Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1915 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Dean were Chicago goers Saturday.

Mrs. G. A. Williams is visiting relatives at Carthage, 111.

Mr. and, Mrs. William Strawbridge of Chicago, spent Sunday with the A. F. Long family.

Miss Garnett Lyons, of near Demopolis, Ala., is visiting the M. I. Adams family for a few days.

Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Burton went to Urbana, 111., Saturday to visit the former s aged father, who is past 91 years of age.

Mr. W. H. Arnold and Miss L. Arnold of Schorndorf, Wurttemburg, Germany, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hartley from Saturday until yesterday.

Jesse Gates was called to Glencoe, Minn., Sunday by the serious illness of his wife, who was taken down with pneumonia while visiting relatives there.

Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 60c; wheat, 70c to $1; rye, 75c; oats, 30 to 32 c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 67c; wheat, 98c; rye, 75c; oats, 43c.

Dr. Johnson, accompanied by Simon Thompson, left Saturday for Pierpont, S. D , on professional business, and they expect to'put in a few days at hunting while gone.

Daughter No. 2 arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parks yesterday morning. AU doing well, only Ray is somewhat disappointed in the gender of the youngster.

F. W. Tobias has sold his depot restaurant to 'Harry Gallagher and wife, who moved into same yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Tobias have moved into the Charles Battleday house, recently vacated by W. A. Daven port.

W. H. Parkison, James Warner, Labin Wilcox, Joe Moore, Charles Porter, William Eiglesbach and a few others whose names we did not learn, went to Lafayette Saturday to see the Purdue-Wisconsin football game.

'C. W. Bussell of Hanging Grov» tp., accompanied Wilson Searight and son and three other parties to Racine, Wis., Sunday in a big Mitchell Six car, where the owners went to have soffie repairs made at the factory. •

Prosperity is here. Wheat $ 1 per bushel; corn, 60c; oats at a good prige and the opportunity to become Hamillized and spend your money to good advantage. 85c overalls, 69c; 50c work shirts, 43c; si2 suits or overcoats, $9.75.—-HAMILL & CO.

Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Timmons came down from Benton Harbor, Mich., the last of the week for a short visit with relatives here. Mr. Timmons having been summoned as .a witness for the state in the bootlegging case against “Comrad*’ Fox.

County Treasurer-elect Charles V. May of Carpenter tp., has been making some needed repairs to his recently purchased property here, the former J. L. Brady residence, and George Stoudt, the Remington painter and paper-hanger, is this week repapering the house from top to bottom. Elmer J. Wilcox and Charles L. Mann, former Rensselaer boys and U. S. railway mail clerks who are now livihg at Cincinnati, 0., and running out of Cincinnati over the Big Four road to Chicago, are among the clerks who have just been given another boost in salary. They are raised from $1,600 to $1,700 per year. The newly formed Choral Club duly organized at a meeting held at the Presbyterian church Friday evening by electing Dr. W. L. Myer, president; C. E, Prior, vice-presi-dent; Mrs. John Dunlap, secretary Mrs. E. J. Randle, treasurer, and Mrs. Loren Sage, directress. There are forty-eight .members of the club, and they will meet, on Thursday evenings of each week.