Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1912 — Page 3

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his year promises to be a banner corn year in every direction. We have ie handwriting on the wall and are prepared to furnish corn farms for com farmers on lotice. We can put you on a farm NO\V. You can get action on the big crop for 1912. farms are never misrepresented. A purchaser has nothing to worry about. Buildings pnd 'ements on all our farms are exactly described to the smallest detail. When we hear from lective buyer,, we send one of our well posted £ raus representatives to show what we have id. This representative’s statements are to be relied upon. The Straus guarantee is f them—we never forget a customer. We help him make good.

WfoH'• ne of the best forms in Wood O imty end well i >cated, beim' 2:4 mites northeast of :o\vn of about 600 oil the 8.f0.G, Ry., and 6 miles west of Jvorth Baltimore, on stonb from school and with several churches in lloytville. This is level, ih.c!: elm 1 jar.', about every 8 rods and ail in high state of cultivation. Improvements are a ev.A.d e house, good barn 36x56, buggy shed, corn crib, poultry home, wind pinny,' .sal I, buildings are all in fine condition and well painted. Price, $165 an acre.

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News Notes of Nearby Towns

A* Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

MILROY. ;Roy Williams of Monon visited ias. Wood last week. Elmer Clark and family spent inday with Mr. and- Mrs. Fred ay, Wm. Halstead and Mr. Shaffer ent Tuesday night with G. L. irks. Mrs. T. A. Spencer’s mother, *s. Tevis of Monticelld. visited her is week. Dennis Casto and Jean Marchand d V. J. Boon were Rensselaer sitors Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Southard and ss BelLe visited Sunday with Mr. d Mrs. Walter Gilmore. Mrs. Belle Parks and Mrs. Alta iWart spent Tuesday with Mrs. s mother, Mrs. Ravenscroft. Sam Jacks and family, Mr. and ®. Geo. Fbulks, Robt. Keeve and stet Morgan ate dinner Sunday th Jos. Clark’s. Misses Lural Anderson, Martha irk, Foster Morgan and Mr. and s. George Foulks spent Saturday ining with G. L. Parks’. Song service will be held Suny evening at 7:30 at the church, the weather will permit. All are ited. Also Sunday school at 10 m. Please come and help.

Saves Leg of Boy. ‘lt= seemed that buy 14-year old T would have to lose his leg, on ount of an ugly ulcer, caused by >ad bruise,” wrote' D. F. Howard, none, X. G. “All remedies and dors treatment failed till we id Bucklen’s Arnica Slave, and ed him with one box. “Cures ’ns. boils, skin eruptions, piles. : at A. F. Long.

.NORTHWEST CARPENTER. Tank Eck was a Rensselaer goer Jrnest Spencer called on George Sunday. Morton called on Grace Cain Jsday evening. argil Rider is the owner of a nd-new buggy. lello! Here we are again, after ong spell of absence. ilbert Dluzak called on Frank i Friday evening. tlbert Dluzak called on Ethel a Sunday evening. tussell Morton called on Emma en d Sunday evening. lijses Lela and Tessie Eck callOn Iva Blake Sunday.

Miss Lela Eck accompanied her sister back to Morocco Thursday. Mrs. Levi Kub-oski and childrenis visiting home folks at present retpruing home Thursday. ' John Cain, who has been working on the Panhandle railroad, is visiting home folks at present. The dance at Tom Porter’s Tuesday night was well attended and everybody reported a swell time. Belle Phares, who nas oeen working at Barnes’ restaurant in RensIselaer, is visiting home folks at present. John Brown and Iva Blake were Renselaer goers Saturday. Quite a ways to go John for a dime’s worth of tobacco. The dance at Henry Putt’s Friday night was well attended. Everybody had a good tim. About 50 were present.

A Mother’s Care. A careful mother will not give her child a medicine without knowing it is pure, contains no opiates, and has healing and curative qualities. Such a medicine is Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for croup, whooping cough, bronchitis, and all affections of the throat, chest, and lungs. Best and safest for children and grown persons. Con- 1 tains no opiates.—A. F. Long.

/ !. V ’ .. LEE. j Miss Pearl Miller is helping Mrs. Elmer Gilmore clean house. David Culp and wife visited his son William and 'family Sunday. Mrs. Mable Rishling is (doing dressmaking for Miss Lural Anderson. - ' Alvin Clark and family visited Sunday at Fred Waling’s, west of MeCoysburg.

