Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1916 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

IH 11 u 51T Ihnfl Tl fnTT Uri sLLw 11 111 II uJ Abe Martin says: “It’ll soon be time fer th’ family t’ gather around th’ fireside, but we doubt if it gathers. Joe Kite hit his thumb while makin’ a Republican speech t’day.” Hughes says the eight-hour railroad act is a blow at the railroads, while Fairbanks says it is a gold brick to the employes. These ambitious gentlemen should get together on this question. The post office at Hebron was entered Friday night by thieves, who dynamited the safe and obtained SB, a few stamps and one registered letter. The robbers stole blankets from a neighboring store to muffle the explosion. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall will speak at Hammond tomorrow. So far as the speakers’ bureau at Indianapolis knows now, this will be the only address the vice president will make in the Tenth district. A monster Democratic rally will take place in White county October 12. John A. M. Adair, candidate for governor, and Senators John W. Kern and Thomas Taggart will be the speakers. A tour of the county will be made during the day with speeches at various points, and will conclude with a big night meeting at Monticello. The Home ’ Packing company of Terre Haute has announced that the first consignment of an order for 1 2,000,000 pounds of pork to Canadian firms will be delivered October 1. The meat is to be supplied at the rate of 1,000,000 pounds a month. The plant has been enlarged, and the force of employes increased to care for the order.

Pickpockets got in their work at the Hughes meeting at Lafayette last Thursday, several men being robbed while the Republican presidential candidate was speaking. Edward Munger, a lumber dealer, lost his purse containing $22; John Perry of Cramer lost SB3, and J. W. Brinkley of Stockwell, $3.50. Several others lost smaller amounts. Tynge Lester, living north of Morocco several miles, sold his 677%-acre farm last week to Dr. Emil Besser and Charles Brand of Remington, the deal having been made by Emery Hagen. This is an exceptionally good farm and Besser and Brand are planning to make it still better as they are now engaged in building a large cement stave silo on th? place-—Morocco Courier. E. I. Ingles and W. E.* Shirt, both of Indianapolis, were injured Sunday afternoon when at automobile in which they were riding turned over a few miles south of Wolcott, on the Jackson highway, when the steering gear broke. - The men were on their way to Chicago. Ingles was caught under the car. His nose was broken and he was badly bruised about the body. Both men were taken to a hospital in Lafayette*. White county will hold a threeday centennial celebration at Monticello October 5 ,6 and 7. The first day will be women’s day. One of the events that will be enjoyed by everybody will be the old-time melodies concert, at which songs and music that was popular when Indiana was young will be rendered. This concert will be given at night of the first day and will follow an illuminated automobile parade. It is said that the establishment of golf links on George Ade’s farm has made several “daffy” citizens in and around Goodland, and now, instead of asking you whether you have had your appendix removed they want to know if you “ever played golf on George Ade's grounds.” If you haven’t you might as well pass on. You can never bask in the refulgent and affectionate rays of the purple.—Fowler Tribune. John W. Wright, a farmer of Sugar Creek township, Clinton county, had the honor and we suppose the pleasure also, of shipping tb the Indianapolis stock yards the largest number of hogs that ever sold as high as $11.30 per 100 pounds. There were 391 hogs in the drove, their average weight was 253 pounds, their total weight 99,150 pounds, and the check he received from the buyers was for $11,503.95. General Passenger Agent E. P. Cockrell and Chief Engineer Kent of the Monon railway were in Monon Wednesday. They made a very careful inspection of the new passenger depot, which is rapidly nearing completion in that city, and expressed