Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1908 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The weather continues warm, barely being cool enough at night to freeze ice. 20 per cent discount on men’s, boys’ and childrens’ overcoats at Murray's store. Miss Grace Kelly won the great Jasper county,,bread contest, made from the Gem of the Valley flour, bought at the Chicago Bargain Store. s -v Mr. and Mrs. William Bull, two < f Rensselaer oldest and most respected residents, will celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary tomorrow. They are aged respectively 83 and 80 years. F. Bruner is back from Oklahoma, and reports having bought out a hotel at Bartlettsville and will move there very shortly. Bartlettsville is an oil town and has a population of about 10,000 we understand. If you want any old thing, buy any old place, but if you want the finest, freshest candles, nuts and fruits of the season, buy your Christmas supply at the Home Grocery. Their stock is brand-new and their prices exceptionally low. : j',W. W. Harding of New Orleans vpßlted from Friday till Monday with his little daughter who is spending the winter here with his sister, Mrs. J. A. Grant. While he used to live here, this was his first visit to Rensselaer in seven years. \Only one more case of .diphtheria Kas developed in Rensselaer thus fkr, making two cases altogether. A 1 3-year-old daughter of Frank Phillips has had the disease 'but is now almost well. It is not thought there ■will be any more cases here. I . Pranceßville is another dry town where an effort is to be made to re-establish a saloon. Wm. Fitzpatrick and Henry Crock each give notice that they will apply for license to operate saloons at the January meeting of the county commissioners.