Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1909 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Union City and. at his old home in Ohio. Wheat, he states, is generally good all along the rpute traversed, but no better, if as good, as we have here. There has been too much rain all through the eastern part of the state and away into Ohio. The river banks were all full of water and corn in many places-was poor. \\ here it had been dry enough to work the corn fields it was looking well, but in many places the weeds had got a great start on account of the inability of farmers to get to get to work it.

Mrs. A. Gangloff was called to Headlee, White county, Monday by the death of her nephew, George Roth, a young man 24 years of age, who was killed Sunday while driving to the Pulaski church with his vise and baby. The horse became frightened at a tree which had been blown across the road by the wind and just a passage way cut out for teams to pass. The animal lunged forward, pulling Mr. Roth over the dashboard. It then begun kicking and kicked the entire top of his head off, and also knocked out his teeth. A wife and one child is left. The unfortunate young man was a son of Mrs. Gangloff’s brother, and was highly respected in that locality.

Ihe $75,000 fire at Knox Sunday, starting from the explosion of a vulcanizing tank in a dentist’s office, a small fire which, with waterworks and trained fire fighters, could have been easily extinguished, is further Proof of the economy of a waterworks system, instead of the obsolete bucket brigade and dinky chemical engines. A skilled fire department, every man in his place at the sounding of an glarm, and the scientific fighting at a fire, not only pay for themselves in the salvation of property, but are encouraging to prospective builders, who without fear of serious fire loss, erect fine business blocks. Knox has at last awakened to these facts, and the contract has been let for a $20,000 waterworks system.

Eger Bros, are selling “Standard” or “Sisal” Binder Twine at 8 i-a cts.