Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1910 — Page 3
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FENDIG’S EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE Opera House Block. Rensselaer, Indiana.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. To-day’s markets: Corn, 49c; Oats, 36c. Mrs. Robert Nichols spent Saturday in Chicago. C. Earl Duvall spent Monday in Chicago on business. B. S. Fendig was in Wheatfield on business yesterday. John O’Connor of Kniman was in Rensselaer on business Monday. Miss Agnes Kahler went to V alparaiso Sunday to attend school. Lake county democrats will nominate their county ticket on April 25. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cheesman spent Saturday in Lafayette on business. Mrs. A. S. Laßue and daughter, Miss Belle, spent Monday in Chicago. /Rev. Harper went to Indianapolis Monday to spend a few days with friends. Judson and Walter Maines made a business trip to Streator, -111., Monday. Mrs. W. J. Wright returned home Monday from a few days visit in Chicago. , Miss Hazel McColly of Chicago Heights spent Sunday night here with relatives. Robert Fendig of Hammond spent Sunday here with his pai~ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Fendig. ■ The Model Laundry was moved into its new quarters, the old Republican building Saturday. 's Aaron Hickman returned home Sunday night from a few weeks visit at Mitchell and Geddes, So. Dak. C. J. Dean and George Ulm went to Welleston, Mich., yesterday on a land prospecting trip. Mrs. Carrie Short of Motion returned home Saturday after” a few days visit with Mrs. Jesse Snyder. Mrs. J. S. 'Halladay and children of Wheatfield, spent Sunday here with her mother, Mrs. Owei\ Callahan. » E. P. Honan spoke at a big initiation of the It. of C’s. at Peru Sunday night. Seventy candidates were initiated. The 31st Annual Encampment of the G. A. R., Department of Indiana, will be held at Terre Haute, May 25, 26, 27. Bart Toombs of Monticello returned home Monday after a few days visit with his brother, Robert Toombs of Gifford. Mrs. E, E. Powell, proprietress of the Nowels’ House, went to Crawfordsville Monday to spend a short visit with her mother. Dr. W. L. Meyer, the dentist, has bought. C. H. Porter’s new Ford auto, making the third Ford Mr. Porter has sold this Spring. Mrs. Carrie Brenner returned home Monday from a five , months visit with relative's at Galveston and Rosenburg, Tex..
Girls’ Shoes, sizes 8 to 13, were sl'so now go at 85c Boys’ Shoes, sizes 1 to 5% were $2.00, now go at ~ $1 50 Women’s Slippers or Shoes, were $2.25, now go at . 155 Men’s Good Quality Work Shoes were $2.25, now go at .. 200 These are lots which we desire to close out, hence this disregard for cost. Ask to see these. Bring this advertisement with you. v
C. P. Wright and Frank Ham were in Boswell on real estate business yesterday. N 'jty S. Chamberlain and wife went to Chicago Saturday where the latter will undergo a third operation in a hospital there. Mrs. Roy Chissom of Englewood returned home Saturday after a few days visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. McCarthy. Mrs. Ray Forest of Kansas City, Kans., who had been visiting with her uncle, A. L. Padgett, and family for 'a few days, returned home Saturday. H. A. Strohm, former editor of the Kentland Enterprise and president of the Enterprise Co., was married a few days ago at St. Paul, Minn., to Marion N. Ostling. A Mrs. Smith, a widow lady with four children from near Logansport, has rented the Wm. Warren property on South Weston street, and is moving here this week. Oscar Leach of Harpmond, who is employed in the Standard Steel Car Mfg. Co’s, plant, came down Saturday to make a Visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Leach. Goodland Herald Mr. Holle, of Ktjiman, unloaded his large gravel road engine off a C. & E, 1. car Tuesday 1 and will pull the rock wagons this summer for the several contractors here. >ißay Yeoman, instructor in cijvil engineering at Valparaiso University, came down Friday afternoon to spend a Couple of days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Yeoman, of southeast of town. Mrs. Alexander Miller of Bluffton, returned home Monday after a few days visit with her brother Frank Haskell and family and attending the funeral of her brother-in-law, Jas. H. Dunlap of Mt. Ayr. Monday was the sixth anniversary of the McCoy bank failure here, npw almost a forgotten occurrence,/ although one of the greatest sensations at the time of any bank failure that ever occurred in Indiana. Mrs. W. M. Henderson of Marion, left Rensselaer Monday for her new home at Seattle, after a few days visit here with her sister, Mrs. Lucy Beasley, one of the grade teachers in .the city schools. Abe M'artin, the Indianapolis News’ philosopher, says: “Lase Bud has invented a, muffler fer babies so they kin be raised in th’ most exclusive flats without fear o’ contradiction. Folks that never used t’ mention ther politics are,now Democrats.” Mrs. Grace Lefler and sister, Miss Ethel Jacks of Lafayette, spent Saturday night and Sunday here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jacks. They came up Saturday evening with Russel Sage, who was down at Lafayette with his father’s auto. Francesville Tribune : TT. D. Knotts, former publisher of this paper, was in Francesville, Sunday; Mr. Knotts is now publishing the Post at Gary. The steel trust cdntrbls the other pa--pers in the city and the Post was launched ttr give the city a paper which is free to publish what it pleases.
