Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1911 — Page 4

Reniodelino Sale Dec. 6to Jan. 1 SMBHKf '-SHaMVMMEzSnBKBMmHBnHHnBBM Furniture, Rugs and Linoleum I (J We are getting ready to remodel our entire store and have decided to run this sale in connection with our I Annual 10 Per Cent Ped Tag Reduction Sale. At this time of the year every furniture store has on hand a lot I of odd pieces from broken suites. For the last two weeks we have been going over our stock and have put a I price on every one of these odd pieces—discounts will range from 10 to 50 per cent. I

,•{1 g IU/ ~frZ/Z' p tajWKMi W uL f I/ llmmfi s> T> , w| ’i!/ /'I/ / AvWW 'at mA We sell the Royal PushButton Morris Chair —20. per cent off on entire line

Sale begins lAf I RIOMT Sale ends December 6,1911 " re ’ S s E la E r, Indiana January 1,1912

News Notes of Nearby Towns

A» Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

FAIR OAKS. | — ( . i (Too late for last issue.) More rough winter weather this week,. . . • Health is fairly good in our burg nowadays. The meetings at the M. E. church closed Saturday evening. Frank Goff put a new roof on Bob Mace’s poreh Monday. The elevator has been taking in quite a good deal of corn this week. Miss Minnie Cox went to Kentland Wednesday to spend a week with friends. J. J. Lawler received a large ■shipment of woven fence wire the first of the week. The interlocking gang got through their work here Friday and went to to work. Hillis & Tolen received a car load of cattle Wednesday to be fed on their ranch this winter. Mr. and Mrs. Moore and two children of Lafayette were here one day last week on business. Mrs. Eggleston, after about 10 days visit with relatives at Weston Springs and Chicago, returned home last week.

Frank Cox and Miss Ethel Myres of Rensselaer made a short call here Sunday on the former’s sister, Mrs. Handley.

Flossie Gundy of Gary came in Wednesday evening to spend Thanksgiving ..with relatives and friends in her old home town of Fair Oaks. ~ •

Dots of people ate turkey in Fair Oaks Thanksgiving, but nobody ate oysters. Our merchants made some kind of a miss-que and did not get any on. My, what a disappointment.! • Mrs. John Kight and little daughter came up from Indianapolis Saturday and on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Ike Kight wpnt with -her to Chicago to consult a specialist in regard to her health. There was a wreck about a mile south of Roselawn Sunday night on the Monon when a train struck a handcar from this place and demolished it. The occupants jumped off and escaped injury. Mr. and Mrs. Cottingham received a dispatch Saturday that a daughter had been born to their son William and wife at Danville. They both got ready Saturday night and probably sat np the greater part of the night in order to take the first train out to see the new ar-

ail Items of Interest j] from Surrounding Towns Tersely Told. Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

rival. Grandpa came home Monday but Grandma staid until after Thanksgiving.

“Best on Earth” This is the verdict of R. J. Howell, Tracy, 0., who bought Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for his wife. “Her case was the worst I have ever seen, and looked like a sure case of consumption. Her lungs were sore and she coughed almost incessantly and her voice was hoarse and weak. Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound brought relief at once and less than three bottles affected a complete cure.”—A. F. Long.

| NEW CENTER. | —| . [_ (Too late for last issue.) Joseph Grouns shredded fodder Monday. Wiley Latta dressed poultry Friday and shipped it Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William Vannatta were Rensselaer guests last Thursday. Mrs. Guy Moore and son Earl spent Monday at Wolcott with her mother. Miss Bessie Breckenridge of Monticello came Tuesday for an extended visit at the home of John Southard. Mrs. William Miles .and daughter and Mrs. James May and two sons took dinner- Friday with John Southard’s. Belle Southard and Miss Pearl Babcock of near Goodland spent Saturday night with Lena and Jessie Williamson and also attended Bessie Darrow’s box social the same evening.

| LEE. | —j ; —I—(Too late for last issue.) O. A. Jacks and wife visited Sunday at George Foulks’. Charles Jones 8s running his corn shredder now for the people south of here. Ray Holeman of near Reynolds was h«re on business Wednesday of this week. < Miss Ethel Lewis has been on the sick list this week with grip and neuralgia. Ruel Whitlow had an attack of peritonitis this week and was unable to attend school. Hattie Overton of Rensselaer j spent Thanksgiving with her brother Frank and family here. I Mts. C. A. Holeman visited. he r

