Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1910 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

I. D. and Charles Walker of Barkley tp., went to Indiana Harbor Saturday to visit Victor Walker and family a few days. Mrs. Chas. Jouvenat of Chicago returned home yesterday after a week’s visit here with her sister, Mrs. Charlotte George and family. . - Mr. and Mrs. E. H, Michael of Union City, who had been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Ernest Lamson, a few days, returned home yesterday. G, 11. McClain and son and John Culp and James Willis went to Indianapolis Sunday in the former’s auto to see the auto races, returning Monday night. Charles Fox and Mr. and Mrs. John Hines of near Brook and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Watson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Watson, and partook of a sumptuous dinner. 4A, S. bowman of Pleasant Rydge has bought out the W. E. Price store at Parr and will also act as depot agent there. Mr. Price will give his attention to the creamery business at Parr. 'vThere was a sort of a family reunion and dinner at J. C. Gavin’s Monday, their sons Blaine of Winipeg, Canada, and Perry of Marion, and daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Thomas of Monticello, being here, together with John and Dr. M. D. Gwin of Rensselaer, making the full family present.

C. G. Spitler went up to Thayer Saturday morning to see the oil well shot there. The “shooting” took place all right but no oil gushed forth over the top of the derrick, and it is probable there is not enough of the fluid there to pay to work it. The well will be pumped out, we understand, and then it will be definitely known whether it* is a “dry hole* or no. 1 General George F. McGinnis, who suffered on attack of vertigo at the G. A. R. encampment at Terre Haute last week, died at his home in Indianapolis Sunday morning, aged 84 years. General McGinnis was the last surviving brigadier-general of the civil war from Indiana who saw actual service as a brigadier in that war. He was a native of Boston, and located in Indianapolis in 1850. Peter Wagner says that his little son did not have the scarlet fever. He has been up and about the house all the time except one day, and he thinks the boy was only slightly indisposed from something he had eaten. Two doctors who examined the boy said that if there was any scarlet fever it was not pronounced enough to notice it, and they, gave him no medicine because there was nothing the matter with him. Airs. George 11. Haines is the proud owner of a new 30 horse power Halladay J. automobile, which she bought through the J. L. Brady agency. It is a 5-pas-senger car and cost $1,500- complete. Her sons J. L. and W. C. Alaines brought the machine through from Streetor, 111., arriving here Sunday morning, having been held up at Lake Village by a heavy rain storm Saturday night. It is a good and substantial machine, and ought to last a good many years.

Grocery Satisfaction If your grower pleases you in every particular, you have no cause for changing. Even WE can do no more than that. But if you think some of making a shift, we would be glad to give you the best service of which we are capable. , Often and often we have turfted now-and-again customers into steady patrons. And we lose a surprising few of the really particular grocery buyers, who once become our customers. Try us on anything you like. MeFARIAND & SON RELIABLE GROCERS.