Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1915 — Page 5

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Mrs. J. H. Dunlap was a Mt. Ayr goer Wednesday. -J Moses Chupp went to Morocco Wednesday to visit realtives. If your harness needs to be repaired and oiled, bring them to SCOTT BROS. John M. Knapp went to Chautauqua county, N. Y.i on business the first of the week. Dr. H. H. Kannal went to Chicago Tuesday to attend a meeting of the U. S. live stock sanitary board. V See the Oliver Twist, Dutch, Middys and romper wash suits on display at Duvall’s Quality Shop.—C. EARL •DUVALL. -Mrs. E. L. Clark and little greatgrandson, Billie Robinson, went to Lafayette Wednesday to visit Mrs. Clark’s daughters there. E,. M. Dewees, who has been living on the W. H. Snedeker farm in Barkley tp., moved this week to the Joe Galey farm in Jordan tp. Dr. E. N. Loy has rented the Leslie Clark tenant house on south Weston street, now occupied by Lawson Bruce, and will move into same. Harry Gifford of Barkley tp., went to Sandwich, 111., Wednesday to see his cousin, Freeman Gifford, who is preparing to move on a farm near Zadoc, this county. WANTED—I am located at Fancy Produce qjiarket and pay Elgin prices for buttet fat. Correct tests guaranteed. Your patronage solicited. — C. 11. LEAVEL. ts It will not be long until Easter and now is the time to buy or order your suit as the assortment is the best. Prices reasonable. Look our line over.—C. EARL DUVALL. ,\;f Miss Grace Stover, music and drawing instructor in the city schools, went to Downers Grove, 111,, yesterday to visit until Sunday with her mother, who resides there. A. Leopold has begun the erection of a couple of modern two-story tenant houses on south Front street, on the east side of the street, and has the basements already completed or nearly so. Stephen Ivohley of southeast of town, who has been sick with pleural pneumonia since Dec. 15, is still confined to the house. Although practically recovered, he is still on the convalescent list. Ed Tanner of Barkley tp., went to Wolcott Wednesday to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, Isaac Sell, who died there Monday night after an extended illness, aged 66 years. Mrs. Sell is a sister- of Mr. Tanner’s. Mrs. Anna Ward, 30 years old, living at Norway, White county, was burned perhaps fatally, Monday, when she saturated her clothing with oil and set fire to it. It is charged that her husband, while drunk, had beaten her and wrenched her arm out of place. "Shorty" Adams plead guilty Saturday before Squire Dean to a charge of intoxication on the ilth, and was ..fined $1 and costs, $9,30 in all, Tuesday he plead guilty to a like charge, on the Saturday previous, and Squire Dean boosted the fine for the latter offense up to $5 and trimmings, $13.55 in all. He paid the former amount but staid the latter.

Delicatessen For Saturday Each lady making a purchase in our Store Saturday will be given FREE one loaf of Ruger’s fine liome'umde bread. ♦ WE HANDLE— Purdue Butter, dressed chickens, Salads, Salad Dressing, Baked Beans, Veal Loaf, Fine Coffee and Teas, Potato Chips, Oranges and Bananas, Su n Kist Brand of California Fruits, Cakes: Angel hood, Marshmellow, Pineapple, all kinds of Cheese. Jacks & Robinson Telephone 472. We deliver

Miss Jennie Harris was a Chicago goer Wednesday. W. S. Ahrens of Barkley tp. ( went tfl Chicago on business Wednesday. - ■ " 1 • <y William Havens moved this week from Milroy tp., onto James Parkison’s farm two miles west of Rensselaer. ' Mrs. Jacob Junglas returned to her home at Valparaiso yfestefrday after visiting the Zacher families oi Newton tp. Mrs. Howard Mills entertained the Girls’ Sew Club Thursday afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Parkison. Little fellows’ Oliver Twist, Dutch, Middys and romper wash suits now on display,__.All color combinations. All tit reasonable prices.—C. EARL DUVALL.

Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Murray and daughter, Mrs. 11. W. Wood, Jr., attended the funeral in Chicago Monday of Mrs. D. B. Whetstone, a sister of Mr. Murray’s. Mrs. Marion Adams is expected home next week from a two months’ visit with her daughter, Mrs. Zoe Goff, at Tulsa, Okla., and with her sons, Ray and Lee, at Demapolis, Ala. “Uncle” Jacob Lesh, who has been visiting here for the*'pasT'five~weeks With his daughter, Mrs. Eli Arnold, of Barkley tp., and other relatives, will return to his home at Menomonie, Wis., today. We will unload a car of fancy .Michigan sand-grown potatoes next Monday and Tuesday, put up in 150 pound sacks, Sy 2 bushels each. In 2% bushels lots or more, 55c a bushel. —JOHX EGER. The Democrat now has in its stationery and office .supply department, those perpetual calendar pen-cil-holders, for fountain pens, as well as pencils. They cost but 10c each. Call in and see them. About twenty friends gathered at the home of Mrs. James Jordan Wednesday evening and gave ft shower for Miss Amanda Jenkins. A very enjoyable evening was spent and Miss Jenkins was the recipient of many gifts. Notice to the ladies of Rensselaer and surrounding country that you will now find on display a, large assortment of little fellows’ wash suits in Oliver Twists, Dutch suits, Middys and rompers. All cofiibinations.—C. EARL DUVALL. Governor Ralston has put the kibosh onto the race gambling and "prize fight bills by notifying the legislature that he would stand for no such laws, and yet this race gambling bill passed the senate with a whoop. Shake, Governor, shake.

Dr. Brown’s sale Thursday was well attended and property brought good prices. Dr. Brown and family came in Thursday evening and have taken up their residence in their property on River street, thus becoming bonafide citizens of Rensselaer once The aifdacity of race track gamblers was never more brazen than in the attempt to get a bill through the legislature to legalize machine gambling. Governor Ralston did the right thing in asking the house to kill the bill. That it did pass the senate is a disgrace to that body.—Ham mono News (Dem.). The Goodland K. of P. lodge celebrated the 51st anniversary of the order at their castle hall in that city last night. A feature of the celebration was the presenting of veteran’s jewels, gold medals, to Knights who had retained their membership in that lodge for twenty-five years. The editor of The Democrat was one of this number, having joined the Goodland lodge in 1889 and retained his metnbership there all of this time. ’ Five cases of scarlet fever are reported near Gifford, Mrs. Wesley Walker ahd three children, and a little daughter of Sheridan Logue, who resides on Dr. W. B.Myer’s farm, being down with the disease; v The youngest of the Walker children also has diphtheria complications* and is in quite a critical condition. As the children had been running about until they were taken down, it is feared that several more cases of the disease will develop, and Health Officer Dr. Hemphill has closed the Gifford school;

The big Panama Pacific exposition opens at San Francisco today. The Priscilla Sew Club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Frank Donnelly. Now is the time to get your harness repaired and oiled. Get it done at SCOTT BROS. Mrs. Fred Bartels of Xewland, left Thursday for an extended visit with relatives at Davenport, lowa. x Dr. H. L. Brown’s sale Thursday totaled $2,600. One mare brought and a Jersey cow and call $250. Miss Anita Mills returned to Zionsville, Ind., Thursday after a visit here with the family of her uncle, Frank King. We have been having fine weather for several days now', bright and medium warm, but freezing a little each night. Mrs. Lesta Snively returned to Indianapolis Thursday after a several weeks visit here with" her sister, Mrs; George W. Hopkins. Mark Schroer will build a new 5-room cottage in Fred Phillips’ Fair View' addition, commencing as soon as the frost gets out of the ground.

Ladies, don’t make the boys’ wash suits when you. can buy them so reasonable at- Duvall’s Quality Shop. A full line now on display.—C. EARL DUVALL. J. W. Smith, the painter and paper hanger, who has been suffering for a long time with consumption, is reported Quite bad off at this writing and the end is probably near at hand. James Amsler and son, Mrs. Firman Thompson and two children. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig, Mr. and Mrs. Zern Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parks were among the Chicago goers Thursday. Mrs. Ed Reeves, who recently returned from a Chicago hospital where she underwent a severe surgical operation, is reported to be making very satisfactory gains, but is still quite weak, of course. Pullins Bros, got in a ton of alfalfa seed this week for various farmers who will sow same this spring, Alfalfa is proving a very profitable crop in Jasper county and, it does well here Avhen intelligently put in. Mrs. Mattie Grant, who has been spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Joe O’Connor and family, in Hammond, returned there Thursday after a week's visit here. She will return to Rensselaer about April 1 and open her home here again. Fred King of Columbia City, came Thursday for a few days visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King. His wife and little son had planned to come with him, but the child took the whooping cough and it was impossible for them to come at this time.

