Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1917 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Get a hot air furnace of the Watson Plumbing Co. ts '•J. A. White and W. S. Kirkpatrick of Kentland were in Rensselaer on business Wednesday. We are our *best to keep the prices down in our grocery department.—THE G. E. MURRAY CO. Leland Jessen, now located at Spencer, lowa, came Tuesday for a* couple of weeks’ visit with home folks. ‘ ' ■

Mrs. Leo Mecklenburg went to Gary Thursday for a few days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Oglesby. Mrs. Mary Pullins and Miss Eva Moore left Wednesday for Glendale, Arizona, to visit at the home of the former's son, Samuel Pullins,. The office of the Farmers’ Grain company has been repainted and the new name of the company now supplants the Harrington Bros. Co. The world’s standard DeLaval separators, speed indicator, fewer parts, larger capacity, sold on easy payments.— KELLNER & CALLAHAN, JS Mrs. Peter Kohler and Mrs. Joe McAvoy drove down from Chicago Heights Thursday for a visit with John Kohler and family and other relatives. Miss Martha Cain left Thursday for Los Angeles, California, where she will reside with an aunt. She was accompanied as far as Chicago by Miss Harriett Shedd.

A good bay driving mare 5 years old, lady broke, will be sold on the street here Saturday afternoon at public auction by Col. Fred A. Phillips, auctioneer. —Advt. The MjsseS Martha and Alary Lea Van Hook of Chicago who had been guests of Mr. and , Mrs. RusselVan Hook for a few days, returned to their home Wednesday. The baseball team went to Lowell Sunday and- were defeated 20 to 0. The defeat must have been “according to Hoyle’’ for the boys haven’t said a word about the game all week. If your auto is not working .properly, call on C. A. Roberts and feed it some “Gas Peps.” They are a wonderful tonic for healthy machines and wotk like a dose of physic on a “sick’’ one. ts When you have Backache the liver or kidneys are sure to be out of gear. Try Sanol, it does wonders for the liver, kidneys and bladder. A trial 35c battle of Sanol will convince you. Get It at the drug store. —Adv. ts

Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson of Rocky Ford, Colorado, who had been visiting at the home of Elias Arnold in Barkley township, went to Flora Wednesday to spend a few days with relatives there before returning to her home. We made a fortunate purchase of 250 straw hats, worth $2, $2.50 and $3, but the weather has been against us and the entire lot will be placed on sale today, June 23, at 98c for your choice. Take advantage and take home a bargain. —THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WILLIAM TRAUB. A family reunion and -picnic dinner of the Alter family will he held in the beautiful grove at the home of Lewis Alter in Carpenter township tomorrow. This is the location of the first settlement in this part of the state, which was in 1846. While the picnic and dinner is being arranged as a family affair, an invitation is extended to the general public to bring their dinners and partake of same in the grove.

The local potato crop seems to be doing nicely and we may confidently look forward to a slump in prices in a very few weeks now. Eight cents per pound for either old dr new potatoes-—the present price—is becoming monotonous and is mighty hard on one’s pocketbook. It is very evident that the Southern crop has been gobbled up by the food bandits or the price would have dropped ere this, as the crop is said to be

Earl Adams went to Lafayette Wednesday afternoon to settle some damage done while there a few days previous when his car backed info a gasoline pump and broke same off. The owned wanted about $125 damages at first, Eajrl said, but he finally got him down to SIOO and then to $75, although a repair man offered to put .it back in as good- as it wgs for $25. We did not .learn just what settlement he did finally make. Trips to Lafayette are quite expensive sometimes.