Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1912 — Page 5
Miller & Hart's Bacon and Hams
HOME GROCERY THIS WEEK FOR A FINE 3-pound can Eastern Apples, at - - -10 c 3-pound can Fancy Pie Peaches, at - -10 c 3-pound can Yellow Free Peaches, at - -15 c 3-pound can Nice Dessert Peaches, at -20 c 3-pound can Very Best Dessert Peaches, at -25 c 3-pound can Hummer Apricots, at - -20 c 3-pound can Finest Green Gage Plums, at -25 c 3-pound can Pacific Coast White Cherries, at -35 c 3-pound can Indiana Tomatoes, at - - 12%c 3-pound can Extra Standard Kraut, at -10 c 3-pound can Southetn Lye Hominy, at - - 6c 3-pound can Dry-Pack Sweet Potatoes, at -12 c
Miller Line of Teas and Coffees
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
JBrief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. To-day’s markets: -Corn, 69c; Oats, 47c. Buy your box stationery and envelopes at The Democrat office. Grant Culp of Remington was a business visitor in the city Wednesday.
The Monticello city council has appropriated S4OO for band concerts in that city for this season.
W. R. Lee has bought a stock of goods at Newman. 111., and is now at that place closing out same.
C. D. Nowels of Parsons, Kan., is expected here next week for a visit with relatives and old friends.
Special prices on Millinery: panamas, sailors, trimmed hats, also Dressmaking.—MßS. H. A. CRIPPS, Over Trust & Savings Bank.
We can relieve your aching feet by properly fitting you w’ith our various summer specialties.-—Fen-dig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block.
The Democrat received a letter a few days aigo from W. I. Chilcote, who used to live near Rensselaer as a boy, but is now located at Quill Lake, Sask., Canada, in which he enquired about old friends and acquaintances here. *
Elmer Gwin, accompanied ■ by Warren Robinson and Wash Lowman, left Wednesday for Pharr, Texas, where, if pleased with conditions, the two latter will invest in soihe land Mr. Gwin is the agent for.
We have received another supply of white canvass shoes and oxfords for women and children. We are prepared to furnish you sizes needed in summer footwear. — Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block. •
Down in southern Indiana strawberries are rotting on the vines because the growers can get but 50 cents a crate for their berries. A crate contains 24 quarts, and the consumer pays ten cents per quart, or $2.40 per crate. The middlemen must be making an abnormal profit at the expense of the consumer, as usual.
Lowell Tribune: Trustee James Black sold the old schoolhouse at Shelby last Saturday. Max Ahlgrim bought the west wing for S2OO and Neil Sirois bought the east wing and the main part for $295. The wood house, closets and stoves sold for $23, making a total of $5lB, which was. S6B more than the appraised value.
We Have Itfzr Just received a large ' shipment o f the Best Quality of Box Stationery on the market, and can supply you in any size or shade you desire. The Democrat Office
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O. K. Rainier was in Monticello on business Wednesday.
Mrs. F. M. Lakin of Union tp., is visiting Mrs. E. H. Shields.
Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Peck of Remington were guests of J. D. Allman and family Wednesday.
Mrs. L. G. Monnett went to Evanston, 111., Wednesday for a few days visit with friends.
•Mrs. Louis Leopold and little daughter of Wolcott are guests of A. Leopold and family this week.
Mrs. J. P. Hammond and daugh-* ter Bernice and Mrs. W. H. Parkison were in Chicago Wednesday.
Miss Ella Woods of Chicago is spending a few days here as the guest of Mrs. C. C. Warner and other friends.
Misses Edith Adams and Nellie Moody left Thursday for a pleasure trip to Detroit, Boston and other eastern podnts.
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Bates quietly celebrated the sixty-ninth aiiniversary of the former’s birth at their home Wednesday.
Miss Ruth Covington of Chicago, who has been visitng at Seafield the past few days, came Thursday to visit B. J. Moore and family.
Word received from Everett Halstead at White River Junction, Vt., reports a ten pound boy born to him and wife on Decoration day.
Every day is a bargain day with us. We sell shoes from any broken lot at greatly reduced prices.— Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block.
Misses Madeline Spencer and Etta Shepard of Monon, who have been visiting here the past few days with E. VanArsdel and family, returned home Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Fate and two sons left Wednesday on a ten day automobile tour, going from here to Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Covington, and other points of interest in Kentucky.