Mrs. G. A. Jacks spent a few days with her children in Lafayette, returning home Tuesday. Miss Odie Myers of near Francesville visited over, Saturday and Sunday here at Alvin Clark’s. Mr. Stewart spent a few days last week with his son, Olin in Lafayette, who has been sick. John Southard and family of Milroy visited here Sunday with their daughter, 'Mrs. Walter Gilmore. Mrs. Ida Lewis and! daughter Verda went Wednesday- to Madison to make a few days visit with relatives. Ray Holeman and family visited his wife’s mother, Mrs. Ephriam

file ns of Interest from Surrounding Towns Tersely Told Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

f ,T Lrc - twfcs -ta- f „ r ;f Jarrer, a teem on foe L. S. &M. S. Ry.. and alx.ut 8 miles south tne coumy t. a<:-of a- mt , :.r This is ~j, km.hd level farm of black. !IT '4 of bif'hest; qur;;nv,.a.l ulerj and ;11 in nvh state of.. cnfoVafom: The improvements ;i v‘- i£ v r" ;: - -> t'Vpmnffoo. by r,ne, big shade trees,-good barn, 40x60, stock I-IV-A 4ft ac 4 oti - er . v.-nd pump and good large orchard. The soil .of « exactl>r t J ie tame ns atiesr the .state Ime in the famous Maumee \ alley of Northwestern Gmec Price, $l6O an acre. '

Gilmore, in Monon Sunday, who ! was sick. Mrs. Roy Stiers of Kankakee, 111., came Saturday to make a short visit with her mother, Mrs. Ida Lewis, and other relatives. Next Sunday is re-election of officers in our Sunday school. Let us all take hold of the work and' make it the best year of its history, j Walter Jordan, who has been buzzing wood for a • number of his' neighbors, has pulled his saw home 1 now and buzzed his own summer’s wood. - " • Charles Jacks and family moved from here Monday to Elmer Harnmerbacker's in Hanging Grove, where they are going to work and keep house for him. Mrs. G. A. Jacks, Mrs. S. M. Jacks, Mrs. Joe Clark and Mrs. O. A. Jacks and daughter Dollie attended the wedding of Miss Mary Jacks in Rensselaer Wednesday morning

—| 1 IROQUOIS VALLEY. -I J Wm. Green is on the sick list. Homer Lakin was in our vicinity Monday. John Schroer was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Kenneth Grooms spent Sunday with home folks. Gertrude Kolhoff was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Barney Kolhoff hauled hogs to Rensselaer Tuesday. J Leo Kolhoff was a Rensselaer goer Sunday evening. Mr. and Ghas. Grant were Rensselaer goers Saturday. John Newcome and wife spent Sunday in Wheatfleld. Wm. McElfresh was at his farms ‘in this locality Monday. Geo. McElfresh sold his fat hogs to S. MakeeVer Tuesday. Maggie Hurley and Dan Hopkins spent Sunday in our vicinity. Cleveland Price is working for Ed Jenkins at MeCoysburg. Isaac Mariatt spent Sunday , with his brother John and family. Jennie Mcl?l'fresh spent Sunday with Opal and Lila Schriener. Grandma Lowery is slowly recovering from her long illness. Harry Beck had a fine horse killed by lightning Sunday evening. Katie and Eva Mprgenpgg attended Sunday school at Aix Sunday.

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Being the largest concern in the world dealing in farms, we are able to make the most favorable terms to our patrons. We want every Straus farmer % to be a success his success helps us to more successes. In the past ten years we have of dollars worth of farms, and number our patrons by the thousand. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. If you own some high priced land you may decide to . make a change and buy a greater acreage lor the same money in another section. ASK US about our special offerings in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Ontario, Canada, (just across the line). They will interest you. Three choice farms are listed here. There are hundreds more

-Mrs. J. W. Mariatt and daughter Ethel were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. , Katie and Marie Arnold were enumerating the school children this week. A threshing meeting was.held at Burns school house Wednesday evening. M. Tudor and family spent Sum day with L. C, Hooker, west of Rensselaer. i. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pullins and sons spent Sunday with Ed Price and family. Blanche Ott, who is attending ’lich school, spent Sunday with home folks. Geo. McElfresh and son Alpha spent Saturday night with Lester Schriener and family. Lucy Morgenegg, who spent last week at home, returned to her work in Rensselaer Monday. Chas. Grant spent Tuesday with his father and brother Garland, who are sick at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grant attended the funeral of Mrs. Hemphill in Rensselaer Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Zard and son Walter spent Monday afternoon with Chas. Grant and family. V Win. Xuss and family, who have been living in Jay Co., spent Sunday, with Wm. Green and family. Ethel Mariatt, Bessie McElfresh and Frank Brown spent Sunday afternoon with S/ Lowery and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Schroer and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schroer spent Sunday with Frank Schroer and family. Miss , Catherine Morgenegg, the four-year-old daughter of Chris Morgenegg of Bristoi, 111., came last week to visit her aunt, Mrs. Eli Arnold, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Morgenegg.

