Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1910 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Anarch came in warm and lamb-like yesterday. Alfred Collins went to Wheatfield yesterday on business, returning to-day. Miss True George continues to improve and is now able to be up a little each day. E. V. Ransford is at Brook for a few days, getting his new store there started off right. We will continue a short time to give you the greatest values aver offered on everything.— Chicago Bargain Store. Mrs. M. E. Corliss has sold her farm 3 miles west of town to J. W. Miller of Illinois. Consideration not made public. Giles Odell of Fair Oaks and Misses Minnie Cox and Georgia Joyner of Fair Oaks attended St. Elmo here Monday night. H. H. Churchill expects to leave to-day or tomorrow for his home in Oklahoma City, Okla., after having spent a several weeks here on business. Don’t forget the tailor-made suit opening Thursday, Friday and Saturday 0 this week. Suits from Sl5lOO up. C. Earl Duvall. Wells county, now dry by remonstrance, voted Monday on the county option proposition, and the drys won out by 1,570 majority. The city of Bluffton voted dry by 81. Word was received here a few days ago of the marriage ot Sam Spriggs of Oklahoma City, son of R. W. Spriggs, formerly of Rensselaer, to a young lady of Lawrence, Kan. Bert Welsh left yesterday for his new home near Larimore, No. Dakota. Two of his boys took down with the measles Saturday and he must now leave his family here perhaps a month or six weeks yet. J. J. Moore, who came up from Trafalgar, Johnson county. Friday, evening to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, Joseph Yeoman, said that there was still a foot of snow in his part of the state when he left. This dish-towel style of ladies’ headgear is perhaps economical, but it’s the most outlandish yet seen. The inverted two-bushel baskets and Italian fruit-stands were very becoming beside the narrow strips of cloth now worn. 'A-Miss Clara Parker has purchased the Bartoo property on the corner of McCoy avenue and College Road, consideration $1,200. Miss Parker has bought it simply as an investment, but may build a new house thereon some time later. A “shower” was given at the home of Walter Porter on McCoy avenue Saturday afternoon by Masses Fannie Porter nnd Helen Hill, for Miss Pauline Ames, who is soon to marry Ross Porter. The young couple will live on Mr. Porter’s farm in Jordan tp. Lesh left Sunday for Menomonie, Wis., to look after some business matters preparatory to moving upon his farm near there. He will return in a few days and accompany his wife, who is recovering from an operation for appendicitis, to their new home. Mrs. D. A. Stoner writes from Wichita, Kan., under date of Feb. 24, in renewing her subscription to The Democrat, and says: “We are all well; weather a little cool for here, but it doesn’t stop the carpenters. The amount of building on is something wonderful.” NIT. M. McAleer of Henry, 111., \yno is here for* a few days on business, said that there was several inches of snow in his locality up to Saturday, when the rain carried it off. They have had more snow there this season than we have, and there is a great deal of corn yet to husk there, he says. XJ James E. Walters returned HHday evening from Chicago where he has been the past six weeks undergoing an Operation and (treatment for hernia. While still weak, he is getting along nicely now, and was in town Monday afternoon to receive treatment from his local doctor and attend to ' some business matters.