Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1912 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. Stackhouse of Chicago is visiting Mrs. Mary D. Eger and other relatives and friends here. Ex-sheriff O’Connor was dow*n from Kniman on business yesterday. ? „ ' J. D. Allman and wife and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bellows motored to Remington Thursday in the former’s car to decorate the graves o£ relatives. Talk about aulbni-obil&§=there were something less than seven thousand passed through Rensselaer yesterday on their return from the Indianapolis races. George Hemphill, who is employed in the tariff department of the Rock Island offices at Chicago, spent Decoration day here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Hemphill. Miss Nettie Price is reported to be greatly improved from the attack of heart failure suffered several days ago, and will no doubt soon be able to be up- and about again.

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor McCoy, who came down from Chicago Wednesday to spend the evening here with friends, took the night train for Indianapolis to attend the auto races. Dr. John Ellis and R. S. Milner, ii Chicago lawyer friend, who have -been visiting here for a few days' with the former's father, J. H. S. Ellis, returned to Chicago Thursday. •- - .■ Try a box of our Wild Rose or Homespun linen finish note paper for your correspondence. Only 35c and 40c per box, 102 sheets. Envelopes to match at- 10c per package. W. Hurley Beam, the Monon’s soliciting freight agent at Chicago, and an office boy, George Quill, came down from Chicago to spend Decoration day here with the former’s relatives.

Try The Democrat’s “Napier Bond” for your typewriter legal paper. It cost us more than other bonds but we sell it for the same money others charge' for paper costing a third less. Junior Benjamin and Vern Haas, who are working in the filing department of the Monon’s Chicago offices, came down Wednesday evening to spend Decoration day with relatives and friends. Among those from here to attend the auto races at Indianapolis Thursday were: Rex Warner, Harvey Hemphill, Fred Hamilton, Elmer Wilcox, Don Wright, Simon Thompson, R. D. Thompson, Charles Porter. ♦ ■ John R. Vanatta is laid up with injuries to his back, caused from a fall at his home on North Cullen street Tuesday morning by slipping on the steps of his house and striking has back on the corner of the steps. Let me sight you to a lot of new jobs and several old ones done with Mica Special roofing, and hear what the owners have to say about it. Any contracts for roofing taken by A.. E. Kirk will be carried out by me. HIRAM DAY.

While doing some painting on the Hammond property on south Cullen street Wednesday, young Samuel Duvall fell and sustained a dislocated collar bone and a few sprained ligaments, which were attended by a physician, and he is now able to be about. Delos Thompson and J. J. Montgomery returned home Tuesday from Chicago with the former’s new Marmon 4 0 toy tonneau touring car, for which he traded 'his old Marmon car, and Wednesday went to Indianapolis to the car with J. J. Montgomery and H. W. ( Kiplinger to witness the auto races. Roosevelt made a clean sweep of the twenty-eight republican delegates in New Jersey Tuesday, as also did Governor Wilson on the democratic side. Now the Taftites point to the result ds further proof of their claim that the trusts are all backing the. third term candidate, for New Jersey is known as the “mother of trusts.” There were a great many people in from the country to the Decoration day services Thursday. The day was very pleasant and cool. In the line of march to the cemetery the militia company followed the band and then followed the Sunday schools, K. of P’s., Red Men and old soldiers. There were but 47 old Soldiers in the line this year.