Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1916 — Page 5

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Mrs. Laura B. Fate spent Saturday in Lafayette,

Mrs. Erret Graham, spent Sunday at .Indianapolis with Mr. Graham.

For highest prices for all kinds of fur, inquire of C. B. HARRIS at the Harris creamery. n i9

Mrs. Lawson Myer and daughter Elizabeth of Gary visited here over Sunday with relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. John Nowels visited at Kouts over Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Joe Luers.

Mrs. L. D. Mauck and son Leland visited with her other son George in Hammond over Sunday.

Buckwheat, bran and middlings, $1.30 per cwt. bulk. Fine for cows. —IROQUOIS ROLLER MILLS. Phone 456.

Emil Herre of near Fair Oaks has bought a 1917 Overland touring car from the local agent, Dr. J. Hansson. /

W. A. Davenport has taken a iposition as assistant telegraph operator at Gary. His family will continue to reside here for the time being.

Watson Plumbing co., phone 204. The only reliable concern drilling water wells in ( thls part of Jasper county; will drill wells any size and anywhere.' ts

Yesterday’s markets: Corn 85c, oats 52c, wheat $1.70, rye $1.25. The prices one year ago were: Corn-58c, oats 31c, wheat 90c, rye 75c to 80c.

Frank Cox, who had been clerking in Murray’s store for some time past, left Sunday for Little Rock, Arkansas, to take charge of a gents’ furnishings store.

The best is always the cheapest. Washington Netted Gem potatoes stand for quality. A few left from our car just received, $2.10 bushel. —ROWLES & PARKER.

Miss Maggie Hallagan and Miss Kuby McClendon went to Chicago Monday to spend a few days with the former’s brothers, George and Richard Hallagan, and their fainilies.

Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Hordeman of Union township went to Chicago Sunday and returned Monday afternoon with a 14-months-old baby boy, which they adopted from the St. Vincent’s orphans’ home.

T. F. Dunlap of Elwood, who had spent several days with his farm tenant, E'stel Price, of near Surrey, returned home Saturday. Mr. Dunlap reports fairly good crops this season, being well satisfied with the yield.

Miss Edna Christensen of Carpenter township, who is teaching her first term of school in Newton township, gave a box supper Friday evening and cleared over S4O, which will be used" for the purchase Of reading circle books for the pupils.

Prepare the boy for the cold days to come with one of those bright new mackinaw coats, $3.50 to $6. A suit with two pair trousers, $4.75 to $9.75; the best boys’ underwear in Rensselaer, and some of those wonderful 2 for 25c hose. —HILLIARD & HAMILL.

Furs Cleaned Remember we make a specialty of cleaning white furs, white coats, etc., and make them look like new. Rensselaer Dry Cleaning Works Phone 460

Mrs. Everett Warren and children visited over Sunday with her mother at Chalmers.

You can buy fine, large sweet potatoes at RHOADS’ GROCERY at 3c per pound. n i2

The Priscilla Sew club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. F. E. Babcock on River street.

Only a few more bags round, white Minnesota potatoes, SI.BO per bushel.—ROWLES & PARKER.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alter went to Forest Saturday to see his mother, Mrs. B. F. Alter, who is quite poorly.

Frank P. Meyer and wife and little son of Danville, Illinois, spent Sunday and Monday with Rensselaer relatives.

Hy Davis, supreme dictator of the Moose lodge, died Monday at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, following an intestinal operation.

Miss Lucille Phillips spent Sunday in Monticello with her parents. Her father suffered a stroke of apoplexy a week ago but was slightly improved.

Mrs. Malcom Clark and baby returned to her home at Wheatfield yesterday after spending a few days here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Spitler.

Why do you fellows kick on highpriced coal? Just call on me for wood. Delivered to any part of the city. Prices right.—JAMES E. WALTER. Phone 337. ts

Genuine Mocha dress gloves, $1.25; genuine Kazan cape skin gloves, $1.50; auto gloves with flexible cuffs, $1.50, $2.50; buckskin gloves, $1.25 and $1.50. HILLIARD & HAMILL.

Ben 13. Miller of near /Mt. Ayr was in the city oh business Monday. Mr. Miller recently returned from an extended trip tfhrough the West, and this was his first visit to Rensselaer since his return.

W. W. Miller of Mt. Ayr took the train here Saturday for Denver, Colorado, where he will join Mrs. Miller at the home of theirdaughter. They will probably go on to California later to spend the winter.

Rev. Paul C. Curnick, former pastor of Trinity M. E. church here and at present field secretary of the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis, was in the city a few hours Monday while on his way . to Gary to look after the field work there.

Only about 200 bushels of those Netted Gem potatoes now left from our car just received. Quality unexcelled. Good/feepers. It looks as though it would be good business to lay in your winter supply now. Per bushel $2.10. —ROWLES & PACKER.

Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Honan, w’ho had been visiting his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan, left Monday to t spend a v few days with relatives at Delphi and also at Danville, Illinois, after which they will go to Augusta, Georgia, for the winter.

