Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The little 2-year-old daughter of' Adolph May is quite aick with tensilities. Mrs. James Maloy left yesterday | for Melbourne, Fla., to visit her son, Dr. Bernard Maloy, and family. : Lewis S. Alter, an old resident of. Carpenter tp., was married last week to Mrs. Anna Price at Kokomo. The weather still continues the “best ever,’’ bright and pleasant during the day and freezing up quite solid at night. Yesterday’s markets:. Corn, 60c; oats, 39c; wheat, $1.05; rye, B,oc. The prices a year ago were: Cotn, 66c; oats, 53c; wheat, $1.35; rye, sl. N. Osborn was down from Gillam tp. yesterday to attend the Sam Low-J ery sale, where he bought a fine young team of horses paying $470 for same. Mrs. J. B. Smith of Gwendolyn, Ore., who has been visiting here with her sister, Mrs. W. H. Platt, 1 went to Lafayette Sunday to visit relatives there. The rural route carriers got anther holiday yesterday, Washington’s birthday, and we believe this is, the last they get until May 30, Decoration day. Rev. Asa McDaniel will conduct the regular prayer meeting at the Presbyterian church Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock, during the absence of Rev. Fleming. Buy envelopes at The Democrat office. A large number of sices, styles and colors, both bond and plain finish, to select from, at 5c per bunch of 25. Call in and see them. The aged mother of Mrs. O. M. Peek, who lives with the latter north ol town, suffered a stroke of paralysis Sunday and is in quite a critical condition. She is 84 years of age. Harry Swartzell has been subbing for City Teamster Zea the past two weeks while the latter has been entertaining a severe case of the grip. Mr. Zea will probably resume his duties again today. The smallpox quarantine on the homes of Mrs. John McCurtain and: Lee Richards has been raised and, so far as The Democrat is able ts 4: learn at this writing, but one new case has been reported. This is in ' the family of Willis Poole in the! east part of town. Mr. Poole and son are about recovered from the disease but Mrs. Poole is now taken down with it.

The Ray Steirg hardware and implement store, located on the north side of the Monon railroad at Lee, was totally destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. There is understood to have been* SI,OOO insurance on the sto.ck and S9OO on the building, but this only partially covers the loss. Part of the contents were saved. Steirs purchased the store some time ago from Alton Clark. The fire is supposed to have started from a defective flue. Carl, the little seven-yeai-old sou of Mr-, and Mrs, Fred Arnbtt, fell or was pushed from a tricycle in front of the White boarding house while going home from school Monday noon and his left leg was fractured about midway between the ankle and knee. The boy was picked up and taken iiUo the boarding house and Mr. Arnott called by phone. He was later taken to his home in the east part of town and will be laid up by the Injury for several weeks. Oh acount of the death of Mrs. Casto, who died before the deal was fully consumated, the Mrs. Leech property was thrown back on the hands of the estate, and will now be sold at public auction Saturday, March 4. Oscar Leech, one of the heirs, whose headquarters are at Valparaiso, has been here this week looking after the matter. Oscar 4s now traveling on the road for the American Standard Jewelry Co. of Detroit, with territory in Indiana.

Protect Your Purse.

Don’t spend your money foolishly, buy R. & B. $25 Fashion clothes, $21.75; $22.50 Michaels Stern clothes, $19.75; $4 hats for $3. Get Hamillized, it pays.

Birth Announcements.

Feb. 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Orange Criswell of south of town, a daughter. Feb. 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Guss Johonson of north of town, a son. Feb. 19, to Mr, and Mrs. Tom Hayes of Marion tp., a son. Feb. 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snow of Barkley tp., a son.

Bargains in Overcoats.

S2O all wool Clothcraft overcoats, $16.75; sls clothes, $12.75; $3 Elkskin work shirt, $2.50, when you’re Hamillized. , *