Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1914 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Rock island goods for sale at KERATH’S. a-19 J. J. Montgomery went to Chicago Saturday on business. Miss Opal Sharp spent Sunday with’ her sister, Mrs. William P. Cooper, in Monticello. Warren Griggs, of Chicago, was the week-end guest of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Griggs. Today's markets: Corn, 60c; oats. 34c. The markets one year ago were: Corn, 4Sc; oats 30c. The fine weather of the past few days is being improved by the farrner b, and oats sowing is progressing rapidly. ' 1 ailing cards, the correct sizes, both plain and linen finish, constant--I.' in stock in Tho Democrat’s fancy stationery department. Mrs. David Hines, of Delphi, is 'isiting here with her daughters, Mrs. Tull Malone and Mrs. Robert Smith, for a few days. When you need that new plow, arrow, planter, elutivator, In fact any machine or tool see me. I carry a complete line.—JOS. A. LUERS, I’arr, Ind. a-25 Alfred Thompson and Humphrey Grill returned to Ann Arbor, Mich., Sunday to take up their school work again, after spending a week with the former's parents here. Miss Marceline Roberts came home last week from Oxford, Ohio, where she is attending college, for the spring vacation. She stopped off in Indianapolis and visited her mother, Mrs. Jessie Roberts, who is still taking treatment in a sanatorium there, and is much improved.

Harvey Coppess and daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Styles, of Stanwood, lowa, who were called to Medaryville recently by the serious condition of his brother, Calvin Coppess, spent Monday here as the quests of his sister, Mrs. John R. Gray. Mr. Coppess’ condition is not s mproved and indications are not very good for his recovery. I —— i Alban Coen, of Chicago, who has , been traveling in Europe for the past year or more, studying arcbi-j lecture, is visiting here with his 1 grandmother, Mrs.- .1. M. Wasson, and aunt, Mrs. J. J. Hunt. Mr. Coen is a graduate of the Philadelphia school of architecture, and expects to make that business his profession. T. S. Roberts, president of the X. I- T. Co., has not returned from Chicago since the subsidy elections held in Jordan and Carpenter townships last week, and we are unable to state what the plans are now.l H is reported that a ineetirig of the directors of. the company will be held in Milwaukee this week, when no doubt, the future plans of the company will be discussed. Mrs. Ray Adams and little daugh-J ter, Elizabeth, arrival Friday from : Pemapolis, Ala. Mrs, Adams has been in rather poor health for some time and as soon as her father, Scott Brenner, of Mt. Ayr, who has! been down south all winter doing ! some carpenter and repairing work for the Adams’, returns home, which will be in about two weeks, she will go to Chicago for treatment

City Marshal Shesler and his as-1 sistants are busily engaged in clean- i ing up the city streets, which ow-' ing to the numerous rains of late.! has had to be rather badly neglected, j A new light-weight road scraper is; being used to scrape the dirt and rubbish off the improved streets, to’ the gutter, where it can be hauled! away. The machine seems to do the work nicely and is certainly a great labor saver. Mrs. T. W. Hoover, of Lenore, X. Carolina, joined hey husband here Monday. Mr. rtoover is, one of the new comers in the Gifford district and has been himself a >out, two months. He has bought 30 acres of land near Gifford and will raise Onions and potatoes. There are a great many new settlers come into that section of the county this year, and thousands of dollars will be spent in new buildings and other improvements. • t r . ■ ■■ Mrs. Margaret Pullins, the aged mother of Mrs. Laura Fate, landlady of the Makeever House, suffered a light stroke of apoplexy Friday night, but is reported to be improving at this writing. Her other two daughters. Mrs. Joseph Herrod and daughter, Laura, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Emma Gregg, of Bloomington, 111., were summoned to her bedside. Mrs. Pullins is about 86 years of age and had been enjoying very good health for one of her age.