Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1917 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Captain Garland of Company M announces that recruits in his company will be accepted now and held until a medical examiner comes. Young nnen desiring to enlist in their country's service should take this opportunity to join Company M. Richard A. Rice of Lafayette, who was at the head of the commercial department of the Rensselaer high school for the past two years, is now connected with the sales department of the Ford Automobile company as special accountant. . A R. B. Harris has been quite seriously sick for several days and a specialist was called to see him Sunday. The trouble was diagnosed as cancer of the stomach, and there appears to be little hope of permanent, improvement, his many friends will be sorry to learn.