Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1911 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

•Dr. I. M. Washburn spent yesterday in .Chicago.

X. C. Shaefer was in Chicago on business yesterday.

Frank Messmer made a business trip to Lafayette yesterday.

Kainit in 125 ~tb. bags, only $13.00 per ton. — Maines & Hamilton.

L. E. Noland of Lee was a business visitor in the city ves- > . - terday.

John Romine of near Mt. Ayr was a business visitor in the city yesterday.

Mrs. Charles Thompson of Delphi was the guest of Mrs. Bert Hopkins a few days the first of the week.

Miss Vera Cornell of Grand Rapids, Mich., who has been vis iting here with relatives for the past three or four weeks, returned home yesterday.

John Rees, an old citizen of Francesville, died Saturday evening of paralysis, aged 67 years. He was born near Francesville in 1844.

The United States Motor C 0.,, also manufactures the Columbia, Sampson and Stoddard-Dayton cars, for which we are distributors. These three lines include cars from $1,175 up—some classy cars, too. — Maxwell.

We are headquarters for warm weather specialities, barefoot sandals, oxfords, cushion sole shoes and everything which affords comfort to tired, aching feet.— Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera House Block.

Mrs. John Copsey of Sheridan, accompanied by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Copsey of Lafayette, came Wednesday evening for a couple of days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Carr, returning to Sheridan yesterday.

Kentland Enterprise: Dr. Edward Corcoran, Dr. Kathrine Corcoran, their daughter Kathleen of Chicago and Attorney and Mrs. E. P. Honan of Rensselaer, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jira Skinner on Wednesday.

L. Hildebrand of Chicago has been visiting old friends here this week and looking after his business property here. His little grand-daughter, Miss Lillian Dener, who has been visiting Mrs. jerry Healy here for the past two weeks, will accompany him home.

Babcock & Hopkins have not made any definite arrangements as yet for the rebuilding of their grain elevator, but will probably do so in a few days. The scorched grain has been sold by the insurance companies to a stock food concern and is being graded and loaded into cars and shipped out.

Harvey Davisson writes from Hamilton, No. Dak., in renewing his subscription, and says: “We are all well except Mrs. Davisson and she is improving in health. Farmers are all in their fields drilling wheat and the weather is fine. lam farming a section this year, this country looks good to me. There has not been a single land buyer come to this locality since I have been here, to my knowledge, that did not buy.”

Mrs. Harley Shields and children of Pleasant Ridge are staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Platt, owing to the loss by fire of their house at Pleasant Ridge Tuesday. Just how the fire started no one seems to know, but Mrs. Shields .thinks that it had been smoldering in the roof all the morning, as it did not start from the kitchen flue. The house, which was owned by J. J. Lawler, was a total loss, but had S4OO insurance on it.

The new Trinty Methodist church./ Kentland, which cost $20,000, was dedicated free of debt Sunday, $6,200 having been subscribed at the dedication. Dr. F. J. McConnell, president of DePauw university, preached . two sermons to crowds that filled The new structure: Former tors and ministers from surrounding towns are holding services in the church this week. Tfie ministers of the Hammond district will meet in the new church .May 8 and 9.

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