Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1916 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Eph Hickman was in Lafayette Saturday.

All farm machinery will advance 10 per cent March 1. We can save you money if you will see us at once.—HAMILTON & KELLNEfI.

Smallpox is reported in the family of A. G. Lucas, formerly of Remington, and Earl Turner is also suffering from the same disease.

If you are looking tor a clean, free burning range coal try our B. 8., Puritan egg or re-screened Jackson Hill egg.—-HARRINGTON BROS.

Miss Ruth Wood spent a few days the latter part of the week with Miss Agnes Howe and Miss NaomiGregg at DePauw. Miss Gregg was formerly a teacher in the Rensselaer schools.

Letters advertised for week ended Feb. 28: 'Mabel Yeoman, Mrs. Sylvester Gray, Morton Fordice, J. S. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bowers. The above letters will be sent to the dead letter office, March 3.

Miss Ethel Clark is reported to be improving steadily from her serious attack of inflamatory rheumatism and an infection of one or more Angers, from which she has suffered during the past few weeks.

Mrs. Chester Besse of Wolcott, who had been making a short visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor, was joined here Sunday morning by her husband, and together they returned home that evening.

Sunday and Monday were cold, raw days, but yesterday started bright and pleasant, and February promised to go out with a smiling countenance. But it soon changed to a repetition of the preceding days. What March has in store for us remains to be seen.

Property sold well out at .Joe t ain’s sale last Friday and Mr. Cain was very well satisfied with his sale indeed. One team of horses sold for $4 20 and the others 'brought good prices, one that he paid SBS for nine years ago selling at nearly $l6O. Mr. Cain has rented the Ruth Sayler house on the corner of Forest and Elm streets, and will move to town and occupy same.

The new Greek ice cream and candy opened Saturday and had a big day’s business. Carnations were given to all patrons on the opening day, and the big piles of tempting looking candies dwindled under the onslaught of customers. They have a nice clean looking place and will no doubt enjoy a fine trade right along. They make all their ice cream and candies and those who tested their product pronounce it very fine.

The .installation of Rev. Lilly as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Remington will take place tomorrow evening. Rev. J. Budman Fleming of Rensselaer will deliver the charge to the pastor; Rev. Kraus of Gary, the charge to the congregation, and Rev. J.. C. Parrett of Hammond, the moderator, will preach the sermon. The date for installing Rev. Fleming here was not set at the meeting at Logansport last Thursday, but goes over until the spring meeting of the Presbytery in April.

Dr. Hansson sold a 1916 5-passen-ger, $615 Overland car last week to Henry Larson of near Roselawn, the sale being made through his Roselawn sub-agent, William Kort. Dr. Hansson also sold a new 9-pas-senger Studebaker 40 horse-power combination buss to W. L. Frye, the Rensselaer bussman, which will be brought in about April 1. Mr. Hansson and Mr. Frye were in Chicago Friday and the latter purchased the buss from the Studebaker show rooms. This bus can be used either for hauling passbngers or for baggage, and will give Mr. Frye two auto busses for handling his business.

John A. Gray directs us to change 'the address of his paper from Hobart, Ind., route 3, to Hobart, route.. 1, and encloses a couple of clippings from their local paper telling of a farewell surprise given them by about 50 of their neighbors and friends prior to their removal to their new home. A kitchen shower was also given at the same time for their daughter, Miss Hazel Gray, who was married a few days later to Mr. Herman Schlobohm. "Mr. Schlobohm is the son of Mrs. Lena Schlobohm, who owns a good farm in the Wolfe settlement,’’ says the clipping, and the young couple will . reside at Indiana Harbor, where the groom has a position. “Mr. Gray , and family are former residents of , near Remington, but located near Wheeler on what Is known as Twenty-mIW Prairie three years ago and by their good fellowship have won a wide friendship. Theif departure la regreted by every one in that vicinity.”