Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1916 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Buy her a nice coat for Christmas at THE G. E. MURRAY CO. closing out sale of ladies’, Misses’ and children’s cloaks. Fur caps, $1.50, $2.00, $3.00, $5.00. Genuine seal skin, $6.50. Help to make a merry Xmas. THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WM. TRAUB. The Home glove and mitten factory of Bloomington, Indiana, which employes a large number of women and girls, has announced an increase in wages of 10 per cent. Erection of a government flour mill and bakery in the capital to demonstrate the real cost of making bread was proposed in a bill introduced Thursday by Representative Young of North Dakota. Talk of peace in Europe caused a decided decline in market and stock quotations in Chicago and New York Thursday. All quotations dropped perceptibly and the exchange closed on the lowest figures known here for some time. Between $750 and SBOO was taken in during the three days of the Catholic ladies’ bazaar and cafeteria at the parochial school hall this week. The largest crowd was present on Thursday evening when roast turkey and dressing occupied a prominent place on the menu. Several thousand employes of the wholesale and retail mercantile establishments of Carson, Pirie, i Scott & Co. of Chicago were notifleld yesterday that “on account of the present extraordinary conditions,” 10 per cent of their salaries ! for 1916 would be given them as a bonus. X. Nation-wide prohibition took a long stride toward congressional consideration Thursday when the house judiciary committee unex-! pectedly voted to recommend adoption of the resolution to submit a constitutional amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of liquor for beverage purposes in the United States.

Barney Clark of Goodland, well known to many readers of The Democrat in the south part of Jasper and Newton counties, is critically ill in a Chicago hospital with cancer of the bladder. Little hope is held out for his recovery and his brothers, David and Riley, of Hutchinson, Kansas, were called to his bedside a few days ago. Mrs. EaiT Ellis and Miss Anna Phillips went to Momence Tuesday to attend the funeral of Claude Hess. Mr. Hess died Monday at Kentland of tuberculosis at the home of his brother, Sheriff E. S. Hess. He was 24 years old and had spent several years In the West hoping to benefit his health, and came to Kentland last week. While most people in Rensselaer are husbanding their money to meet the high cost of living these days, George Reed has money to burn. At least he burned up some sl2 or sls a few days ago in the kitchen stove. He missed his pocketbook and after looking about in various places for it thought he might have dropped it in the cob bin, but a search there failed to reveal the missing purse. The stove was then looked into and a few bits of the purse that failed to be entirely consumed wore found. It is supposed that he dropped the pocketbook in the cob bin and scooped it up and put it in the stove. There was some sl2 or sls in money and some valuable papers in the purse.