Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1916 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Hon. W. D. Headrick of Indianapolis was here on business Wednesday. BATH ROBES, SMOKING JAClvets, silk umbrellas. —HILLIARD & HAMILL. TONE THAT’S WHERE IT EXCELS. THE VICTROLA, AT FENDIG’S. —# Eli Wood of Monon was here W ednesday the guest of his brother, Harvey Wood, Sr. Mr. and Eli Gerber left Thursday for "their future home at Burwell, Nebraska. You can buy the newest, up-to-date cloaks in the G. E. MURRAY CO. stock,, at a big reduction in price./ Orvil Cain, the little son of Mr. Mrs. Charles Cain, who has been quite sick for the past week, is reported better at this writing.

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Cleveland of Orland, Illinois, who had been visiting their nephew, Thomas Stein, returned home Thursday. A year’s subscription to The Democrat will be a welcome reminder of the doner 104 times during the year, and costs but $2. Can you beat it? ts Isaac McCurtain is here from Menomonie, Wisconsin, visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. McCurtain stopped in Chicago for a few days and will join her husband here later. A daughter of Fred Schreiner of Virgie is at the home of her grandfather, William Greene, where she is being treated by a local physician. She is threatened with typhoid fever. WATCH FATHER SMILE XMAS morn when he unpacks that much needed suit or overcoat. Let us help you select it from the freshest and brightest stock in Rensselaer. —HILLIARD & HAMILL.

Wilson Shafer intends to build a fine new bungalow next spring on one of his lots on the north of his present residence in the west part of town, and will occupy the same when completed, we understand. L. A. Bostwick has just made a new map of Rensselaer containing all the street changes, new additions, etc. It is a neat piece of work and Mr. Bostwick is selling the maps at $1 each to anyone who desires to purchase one. Among those who attended the stock show in Chicago this week were Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Leatherman, George Daugherty, William Daugherty, Ed Lane, Cleve Eger, Simon Thompson, J. P. Mitchell, Samuel Bessner and Ardis Cornwell, the two latter being from Remington. H. W. Wood and Warren Poole, trustees of Marion and Hanging Grove townships, respectively, went to Indianapolis Tuesday to attend the meeting of the trustees of the state. An effort is being made by the trustees to have their salaries increased to $3.50 per day by the coming legislature. ,

Joseph Moore while driving his auto ran into a buggy driven by Gus Johnson at the corner near the William Bringle residence Thursday. Neither driver seems to have noticed the other until the collision occurred. Mrs. Johnson, who was In the buggy with her husband, was considerably shaken up and suffered several severe bruises. Two of the wheels of the buggy were smashed. The editor of The Democrat has received an invitation from Governor Ralston, president of the Indiana Historical commission, to attend the centennial celebration of “Admission day’’ at the state capitol building on Monday evening, December 'll. This occasion will be the culmination of the various centennial celebrations that have been given throughout the state during the present year, the centennial of Indiana’s statehood. The exercises will comprise an address-in-chief, a centennial ode and one or two short addresses, in connection with an excellent musical program, and will be attended by military and other features.