Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1911 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

C. C. Warner has sold his 160 acre farm in Carpenter tp., to O. B. Norris of Tiptop 1 , realizing a nice profit there. The price received was SIO,OOO. Geo. Fulks, who has lived on the farm several years, will continue another year as tenant, the new’ owner not wanting to move on it for a year. Capt. J. M. Wasson has been in a very serious condition for the past few day from his old ailment, and a specialist from Chicago was down Thursday to see him. His daughters, Mrs. A. E. Coen’ of Berwyn, 111., Mrs. A. S. Nowels of Columbia City, and Mrs. Jesse E. Wilson of Hammond, are here. Our fine Christmas weather was spoiled Wednesday night by rain, and Thursday and yesterday were quite warm, especially yesterday, when the mercury at noon stood at 48. Robins were heard yesterday morning. Yesterday’s weather report gave no promise of. snow’ or a drop in the temperature. Ed Fawley of Fair Oaks is boarding out a fine and costs of $18.25 imposed in Squire Fay’s court at Parr Monday, for assault and battery upon the person of Marion Burns, another Fair Oaks citizen. The difficulty is said to have arisen over some remarks Fawley alleges Burns had made about, the former’s better half. No' doubt because of the holiday season, there w T as a lack of buyers for the C. C. Robinson farm north of Wolcott Wednesday. and only S7O per acre was bid. The way land is selling this farm should be worth about SIOO per acre or better, and the administrator will try another public sale of the farm later unless it is sold soon at private sale. { L. S. Renicker of North Manchester, i-n renewing his subscription. writes: “All well and am still working for the International Harvester Co., at Ft. Wayne, and our business has been the largest they ever had from that office. They are looking forward for the coming year to be a good one. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I remain,” etc. Hugh J. McGowan, the Indianapolis traction magnate, died at his home in that city Tuesday night of heart trouble, aged 54 years. McGowan was born on a firm in Missouri and first started out in life as a street car driver in Kansas City at $25 per month, lodging in the stable over the mules’ quarters. He died in a fine mansion and was worth many millions of dollars. \V. H. Morrison, who was formerly in the cream buying business here, came down from Chicago Thursday afternoon with W. H. Defter and was busy shaking hands wit-h old friends for a few hours, returning to Chicago on the evening train. He is still located at Arlington, So. Dak., and says he has worked up a good business there, esi pecially in the poultry line. Crops were poor there i and he thinks the Jasper county farmer, if he~J<nOws when he is well off, .will stay right here.

River Queen Mills. We have opened up and are ready to do all kinds of work, except grinding wheat. Custom work 1 our specialty. Bring your buckwheat, rye, corn and feed grinding. We will do it right Pure buckwheat flour and meal and feed for sale.— Fynn & Thomas. Ready for delivery off our floor, two of those staunch, re 2 liable 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 tjiese too. Step in and let us show yor howCto save money.—Maxwell.