Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1915 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Subscribe for The Democrat. See our line of buggies and carriages.—HAMlLTON & KELLNER. William Ott of Remington was a business visitor in the city yesterday. - Don’t forget the public sale of the John M. Knapp livery stock Saturday afternoon, April 3,

Yesterdayjs markets: Corn, 64c; oats, 53c; wheat, $1.40. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 58c; oats, 35c; wheat, 75c. Mrs. Goldie Didlake of St. Cloud, Minn., came the latter part of the week to visit her mother, Mrs. John Lamborn of Remington. If you want to buy a cozy, well located property in Rensselaer, come out and bid on the John M. Knapp property Saturday, April 3. If you are not pleased with our Blue Ribbon or Magnolia flour, we are not. Ask for your money back. — IROQUOIS ROLLER MILL, phone 456.

The basketball game between Goodland and Rensselaer, at the high school gymnasium Friday night, resulted in a score of 30 to 10 in favor of Rensselaer. ' «! ' B. D. Comer and son purchased a new Ford touring car Saturday from the W. I. Hoover agency. Other purchasers of Ford cars through the Hoover agency are: Granville Moody, Harry Gifford, William B. Yeoman, Andrew Misc'b, Roe Yeoman and Charles Kessinger. Miss Agnes Platt returned Sun day from a visit to Chicago and was accompanied by her uncle, William Zacher, wife and baby, of Chicago, and Mrs. Zacher’s sistei. Miss Esther Schiebe, of Appleton, Wis., who will all visit relatives here for about a week or ten/ days. Yesterday was a bright, sunshiny day, and considerably warmer than Sunday or Monday, although the ground froze quite a little Monday night. It is not thought the freezing nights of late have injured the oats that have been sown because the ground is so dry and not many of the oats have sprouted.

The necessary $1,200 to purchase a street flusher, for'use on the brick paved business streets has been .raised by subscription among the business men and will be turned over to the city for the purchase of same. The city will do the flushing free and will also gather up the garbage from the business district as heretofore. Rev. J. C. Parrett returned Friday evening from Lynden, 0., where he officiated Wednesday at the marriage of his sister, Miss Margaret Parrett, to Mr. John W. Dinsmore, Coshocton banker. M|ss Parrett had been a teacher for several years. They take in the exposition~at San Francisco on the honeymoon trip, going via the Panama Canal route. Mrs. Margaret Taylor, a sister ol Mrs. John Makeever of this place, died Friday afternoon In an Indianapolis hospital of old age. She was 86 years old. Mrs. Makeever is herself in feeble health, she being 88 years of age, and was unable to attend the funeral, which was held in Tndianapplis Sunday afternoon, from the late residence of deceased, and burial made at Lafayette.

Miss Ethel Holmes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes of two miles north of town, who remained in North Dakota, when her parents returned to Jasper county, was the successful candidate in a subscription contest recently conducted by the Mandan Republican, of Mandan, N. D., and won the first prize, a Light Four Mitchell automobile. Miss Holmes is at New Salem, N. D., and her vote was 3,411,800. The next highest vote received by any of the candidates was 1,109,100. M. Y. Slaughter suffered another paralytic stroke Sunday evening, which has almost completely paralized 'him, and his chances for recovery are thought to be very slight. This stroke was on the right side, and about a year ago he suffered a stroke on the left side. lie had partially recovered from the former stroke and was feeling quite well. He ate a hearty dinner Sunday and seemed in his usual health. Mr. Slaughter js staying with his daughter, Mrs. Kenton Blankenship, on Elm street.

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