Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1916 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Walter Randle was a Lafayette visitor Friday. John D. Cooper was down from Lacross on business yesterday. Attorney Frank Dayis of Brook was in the city on legal business Saturday. i BALL BAND RUBBERS FOR MEN new goods, old prices.—HILLIARD & HAMILL. Mrs. Thompson Ross and little son of Chicago are holiday guests of Mrs. Ora T. Ross. J. C. Harris and family spent Christmas with their daughter' and family at Monticello. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Waymire spending the Christmas holidays in Chicago and Milwaukee. Miss Vesta Brown, a teacher at Gifford, went to her home at Plainfield, Illinois, to spend the holidays. Miss Zeta Tooley, a teacher at Moody, took the train here Saturday for her home at Scipio, Indiana. ' Samuel English, who had been visiting in this vicinity for several days, left Saturday for his home in Canada. B. Forsythe was up near Tefft Saturday where he has a force of men clearing the land he recently purchased there. CRAWFORD SHOES—SOLVE THE 1917 shoe question by wearing Crawfords, $3.50 to $6. —HILLIARD & OAMILL. County Superintendent Schanlaub and wife of Kentland spent Christmas here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub.

Miss Ethel Middlecamp of Kniman returned home Saturday after a short visit at the home of Mr. and John O’Connor. Most prompt service in forwarding your auto license. Notary fee 25c. Now is the time to attend to it.—THE MAIN GARAGE. d3O ‘Miss Mabel Worland and Miss Marie Nevill, students at the state' normal at Terre Haute, are home for the Christmas holidays. Monon passenger trains were running anywhere from one to five hours late before Christmas, owing to the great amount of holiday business. Mrs. C. L. Baldwin of Danville, Illinois, who had been visiting her mother and sister, Mrs. C. C. Starr, and Mrs. W. H. Barkley, returned home Saturday. Clint Colvert spent Sunday with relatives at St. John, Indiana, and from there went to Joliet, Illinois, to spend a few days with his brother, Deo Colvert, and family. Jasper Wright of Mt. Ayr took the train here Friday afternoon for Crown Point to spend Christmas •with his daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Hershman. Miss Nellie Sawin, who attends Indiana university, ' Mis® Edith Sawin, a student at Western college at Oxford, Ohio, and Ransom Sawin of Purdue are home to spend the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sawin. Harry Hartley left Saturday for Jackson, Michigan, where he joined Mrs. Hartley and spent Christmas at the home of their daughter, Mrs, Anna Strong. He will also visit his sister, Mrs. S. A. Ogden, at Homer, Michigan, before returning. Dr. Wade Laßue came up from Indianapolis Saturday evening to spend Christmas* with hi s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Laßue. George Neal, also of Indianapolis, spent Christmas at the Laßue home where his wife, Mrs. Belle Laßue Neal, had been visiting for several days. Notwithstanding the cost of high living, holiday trade in the cities is reported to have been the best in history and the business in the postoffices of the country was 25 per cent greater than ever before. The express companies also did a record business and mail and express cars on the railroads were literally “swamped.” There was also a, record holiday passenger business done by the railroads.