Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1916 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

For highest prices for all kinds of fur, inquire of C. B. HARRIS at the Harris creamery. nl9 Only a few more bags round, white Minnesota potatoes, SI.BO per bush|l. —ROWLES & PARKER. Among the congressional delegation from Montana will be one woman, Miss Jeannette—Rankin, who is clafmed to have been elected on the Republican ticket. There will be special services at the Christian church at Fair Oaks Sunday night, November 12. A short talk will be given by Bro. Woerner on Indiana’s centennial. Josiah Davisson and Sherman Parks returned Wednesday evening from Chicago, where they had been to claim the former’s Ford automobile which was/stolen earlier in the week. Lowell Graham of Kokomo is dead from burns received Halloween night when the costume he was wearing in a parade caught fire from a pumpkin lantern carried by a companion.

The Democrat is informed that many of the election wagers here were on states and groups of states, and that the net winnings and losses will not aggregate nearly so much as first reported. If you haven’t layed in your winter’js supply of potatoes, better buy now. Minnesota’s, SI.BO bushel; Washington Netted Gems, positively the finest potato grown, $2.10 per bushel.—ROWLES & PARKER. It costs nothicfg- to look at the clothes in HILLIARD & HAMILL’S windows. It's clothes education to drop in and look around a bit. Clothcraft clothes sl2 to S2O. Fashion Park clothes S2O to S3O. In the state of Indiana there were more than 20,000 voters who voted for the Presidential candidates, but who did not vote for any of the state candidates. Just why so many votes should be thus lost it is quite hard to understand. Only about 200 bushels of those Netted Gem pqftatoes now left from our car just received. Quality unexcelled. Good keepers. It looks as though it would be good business to lay in your winter supply now. Per bushel $2.10. —ROWLES & PARKER.

Mrs. Lida Monnett went to Evanston, Illinois, Wednesday ’to spend some time with her sister, Mrs. A. C. Berr. Mrs. Monnett has not been well since suffering a fall a year ago and will remain with Mrs. Berr, * who is a trained nurse, until her health has improved. The thrhe-weeks-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. James Maddling of near Rankin, White county', was smothered to death Friday night while sleeping with its parents. The baby was in perfect health when all retired at 9 o’clock* and when the father awoke at 2 o’clock it lay between the parents cold in death. After a Valparaiso automobile was pulled, out of the ditch near North Judson Wednesday by two garage men of that city, the latter narrowly escaped death when their own automobile was struck by a backing freight train and wrecked. Both men were able to get out of the wreck and walk from the scene. James H>. Keister has sold his property on corner of Plum and Franklin streets, the former Cleve Eger property, which he purchased last spring, to James E. Walter, who will move into same as soon as it is vacated by Mr. Keister. The consideration was $2,400 cash. Mr. and Mrs. Keister expect .to go to New York state at once and buy a farm there an< l move to same in a short time. \

On account of the poor health of his wife, William Markin has rented his farm northeast of Rensselaer to Charles Tubbs of Walker township, and will have a public sale of his stock and personal property on November 22, after which he will move to Rensselaer, having bought the Charles Stanley property two and one-half blocks north and two blocks east of the old depot, and secures possession of same .December 1. The consideration was SBSO. Mr. Stanley will move to Lafayette, we understand. Monon will hold a corn show some time in December is the announcement of the Civic Service club of that place, after a canvass of the merchants with encouraging results. Twenty-five premiums of cash and merchandise have been subscribed and it is likely exhibits will not be confined to corn alone. The committee in charge of arrangements held a final meeting Monday night for the completion o* details. The fair will continue three days and it is hoped to make it a very interesting event.