Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1915 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

.Advertised letters: Miss Boone, James Hill, C. J. Hobbs, L. A. Schultz, Mrs. J. P. Bullis, Lural Anderson and Mrs. Cleo Holland. Same will be sent to the dead letter office, if not called for, July 26. Miss Elizabeth Panther and niece, Anna Louise, who have been the guests of Lauretta Nagel for a few days, returned to their home in Lafayette Monday. Frank Buffert of Lafayette, came up Sunday for several days' visit at the Nagel home. The chicken and turkey crop was greatly devastated in Jasper county and vicinity by Saturday night’s big rain. Hundreds of chickens were drowned in Rensselaer alone. Mrs. Joe Putts, of southwest of town, lost about 20 young turkeys, and it is probable that thousands of each were drowned as a whole in the county. The 1914-15 year book and anhere, returned to their home in Sulseph college has reached our table. It is a very neatly printed book of 112 pages and contains several halftone pictures of the college and grounds, the new gymnasium, chapel, graduates and athletic teams. The book was printed at the Indian school print shop. A. S. Laßue was down at Greenfield last Friday where the Laßue Bros, have a big store, and he states that the big rain there early last week caused considerable damage in that section. The basement of their store was flooded to a depth of about three feet and considerable hardware was damaged, including about 100 kegs of nails. Mrs. Catherine Moser, the aged mother of Mrs. Benjamin Geesa of near Mt. Ayr, died last Friday morning at the home of said daughter and the funeral was held at 2 p. in., Sunday afternoon at North Star and burial ’hiade in the Morocco cemetery. Mrs. Moser was born March 8, 1 835, in Pennsylvania. The Democrat is unable to give? any further data regarding her, • Some of tho surface water got ii. the wells at the city water plant Saturday night, caused by the breakage of the concrete about one of the wells, and patrons were advised against drinking the city water for a few days and such announcements was made from the pulpits of the churches Sunday morning. Supt. Chamberlain drained the big tank Monday and refilled it. after repairing the break in the concrete wall of the wells, and it is probably that the water is pure in most of the mains by this time. Morocco Courier: Rev. A. Clark of Rensselaer, was in Morocco Saturday with a new auto upon which he had hung a sign “license applied for,’’ and took it as a huge joke when a Morocco citizen asked him if he was a saloon keeper losie Bullis, of near Remington, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Cary Hagen Monday Misses Gertrude Leopold, Eva Moore and Ruth Ames, of Rensselaer, were the guests of Miss Ray Cassell Saturday..... Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frame returned to their home at Demotte Monday after a short visit, west of town, with Lewis Page.

Notice to Delinquent Debtors. A large number of small accounts due The Democrat for subscription and job printing and from which we have gotten no replies to the numerous statements sent, will be placed in the hands of a collecting agency on August 1, if not paid prior thereto. Statements will be sent to all these debtors once more before placing them in hands for collection, but if responses are not received to this last request for settlement, the accounts will be turned over for collections as above stated. While the accounts individually are small, In the aggregate they foot up to SI,OOO or more, and mean considerable to us. We hope the number that it will be necessary to enforce the collection of will be very small.

HUGH KIRK PUBLIC CHAUFFEUR Motor Troubles Car Washing with M. J. Schroer, PHONE 78 Ideal Account Files, $1.50 each.— The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. , -r