The (Jistrict meeting of Pocahontas, the ladies’ auxiliary of the Red Men, will be held in Rensselaer the latter part of May, and will bring many members of th© order here. Logansport, Frankfort and Lafayette are among the larger towns in the district. Vh© aged mother of J. D. Allman celebrated her 81st birthday anniversary at Remington Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Peck. The W. It. C. was invited in to spend the afternoon with her and she received many floral gifts as a remembrance from relatives and friends. William M. Lakin, formerly of Jasper county, and the only surviving brother of Mrs. E. H. Shields ot this city, died at his home in Aurora, Neb., last Saturday; aged 77 years, 1 month and 17 days. Mr. Lakin was a veteran of the civil war, and is survived by a wife, to wh6m he had been married for over fifty years, and' several children. Thomas Thornton stopped off here Wednesday for a visit with his sister, Mrs, William Diiey. He had been on a visit to his wife, who is staying with her son, E. F. Thornton, in Detroit. The latter is a printer by trade, and his wife has been in poor health for the past few years. Mrs. Thornton Is assisting in caring for the wife, also two little daughters of Fred’s "by a former marriage.

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Look your harness over and see if they don’t need repairing and oiling, and bring them to SCOTT BROS. Miss Lena Wilcox, field secretary of the Monnett school, went to Concord, Mich., Thursday for a week’s visit. . Rev. Green will preach at the Baptist church on Sunday, at 7 p. m. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend. Mrs. Jim Hemphill, who underwent an operation about nine months ago, will go to the Wesley hospital tomorrow for another slight operation. The family of W. H. Mackey, east of town, who have been quarantined for some time with scarlet fever, are reported to be getting along nicely but are still under’quarantine. Ed Randle, who moved to Menomonie, Wis., last fall, returned this week, not having rented a farm there as expected, and his family will come as soon as he can secure a house here. -Mrs. I>. K. Frye of Itoselawn, and Mrs. Mary Gore and daughter of Lowell, stopped here over night W ednesday night while on their way home from attending the funeral ol Isaac Sell at Wolcott. Another new supply of Ideal Account files received in The Democrat’s stationery department. These are much cheaper and more convenient for keeping moderate-sized accounts than a cumbersome ledger. The Monon Water Works Company, Monon; capital. $40,000; to operate a water works system, etc.; Edward L. Smith, George M. Hornecker and W. F. Brunt, incorporators, has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. J. K. Davis of'Greencastle, who is looking after some business matters in Monticello, was a visitor in the city yesterday. lie reported his family as well and said that it was considerably warmer at Greencastle than here. The city council has given up the idea of installing two lights at each end of the Washington street bridge, as originally intended, and will erect lights at the west end only and set them in near the sidewalks, to coform with the line of lights already in on Washington street.

c. A. Roberts has been confined to the house since Saturday night with a case of threatened pneumonia, but was reported better yesterday and it is thought he will now get along nicely. Mr. Roberts boards and rooms with Wilson Shaefer, at the west side oi town. Ed Reeve has been looking after his business during his illness. The local lodge of Knights of Pythias kept open house yesterday in honor of the 51st anniversary of the order and to accommodate Knights from out of town who desired to attend the great motion picture play of Damon and Pythias, which was given at the Princess yesterday afternoon and night under the auspices of the Rensselaer lodge. W, P. Gaffield of Milroy tp., returned yesterday from a visit with his son, Edward, who is still taking treatment at Lafayette, where he underwent two several months ago. Edward and family are now living a't Elwood, they having sold out their hotel at Ambia and bought a restaurant in Elwood. lie comes over every other day for treatment at Lafayette. They are trying a new medicine now and .if this doesn’t have the desired effect, it will be necessary to operate on him again, Mr. Gaffield informs us

