Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1915 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Squire John Grove was down from Wheat field on business Monday. Mrs. G. E. Murray and daughter, I Miss Helen, were Chicago goers Monday. Miss Eva Hermanson went to Chicago Monday to visit her sister, Mrs. Harry Floyd. Yesterday's markets: Corn, 08c; pats, 4 4c. The prices one year ago were; Corn, 66c; oats, 3 6c. John Keiper returned to his home at Plymouth Monday morning after a short visit here with Tony Keiper and family. John I. Gwin expects to get busy soon with his new residence in Fair view Addition. It will be two-story brick veneered. Edson Murray and William Babcock, Jr., returned the last of the week from attending the State University at Madison, Wis. Full line of McCormick machinery for sale. Will also buy produce at the highest market price. New phone No. 461. EDWARD HERATH. j-22 A. E. Wallace Was called to Chicago Monday on the 10:55 a. m„ train by the critical illness of his tether, who was scarcely expected to live until A 1 reached there. Rev, and Mrs. Curniek and daughter, Dorothy, attended the wedding at Crawfordsville yesterday of Miss Ruth Clemans and Mr. John Barnhill, Rev. Curniek performing the ceremony. Mrs. Mary Callahan went to Lafayette Monday to visit her sister, Mrs. Ella Camp, and the T. M. Callahan children will visit their grandmother, Mrs. Herman Ahlers, at Francesville, during her absence. The Democrat job printing department completed this week an order of 20,000 checks and test reports combined, printed and numbered, for the W. E. Harris creamery. The job made 400 books and weighed near 150 pounds.

We got a nice rain in this vicinity Monday afternoon and evening, which was very acceptable generally, although it is said to have knocked the wheat down badly. Yesterday was bright and pleasant but the temperature continues too low for corn. Misses Lois Meader and Josie Dexter of Union tp., who left Monday to take in the Panama-Pacific exposition, travel in company with Mr. and Mrs. Verp Nowels and bon, Harold, who also left the same day, for the greater part of the distance, or as far as Denver at least. Ralph Hammond, son of Charles Hammond of Big Rapids, Mich., who has been attending Purdue, after a few days’ visit with relatives here, left Monday for his home, accompanied by his aged grandfather, Stewart Hammond, who will spend the summer with his son at Big Rapids. X. C. Shafer has sold to Dr. Meyer the former James Flynn property on the corner of Weston and Angelica streets, which he purchased some time ago. The consideration stated in the deed to Meyer was $1,225. He will probably have ttife old house thereon torn down., or moved off to afford him more lawn. Mrs, Alva Simpson received word Sunday that her aged father, who was dangerously ill with thyphoid fever at his home at Sheridan, had passed away. Owing to the fact that Mrs.' Simpson was herself ill, she did not attend the funeral. Her brother, Harvey Gasper, also of Rensselaer, has been with his father for the past several weeks. The new Catholic church at Lowell will be dedicated next Sunday, and the Rensselaer band and several members of the Holy Name Society from here will attend. The Cook, Lake county, band of which Otto Braun is also the instructor, will likewise assist in furnishing music for the occasion. The latter band was organized about a year ago, is 30 pieces strong and has handsome new uniforms.