Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1914 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

For Sale—Boxes and boards. — Five and Ten Cent Store. Gasoline engines, pump jack ans belting for sale by HAMILTON & KELLNER. Mrs. Ross Ropp returned to Wheatfield the first of the week atfer a visit with relatives here. Mrs. Leo Wolfe came down from Hammond Wednesday to visit her parents, Mr and Mrs. A. Leopold. Mrs. Willis Hurley and Miss Nancy Abbott went to Rossville Thursday for a few days visit with friends. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 71c; oats, 31c; wheat, 78c; rye, 55c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 64c; wheat, 79c; oats, 3 7c; rye, 6 4c. Drs. A. P. Rainier of Remington, and I. M. Washburn of Rensselaer, went to Hammond Wednesday to attend the meeting of the 10th district doctors. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Aldrich, who had been visiting here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Aldrich, returned to their home in Sioux City, la., Wednesday. Max Price of Middlesboro, Ky., was in l Rensselaer a short time Tuesday on his way home from attending the funeral of his uncle, George Herriman of Ker.tland. A dance was given in the hall at the K. of P. building Wednesday night, music being furnished by the Italian orchestra that played on the streets here Wednesday. Mrs. Michael Jungles of northeast of town, was taken to Chicago the early part of the week for an operation for gallstones. She was operated on Tuesday, and is said to be doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fouts and son, George, came to Rensselaer Tuesday from Logansport and will probably buy property here and make this their home Mrs. Fouts is a sister of Mrs. W. G. Caldwell of south Weston street. Harley Bruce came up from Crawfordsville Tuesday to visit relatives here. While very dry down there, corn looks better than it does here. He had 35 acres of wheat which made 31 bushels per acre and 20 acres of oats that made 43 bushels per acre.

J. J. Porter and son, Burr and Thomas, came over from Remington Wednesday with the former’s nephew, R. B. Jewett, and son of Ogle county, 111., who were visiting Mr. Porter, in Mr. Jewett’s automobile. Mr. Jewett reported crops fine in his locality wtib the pastures green, oats yielding 40 to 50 bushels per acre and the corn in splendid condition. President Wilson has named Frederick A. Delano president of the Monon Railroad Co., as member of the Federal Reserve Board, and if Mr. Delan.j accepts and the confirmation is made, a new president will be selected in hrs stead for the Monon. It is thought by some thtrt H. R. Kurrie of Rensselaer, whois general attorney for the road aid stands ve y high with the management, may possibly be selected for this place. Uncle John Casey of Fair Oaks, was in Rensselaer a couple of days this week on Boditone business. He says that A. F. Long, the druggist, handles Boditone in Rensselaer' Merry & Merry at Mt. Ayr; Simon Fendig at Wheatfield, and F. R. Erwin at Fair Oaks, while he himself i t the agent of the Boditone Co., and has many customers who call at his home for Boditone. It is a great family medicine, and is guaranteed. - Advertisement.

The oats threshing will be about over with this week, and, generally speaking, the yield is larger and the oats are of better quality than anticipated. The average yield for the county will be right around 30 bushels probably, which is very good indeed. A. J. Bellows informs The Democrat than on his farm southwest of Remington, occupied by his son, Ed, one field of 40 acres made 4 0 bushels to the acre and his average yield on something over 108 acres was over 37 bushels per acre. Press Roberts, of over in the edge of Newton county, was in the city Wednesday. Press is known as the “Watermelon King” of Newton county, but this year he will probably not have very many melons to market outside of those sold At his home, which usually runs from 25 to 50 per day during the season. His melons are just beginning to ripen, and while the dry weather has hurt them c msiderably, he wijl still have quite a good many, especially of muskmelons.