Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1911 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items ot Interest to City and Country Readers. Fine bananas.—Home Grocery. F. W. Tobias was a Chicago visitor Thursday. Today’s markets: Wheat, 89c; Corn, 38c; Oats, 29c. Mrs. Charles Roberts and Miss Jennie Harris spent Tuesday in Chicago. The Foresman postoffice was robbed of S2OO in cash and stamps Sunday night. Wm. Porter of Francesville was over Thursday and yesterday visiting his wife. Remember it’s the Home Grocery that sells so much flour —“Best” or ■“Northmore,” $1.50 a sack. Miss Anna Honan of Delphi returnd home Wednesday after a two days visit here with E. P. Honan n ' u Mrs. M. D. Walsh of Chicago came Thursday to visit her daughter, Mrs. John Murffit and family near Mt. Ayr. V. Nowels, Mrs. Bert Hopbins and Miss Julia Leopold took in one of the leading grand operas at Chicago Wednesday night

George and Judson Maines left Thursday for Hume, Mo., to prospect for land. They have a farm in sight and may possibly buy.

Lonzo Healy went to Lafayette Wednesday to visit Purdue friends a few days. He will also visit at FrankHn with J'loyd Meyers before returning home.

Mrs. Charles Ramp accompanied , little grandson, John Krull, to his home at Kentland Wednesday. John had been visiting grandpa and grandma since Xmas.

George McAllister is expected Saturday from Glencoe, Minn., to spend a short time here with his nephew, W. R. Gates and family. The former is quite an extensive land owner in his locality.

Fifty-two weeks of contract with all the news of home, town, county, state, country and all the world, for $2.00 which pays for The Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer and this paper one year.

W. H. Parkison returned from Valparaiso Wednesday where he had been on a few days business trip in connection with the Lewin attachment cases, which will come up for trial there next week. 'vmt the annual meeting of the directors of the First National Bank of Ambia a few days ago James F. Yeoman, son of D. H. Yeoman of Rensselaer, was promoted from vicepresident to president

Helen Meader Of north of town is seriously sick with grip at the home of Cal Cain, where she and her sister Lois are boarding while attending the high school here. Yesterday she was reported to be some better.

A 5-passenger, actual 30 H. P. touring car, 110 in. wheel base, 34x4 in. tires, $1,400 —torpedo or open body at your option—where can you duplicate it? Maxwell economy and reliability thrown in. —MAXWELL.

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‘ The Republican, in letting—or attempting to let, rather—itself down gently on the Purtelle hot air scheme, says there is a pitiful side to the story; that it is evident that Purtelle’s mind is weak. Many people, however, will disagree on this diagnosis. It will naturally seem that the people who fell to his wiles were the weak-minded ones.

Sylvester Gray received a telegram Thursday stating that his brother Allen of Manson, lowa, was in a critical condition in a hospital at Ft. Dodge, lowa, and about to die. Owing to his own condition — he having a severe case of the grip —and the fact that the rest of Bis family are ' very poorly, Mr. Gray was unable to go to his brother’s bedside, and he sent his brother-in-law, City Marshal Mustard, in his stead. Mr. Mustard left Thursday afternoon, W. S. Parks “subbing” for him while he is away. Up to yesterday noon nothing further had been heard relative to Mr. Gray’s condition.