Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1911 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Louis Ramp, Ralph Donnelly, Charles Rhoades and Floyd Hemphill went to the Kankakee river Saturday to spend a couple of days fishing. *—■ - ■— ■■■■ ■ ■ I■» ■■■ Ihe dirt from the excavating for the M. E. church is being used to fill in the depression of the old Makemself ditch, on the lot just north of the old August Rosenbaum place, on Cullen street. The school board has employed Mr. H. C. Marvin of Augusta, Miqh., as instructor in physics and chemistry to succeed Miss Elizabeth Hume, now Mrs. Ross Dean. Mr. Marvin is a married man and will move to Rensselaer. • Ready for delivery off our floor, two of those staunch, reliable runabouts that have made the Maxwells “the great economy cars.” A car which can run on Jasper county roads at a total

cost of 1 3-10 cents per mile. A nice carrying space on these cars, “ too. Step in and let us show you how to save money.— Maxwell. Mr. B. Forsythe has sold the remainder of his . stock of general merchandise at Winamac to Wilson & Co., of Plymouth and Knox, who will continue the business, and has returned to Rensselaer and will occupy his handsome home here. His neice, Miss Cora Meese, of Dixon, 111., will come here and keep house for him and attend the Rensselaer school.

F. M. Lakin was in from Union tp. Monday. He has became to old to work like he used to and has decided to rent his big farm and move to town, probably to Rensselaer. He has been a very rugged man, though small of stature, and never took a dose of medicine until in the last year, when his stomach has bothered him considerably and he has doctored quite a little. Farmers tell us that corn was I urt more last week, up to the rain of Friday morning, than any time yet. In numerous places on the higher ground the stalks were “fired” all the way up and completely killed. The rains Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which were all general throughout this section, have supplied sufficient moisture now to mature the corn all right now. 1 All the news in The Democrat*