Harry Watson, the, plumber, is breaking ground this week for a cement block stucco bungalow on his lot on south River street, opposite F. M. Haskell’s residence. He expects to put in the foundation and basement this fall but will not put up the house until next spring.

One night last week the high school books were “stacked” again, but it is unknown just who perpetrated the trick. An investigation was made and it was reasonably ascertained that no high school students had any part in the affair. This is a custom classed along with house-breaking and should the guilty parties be discovered they should be dealt with accordingly.

Mrs. S. S. Shedd had as her guests Saturday Mrs. John G. Shedd and Mrs. James Hooper* of Chicago and Mrs. Adam Howard of Philadelphia. The ladies were schoolmates and this was the first time they had all been together for forty years. Mrs. John G. Shedd is a cousin of Mrs. S. S. Sh/dd, and her husband, ' who is president of Marshall Field & Co., is a brother of Mr. Shedd.

Joe Reeve, Junior Benjamin, John Knox and Forest Morlan were down from Chicago Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Somers and children spent Saturday night and Sundaj*with friends at Oxford.

Mrs. Mell Abbott visited at Monticello over Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Landis.

Miss Ethel Middlecamp returned to her home at Kniman Friday after a short visit here at the John O’Connor home.

' Miss Amanda Hoyes of Laporte is here visiting her mother, Mrs. Hester Hoyes. She expects to remain until after Thanksgiving.

Mrs. Barbara Hoshaw went to Eureka, Illinois, Sunday on account of the death of her 10-year-old grandson, Edward Seelman.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Alter left Friday evening for Delphi to spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs. Blanche Fritts, and family.

> Mrs. J. W. McConnahay of Chicago came down Saturday for a week’s visit with her mother, Mrs. Henry Randle, and sister, Mrs. Nora Phillips, and other relatives.

Some men are born good looking, others acquire good looks by wearing Fashion Park clotjies, sold in- the best big town stores and in Rensselaer by HILLIARD & HAMILL.

Pauline Comer, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Comer of Union township, was operated on Monday morning at her home for appendicitis. At latest reports she was doing well.

If you haven’t layed in your winter’s supply of potatoes, better buy now. Minnesota’s, SI.BO bushel; AJJashington Netted Gems, positively the finest potato grown, $2.10 per bushel.—ROWLES & PARKER.

Mrs. W. H. Ramey of Medaryville, an aunt of Mrs. Joe Long of this city, died Saturday night. Mrs. Ramey had been in poqr health for a long time and her death was expected. The funeral was held yesterday. ' V

Joe Long denies the allegation that he had SIOO bet on the result of the county election with “Billy’’ Frye, and says if he had a hundred dollars he would buy an airship instead of betting it on so uncertain a thing as an election.

Mary Rachael, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Knox of Chicago, who hid been a patient at the Durand hospital suffering with infantile paralysis for about two months, was removed to the home of her parents this week and her permanent recovery is expected.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood are here from Bilijngs, Montana, visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Catt. Mrs. Wood recently underwent an operation for tumor at the Presbyterian hospital in "Chicago, and will remain here until she has fully recovered.

Mrs. Elmer Seller came from Greencastle Friday afternoon and Saturday, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Ida Pierce, drove home in the latter’s Saxon car. Mrs. Pierce has been here • for the past two months visiting her daughter, Mrs. James Thompson, south of town, but will spend the winter at Greencastle with Mrs. Seller.

B. Forsythe, who recently purchased 285 acres of unimproved land in Walker township of Josiah Davisson, will improve the same by the erection of a complete set of buildings and clearing the timber from the place. The pricd^paid was quite reasonable and Mr. Forsythe feels that when he has completed the improvements he will be able to sell it at a good profit.

The Democrat’s job department has been awarded the contract for printing the poultry catalog for the Jasper County Poultry show, which will be held in this city the first week in January.’ The catalog will be of about sixty pages, and will contain a large number of advertisements of Rensselaer businessmen and poultry caterers. The poultry show this year la expected to be the largest and best ever held here.

Mart Baylor, a fdrmer resident of this city and a brother- of Mrs. Philip Blue, drove through from his home at Elwood Saturday. Mr. Baylor is an engineer in -the tin plate works at Elwood, and was accompanied here by John Morgan, who is also employed there. Sunday Mr. Baylor and Mr. and Blue drove to Wheatfield to Ipend the day with Roy and family. ,Mr. Baylor returned to Elwood Monday.

B. F. Fendig was a Chicago l business goer yesterday.

Howard Abbott and George Constant of Indiana Harbor visited friends here Sunday.

‘ Mr. and Mrs. H. E. White and daughter visited at Monon over Sunday with Mint Halls and family.

Mrs. Firman Thompson went to Chicago Monday lo spend a few days with Mrs. Harry R. Kurrie and family.

Miss Maurine Tuteur returned 'home Monday from a ten days’ visit with frlendsin Madison and Indianapolis.

J. M. and Mrs. Healy accompanied the latter’s mother, Mrs. William Meyer, as as Chicago yesterday on her way to Houston, Texas, to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Will Donnelly.

