Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. Mell Abbott spent yesterday in Chicago. B. S. Fendlg made a business trip to Chicago yesterday. Miss Cecil Rutherford returned home from a week’s visit at Wolcott Monday. Mrs. E. E. Roebuck returned to her home in Chicago yesterday after a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Holden. Louie Putts went to Logansport Sunday to work as fireman on the Vandalia lines. The sight of two fireman killed in a wreck was too much for Louie, and he returned to the farm the next day. Mrs. Errett Graham returned to Chicago Saturday where she will visit a short time before she leaves to join her husband, who is in Virginia. Mrs. Graham was formerly Miss Lena Washburn of Rensselaer. George Thornton who recently purchased the Little Gem Bakery of Ray Collins, has reopened the shop and is making an effort to secure the services of Michael Schlennent, the baker who worked for Collins several months. 7\Mrs. James Yeoman has been pnaking some more improvements to her residence property on Front street this spring, such as taking away the fence in front, cutting out some of the surplus shade trees and having a new roof put on the house. k! Frank Haskell, the barber, has lebthe contract to Snyder & Son for building him an 8-room, two story residence on hjs lots on South River street, on the corner north of Dr. Kannal’s residence, and work on the foundation will begin this week. Its cost will be about SI,BOO. The C. E. Society held a social at the Christian church parlors last night at which a good many young people were in attendance. Light refreshments were served and games and other amusements in abundance. All departed at a late hour and report having had a very good time.

Joseph Leobold, writing us from Walnut, Kan., in renewing his subscription to. The Democrat, says: “We could not do without The Democrat; its arrival seems like a letter from our old home, ana we like it very much. The weather in Kansas is fine, corn is planted and up; wheat looks good also and fruit looks promising. At this writing we are well pleased with the country.” Harry Hayes, who nas been in Gregory county, South Dakota, since last fall, returned yesterday. He liked it firstrate in South Dakota, but says they had a pretty severe winter. Six inches of snow fell there the latter part of last week, but most of it had disappeared when he left. Seeding was about over with, potatoes were planted and the farmers were getting ready to plant corn, when this snow came. The erstwhile Rensselaer Wrens, in their first appearance, with Van Huff in the box, met defeat in their game Sunday with St. Joseph’s hard hitting Collegians. Huff was pounded out of the box in the second inning, Harry Swartzell going in for the locals. He pitched an excellent game, only two runs being secured after his advent in the box. But the game had been irretrievably lost. The final score was 9 to 0. fer. and Mrs. Harvey Kaninal enlined Friday night in honor of i Juno Kannal and Cleve Eger. The announcement of the engagement of Miss Juno and Cleve was made with toy suit cases filled with hearts. Through a misunderstanding Messrs. Craven, Hurd, Vaile'and Sebold guests from the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, at Purdue, did not arrive untinl Saturday, and were entertained at dinner at the Kannal home Saturday night. The EgerKannal marriage will take place May 19. Pittsburg detectives working on the Whitla kidnapping case, claim to have located two sisters of Mrs. Boyle, the woman in the case, in Indiana. Their names as reported are Mrs. Kate Overmeyer of Kouts and Mrs. Mary Hallagan of Hebron, whose maiden names were McDermott. Mrs. Hallagon is the wife of Pat Hallagan, formerly of near Rensselaer, but no ignomy attaches to these sisters for their relationship to Mrs. Boyle, if they are related as claimed by the detectives.

WAS FOND OF NAVY CLOTHES Heavy Sentence For Seaman With Record of Seven Desertions. Washington, April 27.—Naval Secretary Meyer has approved the unusually severe sentence of ten years’ hard labor imposed on John J. Lambert, an apprentice seaman. Lambert’s record shows he enlisted seven times in the navy in various parts of the United States, each time under a different name and deserted as many times. His apparent object was to secure oach time the |6O clothing allowance given to recruits. Genuine “Quaker Parchment** butter wrappers, blank or printed, for sale at The Democrat office In any quantity desired. IT PAYS TO TRUE *T WORURO’S.