Miss Edna King, night operator at the telephone exchange, has' resigned her position there to take the place of front office girl and book-keeper on The Democrat, and will begin her new duties Monday,
Instructor Otto Braun and Manager Donald Wright o>f the Rensselaer Boys’ Band went to Chicago Wednesday to look after securing some attractions for the 4th of July celebration, which will be in charge of the band this year.
Every laborer and farmer agrees that the Barnyard Shoe is king. Ask your neighbor about them, or better, hhve us explain to you their superiority ,and the condition, under which they are sold.-*— Fendig's Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block.
A. E. Kirk and Hiram Day are putting on a big job of Usona roofing on the Nprgor hitch barn, which is 140 feet long and the strips of roofing are over 30 feet in length to the comb of the roof. The roofing is being placed right over the old shingle roof and makes a nice looking roof and one that will last for a great many years, Mr. Kirk asserts.
THIS WEEK: STRAWBERRIES AND PINEAPPLES FOR CANNING
A. & K. Best Flour
Mrs. E. C. English is spending a few days with relatives at Glencoe, II!. Harry Gilbert of Remington was a business visitor in the city Thursday. Taylor McCoy was in Rensselaer Wednesday and Thursday visiting old friends. J E. Walters went to Plano, 111., Wednesday for a few days visit with relatives. Harry Kurrie was down from Chicago Wednesday looking after business matters' here.
Advertise your wants in The Democrat's want ad columns and get results. Remember, everybody reads The Democrat.
’Phone 315 if in need of anything in the job printing line and a representative of The Democrat will call upon, you promptly.
We are ready with barefoot sandals, elkskin shoes, tennis shoes, and all hot weather specialities.— f endig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block.
Vance Collins moved Tuesday from the Mrs. Foltz property, on the' south side, to the Mrs. Nettie Hoover property, west of J. L. Brady’s residence.
Harold Clark and William Keen, the latter of Wlheatfield, who have been attending the school for the deaf at Indianapolis, are home for the summer vacation.
Mrs. John Makeever is expected to leturn home from Indianapolis Sunday. She has been visiting relatives there and having her eyes treated for some time.
Lowell Tribune: Emmet Flint of Remington was the guest of his mother, T. Berjeant, and sistei, Mrs. P. M. McNay and husband Saturday night and Sunday.
Frank Phillips of Momence, 111., stopped off here Tuesday afternoon for a short visit with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Ellis, while on his way home from a visit at Monon.
N. S. Bates started picking his strawberries Wednesday. Considerable of his plants were winter killed, and he will not have as many berries as usual this season as a result.
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.
The Ladies’ Industrial Society of the M, E. church will have their regular ten-cent social Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. T. A. Crockett, in the east part of town. Everybody invited.
Tuesday’s Hammond Times: Mrs. Jesse Wilson, Mrs. Harry B. Haywood and iMlss Irene Mott will entertain the members of the Women’s Auxilliary to the University Club at a bridge party this afternoon in the University club rooms in South Hohman street. The games will begin at two-thirty o’clock. It will be one in the series of card parties arranged for the club season.
The price of eggs keeps up well this year, no doubt due to the enormous profits reaped bn cold storage eggs last winter and the fact that the storage men are packing a ' larger number this year in the hope of “turning the trick” again. The lowest price reached in the local market this season has been 16 cents ]>er dozen, and they are not likely to go any lower than tltis.
W. J. Huff of the Monon News was a business visitor in the city Wednesday. Bro. Huff has spent nearly his whole life in the newspaper business, and, though pretty well along in years now,, is far from being “a dead one” yet. With his he is making good with the News and it is probably on the best paying basis now of any time in its history. This was Mr. .Huff’s first visit to Rensselaer for fifteen years.
The farmer who wants mower or binder repairs should call on C. A. Roberts. I have a good stock on hands. I have the McCormick agency. If you need a hay rake, I have the McCormick self-dump, no better made. Easy to operate, long life and can’t rot, all steel. You could make razor blades out of the metal it is made of.- —C. A. ROBERTS, the Buggy Man, Rensselaer, Ind. Fytf
Daniel’ May mi re was a Chicago business goer yesterday. G. A. Jacks of Lee was a business visitor in the city Wednesday. J. L. Brady is erecting some large new coal sheds east of his elevator. The senate has confirmed the nomination of James E. Carson as postmaster at Hebron. Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Leopold went to Chicago Thursday where the latter entered a hospital for treatment.