Chet Zea and family left yeaterday for their new home on the •Lawler ranch at Pogue, northwest of Morocco. Their postoffice will be Morocco. The best wishes of all go with them to their new home.

Mrs. Delos Coen and children of South Bend came last week for a couple of weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Spitler. Mr. Coen also came down and spent Sunday here, returning home Monday to his work.

Letters remaining in the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ending November 13: J. V. Call, Edith Hayes, Grace Herr (2), Mrs. Cora Clark, Thos. Clark, Ed King (2), Weslt Pierce, Jim Wilcox, Arthur K. Sykbs, Max Shields. The above letters will be sent to the dead letter office November 27 if not called for.

Mrs. Alda Parkison, accompanied by Mrs. Mary Eger, Mrs. William Traub and Miss Mary Yates, with Mike Kuboski as chauffeur, drove to Lafayette Monday evening in the former’s Case car and attended a woman’s suffrage lecture given by Dr. Anna M.' Shaw at the Fowler hall. Mrs. Shaw is 80 years old, but is a very able lecturer. They left here at about 4:30 in the afternoon and arrived home at 12 o’clock.

barbecue Duvall’s Quality Shop C. EARL DUVALL Rensselaer, : : : : : Indiana ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK we will kill the fatted calf and we A want everybody to come and have a ts J dW///A\ good time. We will have on that day IINMjrA a great many Specials I In Suits, Overcoats /JI II and everything in the Furnishing Goods line. z ——■ feiU KvX See our great line of Hackinaws, Sheep -Fy \\\ Coats, Moleskin Trousers, Corduroy Trousers, Heavy Wool Underwear, Socks and everything at same prices. 1 *' ' ■■ ■ • V Come and have a good time, make your headquarters at our store Duvall’s Quality Shop Phone 411 Rensselaer, Ind.

Jarrette Has It 8-oz. Roll Toilet Paper, each. ..... , 5 C 3 Boxes hardwood toothpicks for ......... 10c 4 Bars Laundry Soap for ).... L..... . 10c 4 Boxes Matches for. . ’ '*’ ’’ ’ jS C 36 Clothes Pins for 5c Felt Weather Strips, package 10c Large White Enameled Wash Pans (seconds) ioc Stove Pipe, per joint ’ iq c Elbows, each "' . 10c Stove Pipe Dampers, each '’.’’ ’’ ’" ’ i hTxtra Long and Heavy Stove Pokers, each 10c Curved Brass Extension Curtain Rods ioc Women’s and Children’s half soles, pair 10c Zinc Stove Boards, each > 1 ’ 69c No. 2 Ijanterns 49c No. 9 Heavy Galvanized Wash Boilers .. . . l . SI.OO Regular Size Zinc Wash Boards, elach 25c Chopping Axes with Hickory Handles .'..../ 69c TRADE AT JARRETTE’S THE BUSY SHOPPING CENTER We Save You Money—We Save You Miles of Steps.

Mr. and Mrs. George F. Meyers expect to leave shortly to spend the winter in the South, probably in Florida:

Isaac Witham, superintendent of a township high school near Crown Point, was lhere Saturday visiting his father, Albert Witham.

The Indianapolis Star is taking the re-election of Wilson very hard and is devoting much space to laments and telling how it happened.

Come to Rensselaer tomorrow and eat roast ox and have a general good time, no matter whether you are a Wilson Democrat, a Wilson Progressive or a Charles E. Roosevelt Republican. Everybody is invited, and this means you.

Nathaniel Reeve has been granted an increase of sls per month ■pension making a total of S4O per month, from the American Express company in whoseservice he was for many years and is now on the retired list. The increase \ was granted through President Kurrie of the Monon, who took the matter up personally with the express company. ELECTION’S OVER Now for HILLIARD & HAMILL’S Ford party in January.

CHURCH DEDICATION PROGRAM Saturday evening, sermon, by Rev. C. F. Dame of Monon at 7. Sunday school, Sunday morning, at 9:45; morning dedicatory services in charge of Rev. C. M. Dinsmore, superintendent of state missions, Indianapolis, at 10:45; basket dinner in basement at 12 o’clock; after-' noon services, sermon by Rev. C» M. Dinsmore at 2; evening services,' special sermon to the young people by Rev. W. H. Lemasters of Chalmers at 7. F. H. IBEARD, Pastor. CEMENT WORK OF ALL KINDS Including sidewalks, cisterns, basement work, foundations, building blocks, etc. Let me figure on your work before you place the contract elsewhere.—E. B. SMITH, ’phone 490-Red, Rensselaer, Ind. o-25

DATES OF LYCEUM*" COURSE Iris Concert company, November 16. Roy Smith, lecturer, Schlldkret, orchestra, January 7. Hagerman, lecturer, February 8. Rob' Roys, quartet, Alarch 5. BOX SOCIAL There will be a box pocjal at East Vernon school house Friday night, November 17. Everyone Invited. Ladles bring boxes.—HAZEL MILLER, Teacher. n-16 Subscribe for The Democrat.