Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1914 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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The city schools begin Monday. Lincoln Chautauqua at Rensselaer, Sept. 12 to 17, inclusive. Lee Matheny of north of town, is driving a fine new Studebaker touring car. — ■■ * Mr. and Mrs. William Rice of Monticello, spent Sunday here with the former’s brother, B. S. Rice, and family. Robert Cochrane of Lacross, was a business visitor in Rensselaer Monday morning, having remained here over night. C. W. Littlefield of Remington, came over Saturday and visited until Sunday evening with his brother, N. Littlefield, and family. To accommodate extra advertising The Democrat is issued today as an 8-page paper instead of the regular size of the Wednesday issue. Miss Olive Pollard, who is clerking in the New York store in Indianapolis, returned to that city Monday after a two weeks’ visit here with per parents of south of town. Among those from Rensselaer attending the Gillam home-coming Sunday w r ere Judge and Mrs. C. W. Hanley and sons, G. E. Murray and family and A. F. Long and family. Joseph Myers went to Chicago Friday evening and visited until Sunday night with friends there, accompaning home his wife and two children, who had been visiting there for about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Crockett left Monday for Detroit, Mich., to attend the national encampment of the G. A. R., and to visit their son, Robert Crockett, and family. They expect to be gone about ten days. Mrs. H. ,A. Cripps and sister, Miss Eva Hammerton, are moving to Mitchell, So. Dak., where their brother, Temple Hammerton, is employed as cabdriverand where they will engage in the dressmaking business. Within a period of twenty minutes’ time Monday noon, we counted three automobile loads of tourists pass through Rensselaer with cars bearing Illinois number plates; one Kentucky; two Ohio, and one Wisconsin. The new switch-board for the local telephone exchange arrived Friday afternoon and the telephone people are busily engaged in installing same. It will probably take a couple of weeks before all the phones are connected up to the new board and the same is in operation. A house at Wheatfield belonging to Mrs. Maria Biggs of that place and occupied by Ross Ropp, a son of Henry Ropp of north of Rensselaer, was totally destroyed by fire about midnight last Wednesday night, together with all its contents. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ropp were away visiting at the time, and the origin of the fire is unknown. The loss on the household goods was covered by S6OO insurance, it is reported.

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