C. 8.. Steward lost a valuable Jersey cow yesterday. James Willis spent yesterday in Chicago on business. T. B. Cunningham and Will Ade of Kentland were business visitors here yesterday. Mrs. W. S. Parks went to Remington yesterday to visit her father, Joseph Osborne. Dr. A. G. Catt and John Culp, Jr., left Rensselaer yesterday for a few days pleasure trip to Cheyenne Wells, Colo. Miss Bertha Conway of Delphi returned home Sunday after a week’s visit with her friend, Miss Lizzie Luers of south of town. G. K. Hollingsworth; and family of Chicago came down Friday via auto to make a few days visit. Donald returned to Chicago Monday morning. pA birth which escaped the notice of The Democrat, occurred Thursday, April 7, when a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Forbes of Rensselaer. The D. A. R., will observe “guest 'day” this afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. L. Brady. Miss Margaret Cook, a pianoist of Indianapolis will give a lec-ture-recital. - pCalvin Cain, who has been working in / the grocery department of the Rowles & Parker store for the past several months, resigned his position there a few days ago. Rev. J. Herran Miller of Winamac, who assisted Rev. J. C. Parrett in the meetings at the Presbyterian church some time ago, will be married to-morrow to Miss Mary Light of Winamac. Rev. Parrett will officiate. Guy Ropp, while working on the new college buildings Thursday, was struck in the right eye by an iron hook which hung from a rope. . It took seven stitches to close the ;• wound. The eyeball was not much injured in the accident.
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The Only Exclusive Clothier, Turnisher and Hatter IN OUR CITY.
Racine Shirts 38c Two for 75c *rt On next Saturday, April 23,1 will hold a special sale of RACINE work and r’ 1 dress shirts for 38c each or two for 75c and it will pay you to get busy and lay in your summer’s supply, as you will always find that the RACINE work shirt is the best i. , t that’s made. I also can give you extra long shirts at the same prices.
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Mrs. C. G. Spitler went to Chicago Monday to visit a few days wish her daughter, Mrs. Coen. J. Bowles of Marysville, Mo., returned home vestefday iftet a short business trip to his farm north of town. _;l : ■ A, J. Biggs returned Sunday from West Lebanon, where he was called by the death of his cousiii, Miss Eva Lincoln of Wingate. The rain Saturday spoiled the hall game here between the Brook and Rensselaer high school teams, and the game was called off. A satisfied customer is the best obtainable advertisement. „ We have a-plenty of them for whom we have done work.— E. D. Rhoades & Son. Warren Robinson left yesterday for Sedalia, Mo., to meet his brothers, Frank and Addison, who own large land interests near there. He will probably be gone a week or ten days. y Harvey Davisson and a Mr. Warner of Hamilton, No. Dak., came Monday to look after landseekers. Harvey says his family arrived all O. K., at their new home and all like it there very much. He expects to be here about a week. \to. M. Worland and wife went ip Shelbyville to-day to attend the funeral of the former’s bro-ther-in-law, John Long of that plate, who died very suddenly. He was 58 years of age. Mr. Long stiff ered a stroke of paialysis some two years ago and had never fully recovered from same. ,
J. W. Jackson, a painting foreman of Paoli, was struck and killed by train No: 36, the fast mail train due here at 5:30 a. m., and which does not stop at this place, at St. John yesterday. He was in the act of taking a handcar wlhich he and his working men were usipg, from the track to let the train by, but was struck before he could get off the track.