Mrs. Minnie Moody, Frankfort, Ind., has found Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound to give such good results that she uses it for all coughs and colds with the best results. She says “I Wish to recommend Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound. It is the only thing I’ ever found to relieve my little girl of a cough.”—A. F, Long.

| BAUM’S BRIDGE. J. L. Angus lost a fine colt a few days ago. \\ hat we need here is a spasm of dusty weather. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Akers were at Kouts Saturday. Samuel Gray of Porter "county was in these parts Sunday. Quite a few of our farmers are sowing their wheat fields to oats. James Cooper has moved oh the bloc her farm, north of Wheatfleld. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wiseman, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bush and William Muffley were callers at the Vandercar home Sunday. f

. IMI IJI Aim. KW 1.,, O.t.Ai, .. bocafcd -1 miles south of Tilbury, a town of about 1200 on Michigan Central Ry., ami about miics ea:d.( l I>etr<l!; }'• mile from school 'and with Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Methodist churches at 1 dbury. This farm is level, black loam of .high and uniform quality, about 90 acres of which is how in cultivation and about 35 acres in sttunpnge pasture. Improvements are an S room frame house; barn 40x70, corn crib, hog house, poultry house, wife and rail fences, drilled well of good water, and nice bearing orchard. Price, SIOO per acre.

-Mr. Gilbreath lost a fine horse last Thursday evening by its getting down in the barn In such a way that it choked to death. Miss Francis Davis of Wheatfield visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Clark and Mr. and •Mrs. C. E. Bush a few days the first O’! the week.

Saved by His Wife. She’s a wise woman who knows just what to do when her husband’s life is in danger, but Mrs. R. J. Flint, Braintree, Vt., is of that kind. “She insisted on my using Dr. King’cs New Discovery,’’ writes Mr. F., “for a dreadful cough, when I was so weak my friends all thought I had ouly a short time to live, and it completely cured me.” A quick cure for coughs and colds, it’s the most safe and reliable medicine for many throat and lung troubles—grip, bronchitis, croup, whooping cough, quinsy, tonsilitis, hemorrhages. A trial will convince you. 50 cts. and SI.OO. Guaranteed by A. F. Long.

-| ]- | FAIR OAKS. I I ■]— Heg Ith is generally good in our neck of the woods nowadays. Cottage prayer meeting Was held at Miss Hannah Gulp's Wednesday evenings. . James Clifton completed the job of building a new house for G. H. Hill is over in Lincoln tp., Wednesday, and returned home. Mm. Ed Fawley, w>ho had been helping to care for her mother over on Nubbin Radge for two or three months, returned home Friday. Dave Winslow moved last week into the house vacated by Mr. Simmons, and Geo. R. Williams moved into the house vacated by Winklew. There has been several from here over to the cyclone district. They report chickens running around entirely featherlesk, and everything looking bad. A. M. Munden of Charlottsville was shaking hands with old friends in Fail* Oaks Tuesday. He was on his way home from Moirter.ee, where he had been tp visit his ton John. C L. Parks and wife of near Surrey, Who had been down , in '\ ennessee for ,about four months, changed cars here Friday on their

*1 We are paying for : Butter fat this week : 32c .* ■ • WILLIAM H. DEXTER : Rensselaer, Indiana •

—ms way. home. M rs. Parks has ' greatly improved in health, and he was feeling fine, and looked it, too. N«*en Littlefield and family came up Sunday afternoon to make a short, call on F. R. Erwin’s. When the clouds began to gather they started for home. They hhd only pal-sed over the storm track 15 or 20 minutes before the stprm came. C. B. Steward was in our town Tuesday and through John Casey’s real estate agency purchased ten lots belonging to Mrs. Mattie Dickinson. The price paid was S3OO. He indicated that he expected to put considerable improvements on them. There was quite a number from here attended court at Rensselaer Thursday, when F. E. II usted ot Shelby {Hits in a claim of S6OO against the estate of Mrs. Allen, deceased, who was Mrs. Chas. Halleck’s mother. She was Husted’s housekeeper for something over or about a year. He asked this for taking care of her. When she died she left, two farms, one oven* about Lake Village and one out west. Excitement is beginning to subside new occasioned by the cyclone which passed within four miles of this place Sunday night, and the water that, fell has also subsided. We had no wind here at all to speak of. The country west of here was covered with building material, such as shingles, weatherboarding and cither light material. No doubt it had been carried for miles high up in the air. The timber where the storm passed through, resembles corn ►talks broken down by hail, while lots of trees were uprooted. In some places it carried Cheating or ,rooflng oven* two miles before dropping it. It is a sad sight to see the condition of things in the vicinity of Wild Lilly where the houses were torn down. We offer our sympathy to unfortunate ones. John M. Schenck, Fountaintown, Ind., recommends Foley’s Honey and* Tar Compound. He says: “I was troubled with asthma about four years, so bad I could not Bleep. I took everything I heard of fbr asthma and doctored also but got no relief until I tried Foley’s Honey and'Tar Compound. It helped me from the first dose, and the continued use cured me. It. is now a long time, since I was cured, and I have no symptdms of a return of the disease.”—A. F. Long.

Kanne Bus Notice. Hereafter our bus headquarters will , be at Tone Kanne’s residence, phone 214. Calls may also be made for us at Leek’s hitch barn, phone 342 or at -the Rensselaer Garage, phone 365. We make all trains, answer all calls for city trade and solicit a ghare of your patronage. Respectfully, KANNE BROS. Subscribe for The Democrat