Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1916 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

I.- XT - ' L. A. Mecklenburg . was \in Chicago on business Thursday and ysgterday. ,t' . Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth went to Kalamazoo, Michigan, Tuesday to visit relatives-. Charles Kepner is here from Lexington, Illinois, visiting _ big parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kopner. ' ——:——-—* v . '/A Mr. and - Mrs. John Mtfteiiv returned to Elwood Wednesday after spending Christmas here with home folks. 'v Walter Pritchard, wlio had the guest of Miss Grace Norris, returned Wednesday to bis homo at Edinburg. James West is hero from Hillings, Montana, to visit his family. He and Mrs. West. Were Indianapolis visitors Thursday. Mrs. John Martijidale and daughter Nina and Mrs. Clara Andrus went to Indianapolis Wednesday to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walters of Tipton, who spent Christmas here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kepner, returned home Wednesday. Mrs, George 11. Healey and children returned ' home * from Indianapolis Thursday evening after visiting there since Saturday with her husband. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, She; oats, 4 To; wheat, rye, sl.lO. The prices ono year ago were: Corn, f. Se; oats, 37c; wheat, $1; rye, 75e to«^SDc. Miss Ollie Tanner, who is attending school in Chicago, came Wednesday. to spend the vacation with her father, Edward Tanner, of Barkley township.

Miss Mary Messman, who works for Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. in Chicago, reinfnod there Thursday after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Herman Messman. John Ryan, was down from Oillain township Thursday. By the way, John has just completed on his farm what is probably the largest and best barn in Jasper county. C, P. "Fiite and family move today to Crown Point, where be takes charge of the Commercial hotel on a live-year lease. Their household effects will be taken overland in an auto truck. The best, wishes of many friends go with the family to their new home. Mrs, L. M. Ritchey of Jordan totynship, Who had been visiting relatives at Connersvillo and Brookville for the past two weeks, returned home Tuesday. She was accompanied home by her cousin, Louis Newcomb, who will visit relatives here for a few weeks.

gn&v'vl -jaR Tr Mi If/ Up the Farm IW / Get rid of the oil lamps that are a constant fire menace, and put in electric jJ / lights. You can have them just as steady and just as safe as in any city. One of these simple outfits will provide you just such light at little ' jst. . It will give power to run your pump, feed grinder, and some of the other 1 light machinery on the place. And it will enable your wife to have an , electric iron, an electric vacuum cleaner, a washing machine, and to sava much of her household work. No experience is necessary to run the Western Electric Farm Lighting Plant , Here’s the whole outfit —generator, storage batteries and switchboard. \ It can be placed anywhere that is convenient for hitching up to your gas V engine. Run your engine a few hours twice a week, and it will generate and store up in the batteries all the electricity you need. Costs little or nothing to maintain, except for engine fuel. No trouble. No danger. Guaranteed by the makers of the Bell telephones. ELECTRICAL SHOP L. A. Mecklenburg Estimates on Wiring and Supplies cheerfully given.