Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1914 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

T. M. Callahan was a Chicago goer Friday.

A “board of trade” office has been opened in one of the upstairs rooms in the G. E. Murray building.

Jersey sweaters, sweater coats, knit mufflers, silk mufflers, gloves and mittens of all kinds for Xmas. —C. EARL DUVALL.

Mrs. Estella Teel and little daughter returned to Peru' Monday a month’s visit her with her mother, Mrs. Harrison Warren.

G. A. Williams returned Sunday from a trip to New York state where he pntchased twenty head of Holstein cows for his Ohio farm.

Sprague’s meal is not kiln dried, therefore retains natural flavor of the corn. Fresh ground every day.— Your grocer or the mill, phone 4 56 t

Miss Helen Murray, who is teaching domestic science in the Centralia, HI., high school, is expected home today to spend the Christmas vacation.

Misses Hazel and Helen Lamson bought a fine new Victrola as a Christmas present for their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lamson, of southwest of town.

George Mauck, who is employed in the printing department of Willson Bros. Laboratory at Edgerton, Wis., came home Sunday to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Mauck, of just north of town.

For a nice cake or anything in the pastry line, try a sack of our Magnolia Brand Flour, milled from choice soft winter wheat. Superior to hard wheat flour for pastry. Guaranteed. —IROQUOIS ROLLER MILLS phone 456.

Mrs. F. M. Johnson and son, Carl, who have been spending some time with her sister, Mrs. George Werner, of west of town, returned to their home in Fulton county Saturday. There is no improvement in Mr. Werner’s condition.

E. P. Honan returned Saturday from his business trip to Washington, D. C. While there he was presented to President Wilson and also had quite a long chat with Secretary Bryan. He also met Senators Shively and Kern and many other prominent democrats.

Rev. J. C. Parrett goes to Lafayette today to perform the marriage ceremony of Mr. R. W. Immel and Miss Ella Blake, the latter formerly of Wolcott, where the Blake family were former parishoners of Rev. Parrett when he was pastor of the Presbyterian church there.

The Rensselaer churches will all have their Christmas exercises and trees on Thursday evening with the exception of the Christian and Catholic. The former will hold its exercises Wednesday evening and the Catholics on Wednesday afternoon, at the parochial school hall.

Notwithstanding the heavy snowfall Friday night, there was quite a good-sized crowd of people in town Saturday and the merchants all did a good business. They also enjoyed a good traue~ Monday and yesterday. This sort of weather puts snap and vim in people and makes ’em all optimists.

Grover Smith, Sr., an old citizen of Jasper county, died at his home in Wheatfield last Thursday of dropsy, aged 78 years. Tthe funeral was held Sunday at Wheatfield. ne leaves a wife and one child, Mrs. Seidler, of Illinois, by his first wife, and four children, Grover, Jr., of Wheatfield, Frank and Joseph of Walker tp., and Mrs. Robert Bunch of Centralia, 111., from the second marriage.

Vern Jacks has been soliciting the past few days for the new' Christmas savings department of the First National Bank, and has met with fine success, everyone agreeing it is a good thing and therefore every person approached is a booster. It is said that in Lafayette alone, where this plan was tried last year, SIIO,OOO was paid out last week to the depositors, most of which was and is being spent among the business men ot that city in Christmas shopping.

Frank Kresler had a force of men alf work Saturday and Sunday cleaning the snow off his dee pond, and then Sunday, night it had to go and cover it over again, so that Monday he had to do the work oveF. The ice is now about nine inches thick, and Frank started “plowing’ it again yesterday and will probably begin packing it today. The harvest will certainly be a good one, as no material change in the weather is prophesied. It wil be the first December pack of ice put up here in a great many years. I' \ ■