Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1914 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Today’s markets: Corn, 57c; oats. 3 sc; wheat, 75c.

Henry Amsler went to Pontiac, 111., Tuesday on business.

An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.

See the Emerson buggies at Herat h's. Two special features. a-19

A 100-egg Simplicity Incubatir and Brooder combined for sll. —C. W. EGER.

A grand surprise for manure spreader customers. Call and see for yourself.—C. A. ROBERTS.

Miss Vernice Albin, of Tefft, returned home after a visit with her brother, Gilbert Albin, and family.

"The Standard Bearers” met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fell, on Van Rensselaer street, Thursday evening.

Jud Michaels, of Kniman, leaves today for an extended visit with relatives fit Lafayette and points in Ohio.

A. C. Stauffenbiirg, of Manhattan. 111., is spending a couple of days here looking after his real estate interests.

Mrs. T. W. Haus ha’s returned from an extended visit with her daughters at Indianapolis and Columbia City.

Hugh Gamble was in Chicago Heights Thursday doing some surveying work on the J. J. Lawler farm managed by Joseph Kohler, near there.

Mrs. C H. Mustard and daughter, of St. Anne, 111., spent Monday and Tuesday with her brother, George Kennedy, and her sister, Mrs. Mary Taylor, of south of town.

Mrs. Harry Wiltshire was summoned to Wabash Thursday by the serious illness of her sister Mrs. Peter Giver, who, it is reported, is suffering from a stroke of paralysis.

Miss Sue Fisher, trimmer for Mrs. H. M. Purcupile, was called to Indianapolis Thursday by a telegram announcing the sudden death of her father in that city early Thursday morning.

Johnson manure spreaders and disc harrows; C. B. & Q. corn planters; Emerson buggies; Empire cream separators; gasoline engines, and a full line of Independent implements at EDWARD HERATH’S.

The 5-year-old son of John Borntrager, of northwest of town, got his foot caught in the cogs of some machinery at their home Thursday, and received a severe bruise and gash in his right leg, which required several stitches to be taken.

Charley Murray, aged about 28 years, who resided here for several years with Wallace Murray, was killed by a Great Northern train in Spokane, Wash., station Wednesday. No particulars of the accident have as yet been received. Burial will be made in Spokane, where the young man has made his ..uuie for several years.

Spring has taken a decided backset beginning with Tuesday, since which the weather grew steadily colder and Wednesday and Thursday the mercury was below the freezing point most of the time, with occasional snow flurries to remind one that March was still with us. There will be few if any oats sown in March this year.

Frank Kresler has traded his 120 acre farm in Jordan tp., known as the Mark Lewis farm, 6 miles south and mile west of Rensselaer, to Albert Wortley for the latter’s 80 acre farm in Pulaski county, 3 miles north of Aledaryville. The consideration was $75 per acre for the 120 acres, and S4O per acre on the 80’. The deal was made by John Bill.

“Ellsworth Plumstead, imperson-> ator and dialect * reader, delighted two audien'ces yesterday, one in the afternoon and the other in the evening. Many assert that Mr. Plumstead surpasses any previous talent in this line of wbrk. His delineations of children, rurals, et cetera, take in a large scope , of characters.” —Richmond (Ind.) News.

Oscar Leech, who is running a tailoring establishment at Brook, was in the city Monday, having como here from Valparaiso where he spent Sunday with his brother-in-law, A. O. Garriott. He reports Mr. Garriott, who is employed as a motorman on the Hammond-Valjwr-aiso electric line, as having recently suffered a Severely mashed thumb, caused by dropping a heavy barrel on the member while unloading same from a car.