Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1915 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

T. F. Clark of Battle Ground, was a Rensselaer visitor Thursday and yesterday. Mrs. J. A. Grant entertained the Eastern Star ladies at her home on Forest street Wednesday afternoon. —— Quite a good deal of chicken stealing is reported in the northern townships and over in the edge of Newton county. Mrs. Frank Ham has been suffering with an attack of appendicitis for the past week, but is somewhat improved at this writing. L. L. McCurtain of Parr and Emmett Pullins of Barkley tp., havq gone to South Dakota for a few days hunting in that section. Call Rensselaer Garage and see the 1916 Dodge, compact and refined, built to last, $785 f. o. b. Detroit.—MAßlON I. ADAMS & SON. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 58c; oats, 31c; wheat, 75 to 90c; rye, 75c. The markets one year ago were: Corn, 67c; oats, 43c; Wheat, $1; rye, 75c. * R. P. Benjamin, who ! has been confined to the house with sickness for some time, is reported better and for the last three days has been able to sit up part of the time. The Monon News, one of the brightest exchanges that comes to our table, moved into new and commoduous quarters this week in the new Hinkle building, north of the postofflce. You’ll be lucky this fall if you’re Hamillized, and buy $18.50 Clothcraft all wool suits an<Tovercoats at $15.75; sl2 suits at $9.75; $1.50 woven Madras shirts, SI.OO.- —HAMILL & CO. There was not a very good crowd in town for the first market day, Wednesday, but Thursday there were many people here from quite a distance, and the merchants report a very satisfactory day’s business for most part. Thieves entered the cellar at Joe Nessius’ at the west side of town Sunday night and took a quantity of canned fruit stored there by his neighbor, Ed King, and are also said to have made off with a keg of whiskey which Joe kept for loosening up his joints. Mrs. Susan Dennis came over from Tuscola, 111., this week to look after some business matters here, and will remain for several days. She has about decided to buy or rent property in Tuscola and make that city her home, and will ship her household goods, which have been in storage here, to that place later on. « 111 The Swiss Bell Ringer entertainment at the Presbyterian church Thursday night was not very largely attended, although it was exceptionally good, one of the most interesting musical entertainments, in fact, ever given in Rensselaer. The large and varied number of musical instruments used, some of which were entirely new to most of the audience, was an interesting feature in itself, and the performers seemed to understand each instrument thoroughly. While advertised as bell ringers, the bell ringing proper occupied but a small part of the program.

Luke Lang Smashes Up His New Overland Car. Luke Lang of northwest of Wheatfield, who lately bought a new Overland touring car of Dr. Hansson, the Rensselaer agent, met with quite an accident' Sunday evening near the Marble ranch, near Wheatfield. Lang had his family and some other people in the car with him at the time. While new at driving a car, report has it that he was running about 25 miles an hour and lost control of the car and it went into a ditch about five feet deep. Mrs. Lang, who had their babe in her arms, threw it out as the car went in the ditch and it landed on the stone road and was considerably bruised. Mrs. Lang is also said to have been cut somewhat from the glass in the windshield, which was broken. The radiator was also broken, it is said, one axle bent and the rear seat torn off. An arm load of old papers for 5 cents. • CASTO RIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years - ; gnamrc of