Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1916 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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 yo u beat it? ts XMAS. GIFTS FOR “IIIM”—Everything that is usual—much that is unusual in shirts, neckwear, mufflers, silk umbrellas, gloves, jewelry, packed in beautiful gift boxes,—HILLIARD & HAMILL. Ben Smith went to Rockville yesterday afternoon to bring home today Floyd Smith, the 1 S-year-old son of Mrs. John Smith, who has been taking treatment in the tuberculosis hospital there for the past few months. Mrs. Smitn has moved into one of Hiram Dav's bouses on Vine street and will care for the boy at home now. D. 11. Yeoman was over.to Remington one day last week assisting President J. H. Biddle of the Indiana State Farmers’ congress revise the constitution and by-laws of that organization. Mr. Biddle, Mr. Yeoman and Mr. Constable of Goodland having been appointed at the recent national meeting at Indianapolis for this purpose. Mr. Constable . was not present. so Messrs. Biddle and Yeoman did the. work. It takes some coal to run the heating system out at St. Joseph college these days. Ordinarilly it takes about eight tons of coal per day for this season of the year, but during the present spell of zero weather it has taken considerably more than this. Fortunately they have had no difficulty in receiving sufficient coal on their ’contract to keep the fires burning, but have not been able to accumulate any surplus. The Winamac Republican has announced an increase of 50 cents per year in its subscription price, owing to the tremendous advance in the cost of print paper and all printing materials. As an example of the advance in price of print paper, a ton of paper—about the amount The Democrat uses each month—on The Democrat’s old contract, which expired last ‘August, cost us about $53 f. o. b. Rensselaer. Today a ton of print paper laid down in Rensselaer costs $154.