Mrs. James Snedeker was called to Morocco Wednesday by the illness of her sister, Mrs. Wm. Pollock.
Robt. Randle, who is engaged in rela. estate business in Parsons, Kan., is here for a few days visit' with :iis tai her. J. T. Randle.
J. A. Larsh and two children were in Kokomo the first of" the week visiting the latter’s grandparents., Mr. and Mrs. Barnes. -
Mis. Charles Jouvenalof Chicago, who had been visiting here with her sister, Mrs. Charlotte George, the past few days, returned hone Tuesday.
The Bloomer Girls will play baseball at Brook Sunday. Several of the local fans have signified t'icir intention of going over to witness the- game. John Duvall took his three race horses to Crown Point Thursday where he will train them for several days before entering the racing circuit.
Mrs. Isaac Wiltshire left Wednesday for Town Creek, Ala., to visit relatives and endeavor to regain her health, which has been failing somewhat of late.
We guarantee our seamless shoes to give the foot the comfort that you . need so much at this season of the year.— Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block.
Abe Martin says: “It’s funnyhow fast some fellers walk an’ don't git anywhere. What's become o’ th’ ole lifelong Republican that’d vote fer a yaller dog if it wuz on th’ ticket.” 1 '
Jesse Novels of Laurens, lowa, wirtes The Democrat under date of June 6, informing us that himself and wife are the proud parents of a new daughter, born to them the night before, June 5.
Louis Schreeg is excavating for the foundation of his new home at his farm southeast of Parr. Mr Schreeg expects to build a six room two-story modern house and make a few other improvements this summer.
Estrayed— From my pasture near McCoysburg, Ind., about May 1, a 3-year-old red cow, which I bought at a public sale west of Francesville on Jan. 3. Reward offered for information leading to cow’s recovery.—JOHN HERR, McCoysburg, Ind. j2O
A peculiar shifting sort of light was seen by persons on the street about 8 p. m. Monday night, and by some it was thought to be a comet or some kindred heavenly body, while otherp claimed that it was a mere atmospheric disturbance, resultant from lightning.
The appeal for contributions from the members of the M. E. church made Sunday by Rev. W. N. Gathier, has been met very generously, and quite a tidy sum has been raised here toward the building of theft M. E. hospital at Indianapolis. The appeal was state-wide, and seems to be meeting with a very generous response.
Z s I TAKE ORDERS OF ALL KINDS for Cleaning and Pressing, and I deliver them in a highly satisfactory condition. It makes no difference how delicate or dainty the fabric, I can clean it and without the slightest injury to the article., I call for and deliver goods and have them ready when . promised. While I am a quick worker, I Jike time to . do my work thoroughly, however. JOHN WERNER, Tailor Rensselaer, Ind.
A Welcome Chance to Those, Who Suffer” Coming to Rensselaer, Indiana Saturday and Sunday June 8 and*9, 1912 To stay at Makeever House DR. ALBERT MILTON FINCH of Jamestown, Ind. Consultation and Examination Cotidential. Invited and FREE.
From a.late snapshot.
1 will be in your city at Makeever House on Saturday and Sunday, June S ami J), to see people that are afflicted with chronic diseases. 1 have visited you: city every month tor a long- time I have treated and cured many that were given up to die. Why suffer whei? you can get cured. Come and I will examine you free of charge. If you wish will put you on treatment at once. I charge by the month, and prices so low the very poorest can be treated. if incurable I will not take your case, but will give you advice that may prolong life many years. Have cured more hopeless cases than any doctor in Indiana. Remember 1 treat all Chronic Cases.
Frank Moore and wife went to Lafayette Thursday where the latter was placed in a hospital to undergo an operation.
Mrs. John Meyer, who is staying at Mr. McKlnny’s north of town, is quite ill with heart trouble and malarial fever.
Alex. Frye, proprietor of the Rensselaer cement tile factory, is confined to his home with an attack of malarial fever.
Granville Moody, Jr., who has been attending Culver Military Academy, arrived home yesterday for the summer vacation.
Dr. F. H. Hemphill and family ex-' pect to leave tonight in his auto lor Plymouth where he will attend a conference and visit over Sunday.
