Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1912 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

E. P. Honan returned home from attending the funeral of a state officer of rhe Catholic Order of Foresters at Indianapolis Thursday. Mrs. Jay Lamscn is visiting her daughter. Mass Hagel at East Chicago. She also expects to undergo an operation for her eyes while there r - .4. ' Miss Margaretta Bass of Greenwood, Ind., who has been visiting here for some time with Miss Nina -Martindale, is now vidting Mrs. Rufus Knox in Chicago. Mrs. A. Gacgioff is making preparations for a few weeks visiting trip to Washington. Peoria and other points in Illinois, leaving the latter part of the week. Milroy Park has been cleaned up and the fi 1 in of last fall harrowed ard seeded, and woe to the man who drives across it and cuts it up if. the marshal catches him. , j Edward Taylor of Chicago is the gua t this w,€ek cf C. C. Warner. While his wi f e entena’irs the Renslaer ladies. Mr? Taylor thought it Les’t that lie take' io the tai I ', uncut.

i. In Tuesday’s primaries in Illinois Roosevelt made practical-y a clean sweep oi the republican delegates to the national convention and i Champ Clark to the democratic . convention. Ask your neighbor about the great comfort derived from the Ladies' Comfort they purchased at our exclusive shoe store. —Fendig's Inclusive Shot* Store. Opera House Block. Prof. Wm. Lee, instructor in science in the city high school, was called to Markle, Ind.. Thursday by a telegram informing him of the death of his father, Samuel Lee, aged about 74 years, who has been in a very serious condition and death expected for the past four weeks. When foot ailments come upon you‘consider whether it is advisable to get footwear of an exclusive shoe dealer who devotes his entire time to footwear or to a man who gives the study of shoes a few of his idle moments. We fit shoes.— Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block. The new SIOO,OOO Y. M. C. A. building was LadEy damaged by fire at about 3 a. m.. Wed ne day and several of the Purdue students who roomed there had narrow escapes. The fire is thought to have originated by seme cigarette fiend throwing a “cig” stub in one of the lockers. The damage is about $20,000. The Presbyterian Ladies Missionary Society met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Its president.! Mrs. A. J. Belt ows. and a very instructive and entertaining program was rendered. Mrs. A. L. Burton and Mrs. J. I. Gwin were chosen as delegates to attend the district mee‘ing to be held next week at Valparaiso. The club meets next time'

Thirty feet more of the Williams dike about a half mie from Shelby was swept away by the waters of the Kankakee river Monday evening and a great portion of the surrounding territory new inundated. The break is new covered by twenty feet of ■ water, making it im; ossible for any repair that might otherwise have been made. The waters of the Kankakee have been gradually falling fcr the jaet few days, and this new break aided greatly to the distrees of the tenants of the surrounding territory. ( A paper was circulated through the business district this Week for raising funds to purchase an artificial limb for Henry Nevil, and seemingly met | with generous response, and the SIOO needed will no doubt easily be raised. The limb is to be made by S. F. Wood of Detroit, Mich., who has taken other orders from here recently, acd who has already taken a cast of the member with him to Detroit. He ateo took an order for an artificial hand for Wesley Faylor, who. lost his hand in a corn shredder last fall.

D. H. Yeoman has traded .hisi residence property in the north part! of the city to L. P. Shirer,' for the latter’s 87 acre farm near ( Surrey, where Mr. Shirer now; resides. The farm is quite well improved, Mr. Shirer having built a new house, and made other improve-! meets,, expectrng to make it his per-: huanent home. But the alurements of life in town were too strong for him and it is said he will give possession immediately and move to ‘ Rensselaer. The consideration for' the farm is said to have been about ?100 per acre and Mr. Yeoman gave a ccth difference to' the trade. He ’ will rent the farm to a tenant.