Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1915 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Buy your coal of HAMILTON & KELLNER’S. ■■ r* **TT * The ad man says for the G. E Murray Co. tp have a January underprice sale. The Priscilla Club meets tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. F. E. Babcock on River street. Mr. and Mrs. John Knight of Bangor, Mich., are here visiting his sister, Mrs. Sarah Platt. The William Cheever blacksmith shop at Demotte was destroyed by fire Saturday evening. Buy a “Stay Down” tank heater and keep your stock tank from freezing over.—WATSON PLUMBING CO. Miss Mary Flora, who has been visiting here with Miss Marie Hamilton, returned to her home in Frankfort Monday. Mrs. Ed Miller of Monticello, who had been here visiting her daughter, Mrs. Isaac Parcels,, returned home Monday- accompanied by the latter. Miss Jane Parkison, who has been attending college at Jacksonville, HL, will not return there but has entered the Rensselaer high school again. The condition of Editor Healey of the Republican, while quite critical again Saturday, is reported to be improving and he is now able to be up town. Misses Gladys and Gwen Rainford of Lake Village, returned home Sat- ’ urday after spending the holidays with their aunt, Mrs. C. Morganegg, and family of Barkley tp. Friday’s Kentland Democrat: Mrs. P. S. Griffith of Remington, and daughter, Mrs. Nelson Boicourt, of Indianapolis, were guests of C. E, L-ambert and family yesterday.

The Princess theater was to start in Sunday last giving a Sunday show, both afternoon and evening, but the failure of the films to arrive made it impossible to any show, on the proposed opening Sunday. •G. D. Gregory of Wheatfield, the Baker medicine agent, has been working his territory about Rensselaer for the past few weeks and expects to finish up his rounds next week if the weather continues good. The Jasper County Poultry Show opened Monday in the Hamilton & Kellner implement room on Van Rensselaer street with a fine lot of birds on exhibition. The show will continue all week. Be sure to visit it.

W. F. Powers has been confined to the house for the past several days with a recurrence of his old trouble from his wounded leg, the result of a gunshot - wound in the civil war. The wound gives him considerable trouble for awhile about every five or six years, and this time it is the worst it has ever been.

Mrs. W. E. Jacks of southed town, had the misfortune to falh onUhe icy walk while leaving the Christian church Sunday morning, after attending services, and break her right arm, just above the wrist. Her right side was also hurt in the fall, and while she suffered a deal of pain Sunday afternoon, she is now getting along nicely.

Clay Dewees is another, farmer who believes that it pays to keep cows on the farm. He has milked on an average five cows since last March, and besides the milk, cream and butter used in the family* has sold over S3OO worth of butter from March 1, 1914, to Jan. 1, 1915. Mrs. Dewees makes an extra good quality of butter and they have regular customers in town who take so much per week right through the year. •William Traub returned to Chatsworth, 111. Sunday to look after the insurance adjustment on his clothing store destroyed by fire there on Monday morning of last week. The fire started from an over-heated furnace in the basement of the two-story building which he occupied. Mr. Traub leased the building, on which there was but $3,500 insurance. The building was valued at about $15,000. Mr. Traub’s loss was complete, nothing being saved. His stock was valued, at $16,000, partly covered insurance. His insurance had not yet been adjusted.