Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1916 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Subscribe for The Democrat William Fitzgerald and wife of Tefft were in the city on business Friday. D. J. Babcock was up from Lafayette Monday to eat Christmas turkey with home folks. - Mrs. Letota Jones of Chicago i§“ visiting her son. C. S. Chamberlain, and family over the holidays. Mrs. John Comer went to Fort Wayne Saturday to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents. Robert Milliron of Akron, Ohio, is here spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Milliron. Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Myer and daughters are spending the Christmas holidays with his people at Frankfort. Misses Jane Parkison and Mae Clarke, who are attending college at Jacksonville, Illinois, are home for the holidays. SOFT CASHMERE IJOSE THAT will keep your feet warm during these cold, sloppy days.—MILLIARD ft HA.MILL. Misses Margaret Babcock, Margaret Norris and Edward Honan, students at Depauw, are home for the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Frank Alter and two children of Chicago are spending the holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neville. Ed Duvall is home from the Indiana Dental college, Indianapolis, to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Duvall. Mr. and Mrs. Ord Yeoman and son Dale and Robert Scott of northeast of town went to Bluff ton Friday to visit relatives over Christmas.

Yesterday’s, markets: Corn, Sse; oats, 47c; wheat, $1.50; rye, sl.lO. The prices one year ago were; Corn, 00c; oats, 36c; wheat, $1.05; rye, 75c to 80c. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Croxton of Kankakee, Illinois, came to Rensselaer Saturday evening and drove over to Mt. Ayr to spend Christmas with relatives. _ i While reports are not in from allparts of the county Mrs. M. R. C,win thinks the sale of Red Cross seals in Jasper county this year will total about 7,000. ODD - TIME VALUES —WORK coats, $1.75 to $6.50; heavy trousers, $1.75 to $2.50; corduroy trousers, $2.50 to $4; vests, $1.50 to *S.—HILLIARD & HAMJLL. The Christmas retail price of fresh eggs in the local market jumped to 42 cents. At least this was the price yesterday. They had been down to 37 cents last week. Mrs. Georgia A. Robinson, recently appointed policewoman in Los Angeles, is the first colored woman in the United States to hold such a position. She speaks French fluently and is studying Spanish. Ross Porter, who has been in New York state fo*- the past year, came home the last of the week. He came by way of Detroit, Michigan, and was accompanied from there by his brother, Walter Porter, for a few weeks’ visit. Wonderfully good work is being done for the French army by thousands of small donkeys. They are used chiefly for bringing bread to the French troops, and each carries a number of large loaves wired together in an ingenious manner.

Mr. and Mrs. George Mustard started Saturday on their trip to Kansas to spend the holidays with relatives, but on reaching Chicago their son Frederick, who had been complaining some, became so much worse that they abandoned the trip and returned home. The lad is now better and. is able to h© up and about the house.

Robert Crockett of Detroit, Michigan, came Sunday night to spend the holidays with feis parents, Mr. ’nd Mrs. T. A. Crockett. The occasion of Robert being here was celebrated with a family dinner at the Crockett home Monday, George and family of southeast of town and Mrs. E. G. Perrigo and husband of near Donovan, Illinois, also being present.

DATES OF LYCEUM COURSE Schildkret, orchestra, January 7. Hagerman, lecturer, February 8. Rob Roys, quartet, March 6.