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John and Roy Lamming ol Chicago: returned home yesterday after a few days visit with Joseph Miller and family. Miss Myrtle Powell of Monticello,. who is employed as a domestic by Mrs. John L. Smith of this place, went home yesterday for a short visit with friends. Marion I.' Adams attended a meeting of the policy holders ot the Hamilton Life Insurance Co., at Crown Point Monday. The business of the company has been- turned over to the Commercial Life Co., of Indianapolis and steps are being taken to have a receiver appointed. The prospects are, Mr. Adams says, that the assets will pay all liabilities. V/Two of Joe Kosta’s boys had .'prunaway here Sunday. There horse became frightened at I)r. Washburn’s auto and ran a few blocks, and when at the corner of Washington and Weston streets a gentleman on the sidewalk raised an umbrella, which further frightened the animal and it broke loose and ran north. It was- finally caught with little damage to the rig. K\\ dliam Comer, a former resident of l«*=-r>4iley townships, died last Thursday as his home in Medaryville, aged 67 years. Burial was made in the Independence cemetery in Gillam township. Deceased was a brother of M. P., S. T., and B. D. Comer of this county. He died from the effects of a stroke of paralysis received some two years ago. A wife, one son and four daughters are left. Ellery 11. Moorhead writes us from Genoa, Colo., inclosing draft for $2 to pay his subscription another year for The Democrat and The National Monthly, and ,says: “We have had an early spring here and a good share of the small grain crop is in. I have in 110 acres of wheat and about 25 acres of oats and barley yet to put in. Most of the wheat is up and looks nice. There is a great deal of immigration in here this spring and land is adyancing in price right along.”
Also while you are buying shirts I wilf show you what I have in a- 1 Nobby Suits for the men and boys in blue serges, fansy gray worsteds and casslmeres all at reasonable prices. And no concern in our city can duplicate my' styles, fit. and tailoring, and it will always pay you to weair Duvall's Quality Clothes. Be sure and get plenty of RACINE work shirts next Saturday at 38c each.
About forty relatives, friends and neighbors surprised Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Michael of Jordan township Sunday, at about 10 o’clock a. m., by pouring in on them unannounced, with baskets Of good things to eat, and reminded thesi that this w^s’ their 25th wedding anniversary. The surprise was complete, but the surprisees were equal to the occasion, and a general, good time was had, the guests departing in the- evening wishing Mr. and Mrs. Michael many more anniversaries of their, wedding day. Dr. and Mrs. E. N. Loy returned Monday evening from Piqua, Ov, after two weeks absence at the bedside of his father, John W. Loy, who died at his home in that place Thursday morning of pneumonia, aged 90 years. VDr. Loy was here on business ’’Wednesday and got back to Piqua about half an hour after the old gentleman had passed away, being the only one of the seven children who was not present. He leavees an aged wife, seven children, twenty-one grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren to. mourn theiv loss. He had been married 61 years. The funeral was held at Piqua Saturday afternoon.
SPRAY YOUR TREES. W. J. Holmes and Hiram Day will spray them for you. We have an automatic sprayer with 360 pounds pressure ahd can do the best of work. Prices reasonable. Phone No. 322 or 27. Any lady reader of this paper will receive receive, on request, a clever “No-Drip” Coffee Strainer Coupon, privilege, from Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wls. It is silver-plated, very pretty, and positively prevents, all dripping of tea or coffee. The Doctor sends it, with his new free book on "Health Coffee” simply to Introduce this clever substitute for real coffee. Dr. Shoop’s Health Coffee Is gaining Its great popularity because of: first. Its exquisite taste and flavor: second, its absolute healthfulnees; third, Its economy-Li 14 r> 26c; fourth, Its convenience. No tedious 20 to 30 minutes boiling. "Made In a minute” says Dr. Shoop. Try it at your grocer's, for a pleasant surprise. John Eger. The Democrat and Indianapolis News, each a 1 full, year..... .$3.75.
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