Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1915 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

-The Ladies’ Literary Club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. J. D. Allman on McCoy avenue. Don t forget the public sale of the John M. Knapp livery stock Saturday April 3. Victor Hoover was confined to the house several days again this week by illness, but is now able to be out. J. F. Bruner has bought the Dr. Merry telephone exchange at Mt. Ayr. and his son. Earl, will have charge of same. Yesterday's markets: Corn, 63c; oats. 54c; wheat, $1.40. The prices one year ago were: Corn, iSc; oats, -c; wheat, 75c. Il Kuppenheimer suits for men. Elk Juniors for boys. Get one of these ■or Easter. All new styles now in stock at ROWLES & PARKER’S. The F. W. Bedford farm, east of town, will be occupied this year by Henry Avis, who had leased same of Ir. Bedford and moved in before the latter’s death. W orth McCarthy of Indiana University, accompanied by a collegemate, Ray Kerr, of Illinois, came the first of the week to spend a few days vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy.

i rank Bruner \Verit to Indianapolis Wednesday to enter the Methodist hospital for an operation for hernia. His wife and baby are visiting relatives in Thorntown during his stay in the hospital. The Jasper County Telephone Company has issued a new directory, this one in card form. It was necessary by reason of the many changes that have taken place recently and the many new phones added. . * ,■ " - Mrs. W. R. Lee of Mt. Ayr, accompanied By her mother, Mrs. D. J. Baxter of Bluffton, who had been visiting her, was called to Bluffton Wednesday by the dangerous illness of another daughter of the latter. While there were no extremes of temperature during; the month of March, it being very even all during the month, yet it is said to have been the coldest average temperature known in a great many years in this state. L. B. Preston, who has been living in Rensselaer for the past year and looking after onion growing on the lands owned by himself and son, Hayes Preston, near Xewiand, has moved to Hutchinson. Kan. His son will remain here.

The Terre Haute election conspiracy cases came to a sudden close in the federal court at Indianapolis Wednesday, when the defense “rested.” The prosecution then introduced some evidence in rebuttal, and the argument was begun Thursday afternoon. The case was expected to go to the jury either yesterday or today. The funeral of Mrs. Rachael Sommers of Milroy tp.. mention of whose death'iis made in our Milroy correspondence, will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon from the Milroy church. Rev. Parrett of Rensselaer, will conduct the services and burial will be made in the Benson cemetery in that township. Mrs. Som mers was 63 years and 7 days of age. Vivian Ramey, who drives a delivery wagon for the Benson delivery system, suffered a fracture of his right wrist Thursday evening while cranking a Ford automobile used by the Indian Oil Company. He is a brother, of Ross Ramey, who only a few hours before had got so badly injured at Parr, when the oil truck he was driving was struck by a Moncrn passenger train. 1

Roy Scott, a son of John Scott, of. Barkley tp., who has been suffering for the past year with a cancer on his lip and has taken treatment at Indianapolis and later at the Mayo Brothers’ sanitarium at Rochester, Minn., returned to the latter place for further treatment Tuesday. The wound caused by the operation previously performed there has almost entirely healed, and his friends have hope that fie will completely recover. Willette Hill, who is organizing a repertoire company to go out on the road, returned from Chicago Wednesday with the people he had selected there for his company, and they are now rehearsing and will open their first week’s performance in Rensselaer the week of April 12. The company will feature Thomas W. Ross’ play, “The Only Son/’ The company is made up of Cash E. Tomlinson, T. Allyn Zang, Fritz Adams, Hfeil Hickey, Paul Nash, Willette Taylor, Miss True Powers, Miss Cora King, Miss Marion Cluff and others. .