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Dr. C. E. Johnson was a Lafayette visitor yesterday. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 67c; i>ats, 53c; wheat, $1.40, rye, sl. V: dr —- O. G. Baker of Barkley tp., went to Chicago yesterday for a visit with his brother, W. C. Baker. Peter F. Hein has been recommended for postmaster at Crown Point to succeed Charles Daugherty, removed, / Marion Archibald, a young man aged 26, died suddenly at his home in Morocco last Sunday night of heart disease. ; \ ' -v. 1. Several Rensselaer members of the Knights of Columbus with their lady friends took in a K. of C. dance at Kentland Monday night. The Lowell Tribune,’ one of the bright newsy weeklies of Lake county, came out this week in a brandnew “dress” of body type. John Bruner and family of .lordan tp., who moved here from Madison, Ind., a few years ago, moved back to Madison this week. Let Tho Democrat supply you with typewriter ribbons and carbon papers, We have ribbons for all makes of standard typewriters, and handle tho very grade of carbon papers. F. W. Bedford of east of town, who has been confined to his lioiho since early last November, when he fell and broke his hip, now has an attack of pneumonia and it is not believed that he will ever get up again. Mr. Bedford is 87 years old, and until he suffered this injury hn*d been quite active for one of his advanced age. Call at The Democrat office and get one of the new style pencil holders with the perpetual calendar. A neat holder, nicely nickel plated and costs but 10 cents. We lmvo the new spun glass ink Erasers at 25c, and different styles of pencil point protectors and rubber erasers, only r>c each, in our fancy stationery and office supply department. Dr. Louis Albert Banks, D.D., of Ohio, one of the foremost leaders of the anti-saloon forces in America, will speak at the National Prohibition Rally to be held in the Presbyterian Church-, Tuesday, March 2, at 7:3() o’clock. This is a union' meeting of the churches and all the moral forces of Rensselaer, and will bo one of the greatest temperance meetings ever held in this community.

The W. R. C. gave a combination mncoln and Washington entertainment at the G. M R. hall in the court house Tuesday afternoon, at which a program of readings and a historical contest was given. A. post card menu was a feature of the occasion, two members of the order, Mrs. George F. Meyers and Mrs. W. P. Bennett, who are spending the winter in Florida, sending about a dozen cards with appropriate pictures and verses. Refreshments were served. Notice. The physicians’ blacklist will be made up on March Ist, and anyone who Is indebted to any of the local physicians will do well to look after his standing and keep his name off the list. This waning is not meant solely for a few notorious deadbeats but refers to all who are slow to pay or careless about keeping their bills paid. REQUESTS HAVE COME IN FROM PHYSICIANS IN NEARBY TOWNS FOR A COPY OF THE LIST WHEN IT IS COMPLETED. By all means keep your name off this list. —JASPER COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. Birth Announcements. Feb. 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy of Barkley tp., a daughter.

~ p OFTEN TIMES a good stove is rated a poor one, when the failure to produce the heat is entirely the fault of POOR COAL! THROW IN SOME OF OUR GOAL It will cause most any stove or heating plant to throw out the heat. GRANT-WARNER LUMBER CO.

THE BOYDS.

The Boyds have filled hundreds of engagements during the past several seasons. Their extended experience In many stutcs and before critical and popular audiences has given their work an excellence and a finish that can be obtained in no other way. Their requirements of themselves are of the very highest. Of line musical culture, they give an evening’s entertainment of real worth that wins praise from the most exacting and yet such

THE BOYDS.

ns Is equally enjoyed by those who are not musicians. In a word, they present not only programs that are high class, but programs that please. Both are pianists and accompanists; both are singers. Mr. Boyd Is one of the cleverest of readers, and the two present in costume sketches that am exceedingly Interesting and attractive. One feature musical program that has proved very popular Is a group of old songs that were favorites years ago, Including one or two of the finest of sacred selections. Will be at the Christian church, Thursday evening, March A.

Our Prices of Shoes.

4 new shoes, common, $1,50; 4 new shoes, steel plugged, $2.25; 4 new never-slip shoes, $2.75; 4 old shoes sl. All shoes over No. 5 are 25 cents extra.—HEMPHILL BROS.