Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1914 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A. D. Washburn of Kentland, was a business visitor in the city Wednesday. Miss Coral Ropp returned the first of the week from an extended visit at Dowagiac, Mich. T. M. Callahan contemplates a visit to California early in February and will take in the exposition while there. . Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan and son, Edward, went to Delphi Thursday to spend Chiristmas with relatives of the former. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Carson of Enid, Okla., came last week to visit his parents and brother, Ivan Carson, and families. Sprague’s meal is not kiln dried, therefore retains natural flavor of the corn. Fresh ground every day.— Your grocer or the mill, phone 456. Miss Louise Hildebrand, who was called here recently by,the death of her uncle, John Hordeman, returned to her home at Three Oaks, Mich., Monday.

The Benton Review shop, Fowler, capital $30,000; to print and publish newspapers, etc., has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Have your glasess fitted so you read these long winter nights without ocular strain and bad effects. Glasses fitted and ground in office.—A. G. CATT, Optometrist, over Long’s drug store. The snowfall of Friday and Sunday nights cost Frank Kresler, the iceman, about SIOO. He had a force of twelve men at work for three days or more in clearing his ice pond of the snow. The force at the Monon depot has been reduced by letting off one operator, Ross Hufford, of Rossville, and Agent Beam Elmer Wilcox will perform the duties formerly performed by Hufford. More college students who are home for the holidays are Paul Miller of Indianapolis, and Joe Reeve and Ed Robinson of Chicago. The former is attending a dental college and the two latter a commercial college. ■

Fitz W. Bedford, who broke his hip some time ago as a result of a fall, and whom it was thought, on account of his advanced age, would hardly recover, is gaining slowly and is now able to sit up a part of the time. 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.—lßOQUOlS ROLLER MILLS phone 456. B. F. Alter of Rensselaer, has been appointed administrator of the estate of his father, B. F. Alter, Sr., who recently died at his home in Forest, Clinton county. The estate is valued at about $30,000, consisting mostly of real estate. The Hobson resolution for national prohibition of the manufacture, importation or sale of intoxicating liquors, was defeated in the House Tuesday night by a vote of 197 for to 189 against, it being necessary to carry by a two-thirds majority to be adopted. It therefore lacked 61 votes of adoption. The thirteen Indiana delegates voted solidly against the measure.

Miss Naomi Gregg, a former teacher in the Rensselaer schools, now teaching in Greencastle, after a few days’ visit here, went to Chicago Wednesday, accompanied by Delos Dean, where they attended a ball given at the Congress Hotel by a Greek letter Society, that is holding its national meeting there. State Representative W. L. Wood of Parr, attended a meetingof the republican members of the*coming legislature at Indianapolis Saturday. The republicans are maping out a program for the members to follow at this session which it is expected will inure to the benefit of their party. In fact, they will play politics for all it is worth. J. W, Smith, the, painter and paper hanger, who has been in poor health from consumption for the past few years, is growing worse and his friends are trying ,to induce him to go to a tuberculosis sanitarium for treatment. The family went to Arizona about two years ago for the benefit of his health, and while there their daughter was taken sick and they returned to Rensselaer with her, where she later died of the same ailment..