Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1917 — HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

The New Hampshire legislature has passed a bill to prohibit the 'sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, to become effective May 1, 1918. Robbers entered the LongThompson lumber office at Knox ( Tuesday night and worked the comi binatiOn to the safe. They departed with<sss3 fc and left no clue. Charles Lowe of north of Monticello marketed a 980-pound hog at the latter place this week, and A. R. Bridges of northeast of that ’city marketed an 840-pounder. The former porker brought $135 and the latter slls.

A case is now on trial before Judge Berry of Fowler to determine the ownership of SI,OOO deposited in a bank there by the now defunct Columbia Casualty company of Lafayette, of which Dr. M. G. Traugh, formerly of Remington and Goodland, was secretary-treas-urer. The certificate of deposit was sold to a Chicago bank, which is now trying to collect the money. James Bingham has charge of the interests of the stockholders in the defunct company and contends that the money belongs to them. Two hundred and four persons were killed in automobile accidents in Indiana last year, according to/ statistics compiled by Henry A. Roberts, state statistician. His report, completed Wednesday, shows that 3,967 inquests were conducted in the state by coroners within the year 1916. The deaths from natural causes, where inquests were held, number 1,921. There were 145 homicides and 435 suicides. Deaths from accidents included the following: Killed on steam railways, 413; interurban railways, sixty-one; street railways, thirtysix; accidental drownings, 189; all other accidents, 767. Of the suicides 322 were males and 108 females. Purchase your calling cards, correspondence cards, correspondence stationery and envelopes from The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. We carry the most complete line te be found outside* the large.cities. •