Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1911 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. "Brief Items of Interest to City ■■■ and Country Readers. ■ Today’s markets: Corn, 53c; Oats, 43c; Wheat, 87c. B. F. Bundy was a Monon business visitor Saturday. W. R. Lee was in Michigan Friday on potato business. John Hack of Lowell was in the city Saturday on business. A postal savings bank will be established at Brookston Dec. 8: Carl Rimmick of Logansport was the Sunday guest of George Putts of southwest of town. Miss Blanche Babcock and Miss Clara Robinson spent Saturday and Sunday in Lafayette. Eat Mrs. Green’s good homemade bread, “The Best Ever.” Phone 477. Delivered at your door. H. R. Kurrie was a business visitor in the city Saturday, returning to Chicago in the afternoon.

Simon Thompson went to Chicago Saturday to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Kurrie. Mrs. Mary E. Lowe, who was taken to Chicago recently to "be operated on for a bone trouble in her limb, returned home Sunday. E. E. Fritts of Delphi, who is now traveling for the Indianapolis News, was a business visitor in the city Friday and Saturday. J. M. Sauser has sold the 80 acre Weurthner farm, in Newton tp., advertised in The Democrat. to Guss Yeoman of that township. The Indiana-Illinois football game played Saturday at Indianapolis resulted in a score of O to 0. Some from here attended the game. Mrs. Parcels of Monticello, the aged mother of E. M. Parcels of Rensselaer, and Philip Parcels of Monticello, celebrated her 85th birthady anniversary Thursday. George Robinson has opened a second hand clothing and Avearing apparel store in the Leopold room on \an Rensselaer street, formerly occupied by Duke Nichols’ fruit and candy store. Edward Honan, Jr., who has been attending a Catholic college near St. Cloud, Minn., for the past few months, returned home Monday, and will probably enter a school in Illinois hi a short time.

Mrs. Frances Remmek, who Has been visiting 1 fhere a few 1 days with her daughter, Dr. Rose M. Remmek, returned home Saturday, accompanied by Miss Remmek. who spent Sunday there with her, in Indianapolis. Ben Smith has his new cement block house oh North Forest street up ready for putting on the roof, and is waiting on the carpenters now. If he gets It enclosed, he says, he can go ahead and finish it up regardless of the weather. Saturday there was one heat victim in Chicago, when the mercury broke all -previous November records „by mounting to 75 degrees, and Saturday night or Sunday morning, rather, two men froze to death there, so great was the change in temperature in a few hours time. Mrs. Mary Brown-Higgins of Joliet. 111., returned home Monday after a week’s visit with her cousin. Mrs. A. Eib. The grandfather of both ladies, Jonathan Houghan, was a participant in the battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 and Mrs. Riggins came here to attend the centennial last Tuesday with Mrs. Eib. 1 Andrew Gangloff, Jr., went to Rome City. Ind., Saturday to bring home his brother . who has been taking treatment in a sanitarium there. As stated by The Democrat; last week, John has not improved any under the treatment received' at the sanitarium. Both returned Saturday evening.