The prices are on the Red Tags, look at the former price and Red Tag price. We want every young couple that is figuring on starting house-keeping now or in the spring to visit our store during this sale. Any pieces that are bought and paid for will be held until March, if desired. We guarantee every piece of furniture that goes from our store. If it isn’t right, we make it WRIGHT. 20 PER CENT OFF On Our ENTIRE RUG_STOCK - . This consists of over 100 room-size rugs from 1A 6x9 to 12x15; we give some of the prices: Reg. Price Sale Price 12x15 Smith’s Axminster $35.00 $28.00 10.6x13.6 Smith’s Axminster 30.00 24.00 11.3x.12 Smith’s Axminster 27.00 21.60 11.3x12 Body Brussells 3 2 -5° 26.00 t 11.3x12 Seamless 20 50 16.00 , 11.3x12 Velvet 24,00 19.20 9x12 Royal Wilton - 35.00 28.00 •> 9x12 Smith's Wilton 26-85 21.48 9xT2 Hartford Axminster 26.85 21.48 9x12 B )dy Brussels 25.00 20.00 9x12 Smith’s Axminster 21.00 16.80 9x12 Axminster 18.00 14.40 9x12 Heavy Seamless Brus. 15.00 12.00 9x12 Tapestry 12.50’ 10.00

sori Oryal and wife in Rensselaer last Saturday and Sunday. Fred Stiers and wife spent Thanksgiving with tjheir son Earl and family of Medaryville. W. L. Stiers has his new house almcct complete. They are sandpapering and finishing the inside work. On Friday of last week Mr. and Mis. Arm Lewis went to Brookston to attend her brother and wife’s fiftieth wedding anniversary. Miss Morris, the teacher, and pupils gave a very interesting program for Thanksgiving at school Wednesday afternoon. Mses McDonald and pupils from the school just south of here attended.

Lightning Kills Few. In 1906 lightning killed only 169 people in this Whole country. One’s chances of death by lightning are less than two in a million. The chance of death from liver, kidney or stomach trouble is vastly greater, but not if Electric Bitters be used, as Robert Madsen, of West Burlington, la., proved. Four doctors gave him up after eight months of suffering from virulent liver trouble and yellow jaundice. He was then completely cured by Electric Bitters. They’re the best stomach, liver nerve and kidney remedy and blood I purifier on earth. Only 50 c at A. I F. Long.

I | : MT. AYR. | —j j—(From the Pilot.) i Mr. Perrigo made a business trip to Chicago Monday. j j; N. Bicknell shipped cattle from Rensselaer Sunday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. de .Vries on Nov. 25, a girl. i Dale Warner is visiting friends and relatives in Mt. Ayr this week. 1 An eight pound girl was .torn Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wood, Nov. 19. Frank Greenlee visited his sister Bertha at Martin Barker’s Friday afternoon. Miss Bertie Hitdhings came fori a two weeks stay with Will Johnson' and family. <_ - . j Mr. and Mrs. Orville Putt spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. 1 Marion Dunn. j C. J. Hopkins and wire and Mrs.' Dr. Merry spent Sunday with Mrs. Hattie Barton. Clarence Mahary went to Logans'port Monday where he was placed• ■ in the hospital. | 'Mr. and Mrs. Charles Liston of .Rensselaer spent Sunday at the home of Marion Bicknell. | Mrs. Alex Miller left Wednesday' for a Thanksgiving visit with her brother Lee of Chicago. ■ Mrs. Dr. Merry left Wednesday morning for Chicago to visit her daughters, Blanch and Jessie. An eight pounr girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Johnson Saturday morning. Mother and babe doing fine.

WOLCOTT. -I i—(From the Enterprise.,) Mrs. Harry Nelson of Roselawn is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nelson. Mrs. John Bowen of Logansport spent Friday with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Minnie Parsons. Miss Lizzie Goodeman of Francesville, who has been visiting here, returned home Monday. H. Foster and family spent Sunday afternoon, with Milo Julian and family near Remington. H. C. Spangle spent Thanksgiving in Gilman, 111.,- the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Spangle. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Boone went to Logansport Thursday to spend Thanksgiving with relatives. Misses Emma and Ella Comer went,, to Royal Center Thursday to spend the day with friends. . 'Miss Viola Goodacre of Flora, Ind., came Wednesday evening to spend Thanksgiving with her parents. ' • ' Joe Blake of Lafayette, who has been visitng her daughter, Mrs. Robert Stockton, returned home Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Naugle and daughter went to Scotteiburg Saturday to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs. Naugle’s mother, Mrs. A. R. Clegg. O. E. Burch and family went to Battle .Ground Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Burch’s uncle, Ben F. Shoup, who was killed Friday morning by the Monon train.

Ends Winter’s Troubles. To many, winter is a season of trouble. The frost-bitten toes and fingers, chapped hands and lips, chilblains, cold-sores, red and rough skins, prove this. But such troubles fly before Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. A trial convinces, Greatest healer of Burns, Boils, Piles, Cuts, Sores, Bruises, Eczema and Sprains. Only 25c at A. F. Long's.

