Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1914 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Sylvester Hatton and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Witham, who have been spending the winter in the south, wrote a card to friends here Saturday,, from Mobile, Ala., stating that they would start for home Monaay. They should, therefore, reach Ren.- selaer yesterday. The largest and most expensive residence to be built in Rensselaer this season is that of O. F. Parker, cn River street. This will be a large and commodious dwelling, brick veneered, and will probably cost in the neighborhood of ten or twelve thousand dollars. Work will soon begin on the basement and foundation. W. R. Lee has closed out the stock bf goods at Wabash, which he recently purchased, and came home to spend Sunday with his family hese and to attend the funeral of Joel F. Spriggs Monday. He went to Bluffton yesteruay, near which place he has secured another stock of goods which he will close out in the same manner. The rains the latter part of the week raised the water in the Iroquois to almost a flood stage. The grade out at the Burke bridge, north of town, was two feet under water, and the water was out of the dredge channel in town. The water subsided somewhat Sunday, but more rain Sunday night again put the river out of the banks Monday, it subsiding again Monday night. L. E. Wickersham, of Logansport, was awarded the contract for building a large new school building a? Idaville last week, to replace the one destroyed by fire. The contract price is $19,590, and the building to be completed by Sept. 1. Some 100,000 old brick from the former building are to be used in the construction, and for these the contractor agrees to pay $8 per thousand. There were nine bids filed, ranging from $19,890 to $23,450.

W. H. Barkley’s removal to his farm at Valma ha 3 been delayed on account of the critical illness of their little daughter, who has been under the care of two doctors and a trained nurse for the past week. Both her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Starr, of Gary, have been at her bedside during this time. Frank Kresler will move into the Barkley property, which he has purchased, as soon as Mr. and Mrs. Barkley remove to the country. Rex Warner has leased the property now occupied by Mr. Kresler and is to join the order of benedicts in a few vveeks, it i 3 understood, the bride-to-be being Miss Georgie Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Harris, of this city. John Zimernian, of Remington, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Stowe, Sunday. He reported that his brother-in-law, C. Hartley Cqoyer, who since about a year past has been in very poor health and, with his family, has been residing in Remington since last September, recently took up his residence on a farm near that place and is showing considerable improvement in health. . . . .Henry Charais, of near Remington, visited at the home of his sisters, the Misses Delia and Carrie Cnarais, Sunday. Miss Carrie was alarmingly ill with pneumonia the latter days of last week but has improved considerably since.—Kentland Democrat.

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