Stewart Hammond, who suffered a stroke of paralysis a few weeks ago,' was so far improved as to an auto ride with his physician this week.
The condition of Alton Grant of west of town, who has been suffering considerably of late with kidney trouble, is now reported as somewhat better.
It is reported thta Rensselaer is to have another dry cleaning establishment soon, a Mr. Hanson of Chicago having rented a room here for that purpose.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth and two sons, Emmet and Gerald, and Mrs. Alda Parkison are making an automobile tour of the east, visiting Boston, Mass., and other points of interest along the route. They will attend the graduating exercises at Wellesley college, where Miss Cecelia Hollingsworth graduates this year.
After being a fugitive from justice for nineteen years, Joseph Gray, who was indicted for killing Rose Simons at Bowling Green, Ky., in 1893, voluntarily returned and, was acquitted. * * * Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, sent direct to Clarence S. Darrow the money which the prosecution alleges was used In the bribery of George N. Lockwood, according to Bert Franklin, under cross-examination in the trial of Darrow at Los Angeles, Cal., for alleged jury-bribing in connection with the McNamara cases. Franklin said Mr. Darrow had given him this information.
Mrs. J. E. Henry, Akron, Mich., tells how she did so: “I was bothered with my kidneys” and had to go nearly double; 1 tried a sample of Foley Kidney Pills and they did me so much good that I bought a bottle, and feel that they saved me a big doctor’s bill.”—A. F. Long.
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O.ra® sisiizn LOMSINLt > • 'W«i» 1
I sez enough ’s a plenty, so I’s done had all I wants o’ snow. Dean snow! Dess now fo’ miles en miles Ontlll a body’s tempeh spiles En she gits thinkin’ dat dey is Gwlne keep dis up ontlll we’s friz. Lawd, gimme a rain en a thundehstohm. Wld de llghtnln* crackin’ a yellow streak, / Fo’ I’s chilled plum thoo en I cain’ git 1 wahmSo rain en rain, es de roof do leak! 1 Dat snow come spltfin* down de way Dess ’s If it settle hyuh to stay. De sun come out den go right back— De fiel’ one mess o’ rabbit track; En when yo’ think Ol’ Wlnteh go It sets right In to snow en snow. Lawd, tu’n it aloose wld a drizzlin' rain Er a thundehstohm whah de llghtnln* slzz; En I’d love dem draps on de window pane En dess be glad wld de rheumatlz! Why, hyuh ’tls spring en nothin’ done! De green-grass-growln’ aln’ begun; De trees dess stan dah plum asleep In snow dat’s all o’ two foot deep. Is things gwlne back’uds? Tell ’em whoa! “ Enough ’s enough when It am snow. Lawd, sen’ us a rain dat’ll dance along On de woodsy hills en de in-betweens. En I’ll perk right up en I’ll sing my song Whilst I wait fo' dandylion greens.
OUT OF SEASON.
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"Ah, my worthy friend!" exclaims the ardent uplifter, grasping the hand of the astonished workingman who is trudging his homeward way. “Let me voice to you my sentiment of brotherhood! Let me say to you that such men as you are the bulwark of our—” "Haven’t you been mixin* your drinks?’’ Interrupts the workingman. "This isn’t election week.”
Hopeless Visionary.
“These inventors!" says our acquaintance, with a helpless shrug of his fat shoulders. “They are the limit! Why, just the other day I met one of them. He had perfected an Invention that is sure ’-to sell tremendously. It may be manufactured at trivial expense and sold at a large profit, and there will be an immediate and vast demand for it. Yet, would you believe It?—that fellow simply would not let me assist him to produce his Invention!” “You don’t say. And why?” “I made him a proposition to pay him a thousand dollars outright for 99 per cent, of the stock and the title to the patent, and to give him a position as superintendent for two years at S2O a week —and he would not be convinced that It was best for him.**
Give Him a Medal.
He has become a plutocrat, But firmly holds this attitude: When with reporters he will chat He will not speak a platitude.
Deserves Punishment.
‘So they are going to try that minister and have him fired out of the church?” asks the first unregenerate. “I should say so. It will go hard with him,” answers the second. “What did he do? Deny any of the dogmas?”
‘No. He argued that they ought to stop taking up collections.”
Just So.
Pessimism comes from worrying over what may happen and making excuses for what didn’t happen.
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