IROQUOIS VALLEY. _| -|— Bessie McElfresh spent Sunday with Mrs. John Alter. Joe Pullins and family spent Sunday with John Lesh and family. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grant were Rensselaer goers Saturday evening. J. W. Marlatt and family visited J. Spedeker’s in Rensselaer Sunday. Leo, Arnold and Gertrude Kolhoff were , Rensselaer goer® Saturday. Mrs. Chris Morgenegg and two daughters visited in Rensselaer Saturday. j i Clyde Schreiner spent the last of the week with his aunt, Mrs. Geo. McElfresh. Those that visited the Burns school Friday were Mrs. John Shroer, Mrs. Frank Schroer, Lawson Price, Gertrude Kolhoff, Mrs,- Joe Pullins and son Donald and Ethel Marlatt.

We have a nobby line of Ladies' Desks, either in Fumed or Early English—priced for sale at $4.05 10 per cent off on Linoleum - We have a nobby line of JQ OCT Novelty Furniture Art Yre Lamps, Shower Lights, CCllt 011 Domes, Cedar Chests, Mattings, Chests, Foot Stools, Magazine Racks, Smoking Sets, Wooden Paper Baskets, Flower Stands, Pedestals, Screens, Phone Stands 15 of? on aii Library Tables

y Winford Pullin® is back from Alabama where he owns a large plantation.. He is buying a carload of percherion .horses to take back with him. He seems to be getting quite a few in our vicinity.

Catarrh Cannot be Cured with local applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. » F. J. CHENEY & C„ Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.

FRANCESVILLE. | -I ’ 1(From the Tribune.) Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aken, Friday night, a boy. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bledsoe are in Richmond spending Thanksgiving with her parents. Mrs. Belle Geib went to Rensselaer Friday where she will spend Thanksgiving with friends. Charles Swisher returned Satuiday from Arkansas where he spent about ten days on a prospecting tour. *• Jacob Huppert and family of Cropsey, 111., who were the guests of his brother Christ for a few days, returned home Tuesday. W. H. Rusk from Windsor, Mo., was in Francesville a part of this week. He says tihe crops in his locality were a partial failure this season, owning to the long dry spell.

| MEDARYVILLE. | ~H 1— (From the Advertiser.) Miss Datey Ramey is visiting relatives in Rensselaer since Wednesday. Miss Lizzie Faris of Gillam tp., is visiting friends at Plymouth, Ind., since Wednesday last. Mesdames Domke and Hunt left Wednesday for a several days visit with friends at Knox, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Dunn and daughter Vivian took Thanksgiving dinner with friends at Wheatfield. Quite a number of the young friends of Miss Lizzie Watson met at her home on last Sunday afternoon to assist in the celebration of her seventeenth birthday anniversary. All enjoyed 7 a thorough good and left for their homes wishing Miss Watson many returns of the happy event. (

! | REMINGTON. I I —■ 1Mont Hoover has bought a 160' acre dairy farm near Wabash. j Adam Fisher is quite sick with: i inflammation of the bowels at this i writing. w I Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kelley spent Thanksgiving with relatives in Frankfort. Henry Mischer visited his son-in-law, Charles Julian and family at Grant Park, 111., -last week. Mr. and Mrs. David Smalley of Sheldon, 111., were Thanksgiving guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smal- , le ?- ' ( Miss Lina Luckey and Miss Madge Puckett spent Thanksgiving with M. B. Graham, and family at Windfall, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Yeoman of Indianapolis spent Thanksgiving, with his mother, Mrs. Ira W. Yeoman, and family here. Mr, and Mrs. W. R. Geier and two daughters, Misses Alberta and Josephine, and Mrs. D. V. Garrison spent Thanksgiving with relatives, at Wabash. Misses Laura Peck and Irene Balcom, who are attending DePauw University, came home Wednesday * to spend Thanksgiving. . Mr. and Mrs. M. F. French at--1 tended a family reunion at Brookston Thursday. His brother and. wife from Montana, Mr. and Mrs.. | J. W. French, were there. Mrs. Eliza Sheetz, aged 64 years,, died at the home of her daughter, | Mrs. George Foos, Wednesdaynight, and the funeral was held Friday from the M. E. church. Kentland Democrat: Cyrus Rice* lof near Remington was on our streets Tuesday. . .Mrs. P. S. Griffith of Remington was the guest of her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. C_ , E. Lambert, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Hand, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. John Milligan of Datona, Fla., who had been their guests for several Mays, left Thursday for Datona to spend the; winter. Hammond Time?: The girls of the A. B. C. club decided to postpone the meeting which was announced for last evening on account of other social entertainments. Next Friday evening Miss Ruth Wooden will be hostess at her home in Wilcox street and entertain the members with games and contests.

Good for Colonel “Tip." Col. “Tip” Kenyon has verified his assertion that a spotted rat had been observed entering the basement of the Press building. The muchheralded animal, through the efforts of the Colonel;"had been captured and is now on exhibition at this office. The animal is a freak and the first' of the kind to be on exhibition in this country.—Remington Press.

Subscribe for The Democrat..