clock turkey dinner Thursday evening at the home of the former to the high school football players and their trainers and umpire—24 in all. We are sorry to learn that Attroney A. Dr Babcock of Goodland, well known here and to many of The Democrat's readers, is ip very poor health and has been taken to Indianapolis for treatment at a sanatorium for nervous trouble. Th’ feller that don’t advertise may know his business, but nobuddy else does. Tilford Moots found a dollar an* twenty cents conscience money under th* kitchen door,this mornin*. He suspects the butcher.—Abe Martin, Indianapolis News. John Lesh, who went to near /Mbnomonie, Wisconsin, a couple of 'years ago, has returned to Jasper county and has rented R. H. Grow’s farm near Rensselaer, now occupied by Thomas Brusnahan, who will move upon his own farm. MThe hens have apparently nearly iRt gone on a strike, and eggs are now a luxury, the price in Rensselaer. being 30 cents per dozen, the highest figure reached for several years. In New York City strictly fresh eggs have reached 48 to 50 cents per dozen during the past two . weeks. ■ A large number of people from Rensselaer and vicinity have taken in the big fat stock show at Chicago this week. The show lasts until December 10. Indiana ranks well up to the head of the list in number of animals on exhibition, and enjoys the distinction of having the prize steer of the show.