Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1911 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Uncle Lewis Davisson celebrated his 85th birthday anniversary yesterday at his home on Weston street, with a big family reunion. Clarence Smith and Walter English, accompanied by three of their Purdue student friends spent a short time here Sunday evening visiting their parents, returning to Lafayette that evening in the W. F. Smith car, which Clarence will use there a few da vs.

Miss Elizabeth Leurs returned from Chicago Monday, being called there Sunday by the death of a*friend, Mrs. Christena Hildebrand 'Vagner. Miss Luers was one of the pall-bearers. Mrs. \\ agner's age was 2’ years, and she had been a member of St. Magdaline’s Court, W. C. O. F., of Rensselaer for six years and carried SI,OOO insurance in same.

Be sure to ask for the free piano certificates with your cash purchases at the stores handling them, a list of which appears elsewhere. These certificates cost you nothing, and by saving them for your favorite candidate you may be the means of her winning The Democrat’s fine $350 piano, now ,on exhibition in Worland’s furniture store.

H. B. Avis, who moved from south of town to Lawrence county last spring, has returned to Rensselaer and will take up his residence here, while looking for a farm to rent. His move was an expensive one to him, he states, as conditions in Lawrence county were not as expected, and he is out his summer’s work and S3OO by the move.

Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Gifford of Kankakee, 111., have taken up their residence in Rensselaer, at the Makeever House, and he announces that he will soon have a gang of men engaged in building the grade for the southern extension of his railroad on to Wolcott and thence tp Lafayette. Mr. Gifford is a very old man and is in his dotage. If the road ever reaches Wolcott it will probably have to be built by other parties.

The bans of marriage were published at St. Augustine’s Catholic church Sunday for Mr. John Frederick Jones of Cambridge, Ohio, and Miss Alice Drake, daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Drake of south of town. The marriage will take place at 9 a. m., Nov. 30, at the church. Mr. Jones is a draughtsman, and they will reside .at Cambridge. Miss Drake is a very popular young lady and has a host of friends in and about Rensselaer.

George Cox of Rensselaer has been granted a patent on a portable bath cabinet which he invented some months ago, one of which he has on exhibition in Cain’s barber shop. The cabinet is a light frame work covered with oil cloth, and when not in use can be quickly taken down and folded into a small space. If George can interest some company in manufacturing and pushing the sale of the cabinet he will probably do quite well with it.

Obituary of Mrs. J. A. Larsh. The funeral of Mrs. Maud Leah Larsh was held in the Christian church on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 and was very largely attended. Mrs. Larsh was the wife of Joseph A. Larsh. She was born in Jamestown, Ind., August 25, 1875. and was married to Mr. Larsh on Feb. 17, 1901, in Frankfort. f and had since resided in Rensselaer. She united with the church in Frankfort when only 13 years old and was active in church affairs until impaired health confined her to her home. Mrs. Larsh was one of those genial spirits who always created an atmosphere of hopefulness* Even up to the very hour of her death there was sounded by her a note of hope. She was always thoughtful and considerate of others. Her heart was in her work, and her work was in tter heart, especially when she was on a mission of mercy. She was not oflly active in the realm of I benevolence, but she also filled a prominent place in the social world. The one spot in which her life shed its brightest rays was in her home and it’s there the darkest hours will be experienced because of her absence. She leaves behind to mourn her loss her husband, Jos. A. Larsh; Jack, her son, aged 8; Doris, her daughter, aged 7, her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs.