Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1912 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Today’s markers: Corn, 62c; Oats, 50c.

Mrs. I. J. Porter is spending the week with her sister in Chicago.

H. L. Gamble is suffering from an attack of his old complaint, liver trouble, at the home of A. E. Kirk.

The condition ■4f Peter Van Lear, who is taking hospital treatment for cancer of the liver at a Chicago hospital, is said to be hopeless.

W. J. Wright has been,, carrying one eye draped in piourning for seve.ral days, and he declares he wasn’t down to the republican state convention either.

Section one of the Presbyterian ladies, will hold their regular 10c social at the home of Mrs. Alda Parkinson Tuesday afternoon. The public is cordially invited to attend.

Dr. Rainier of Remington, who recently sold his Flanders touring car, has pruchased the Overland “doctor’s car’’ of Dr. J. H. Hansson. the local agent. .

Miss Myrtle York is reported as improving nicely in a Chicago hospital and it is now thought she will recover Very satisfactorily from the infection in her hand.

The Frank King blacksmith shop, recently destroyed by fire, Tias been rebuilt of cement block- and is now practically completed, and Mr. King will move into same Monday.

Dr. I. M. Washburn has traded his 160 acre farm in Jordan tp., which he recently got from Doc Nichols, to Charles W. Paxton of Longmont, Colo., for some Colorado land.

James Walters ahd Lonzo Healy were called to Monon Tuesday by the death of Martin Gibbin, a Forester. They accompanied the body to Roberts, 111., where burial was made.

Mrs. A. L. Morehead was called to her home in Liman, 0010., Tuesday by a telegram from her husband. She 'has been visiting here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Nevil.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank White of Lafayette are spending the week here with Mr. and Mrs. William Barkley. Thursday he went to Hammond, being a delegate to the convention from Lafayette.

The frost has been going out of the ground rapidly the last few days with the disappearance of the snow, and with good weather oats sowing may begin on some of the higher and tiled ground the latter part of next week.

Larsh & Hopkins have purchased of Mrs. George Ketchum the building and ground occupied by their drug ©tore, about 22x95 feet, with a corner off on the southeast w'hich is owned by the Monnett estate. The consideration is understood to have been $4,500.

A very large and enthusiastic audience witnessed the rendition of the “Private Secretary” at the Ellis theater Thursday evening. Several of the high school students showed some pretty good dramatic qualities and, on the whole, the play is conceded to have been a great success.

Mr©. Bertha Wildberg and Mrs. Sarah Weil of Peoria, 111., have sold the lot on which the Norgor hitch barn is located through their agent, Arthur Tuteur, to Mr. Norgor, who will make extensive improvements on his hitch barn this summer. Consideration is said to have been $1,300. r

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