Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1919 — Page 5

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1919

RAG RUGS You oan not afford to negleot buying Ra< Rugs NOW. We have been waiting over four months on a shipment of Rag Rugs and then only received about one-third of what we had* on order. I . * We have some new color designs in yellow and rose; and blue and rose. Also some mottled patterns in size 36x72. These Rag Rugs can be used in the bed roons and at present we have them to match in different sizes. The price runs from x $1.75 to $6.75 We have new patterns in gray and blue chenille that are very good for the bed room. v W. J. WRIGHT

LOCAL NEWS

If you have poultry for sale, call C. H. LEAVEL for prices. Phone «47. ts Pefley pays more money for raw furs. Bring them 1M; the price will be right. Phone 475. ml Mr. and Mrs L. A. Bostwick left Wednesday for a three or four weeks’ visit at his old home in Batavia, N. Y. The Rensselaer barbers have raised the price of shaves from 15 cents to 20 cents, and hair cuts from 35 cents to 40 cents. Bert and Otto Mayhew of near Brook took the train here Tuesday for Indianapolis to -attend the grand lodge- I. O. 0. F. meeting. Miss Alice Putnam of Champaign, 111.,* who had been visiting Mr. ahd Mrs. H. W. Jackson of north of town, went to Lafayette Wednesday. ’ t Mrs. J. E. Herrod returned £o her home in Indianapolis Tuesday after a few weeks’ visit- with her sister, Mrs. C. P. Moody, of Barkley township. Among the Chicago goers, Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Oren Parker, Mrs. E. T. Harris and daughter Merle, Mrs. Dale Warner and little daughter and Mell Abbott. Mrs. Albert Marshall and two children of near Klamath Falls, Ore., came Wednesday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Eiglesbach, and other relatives and old friends.

Special for Friday and Saturday BEANS Mince Meat Choice Hand-picked Navy Savory Brand Condensed Beans, 3 pounds " - Mince Meat, 9% ounce 29 cents n Only 3^ pounds to a customer ■ ■ v vlIlB Baking Powder ORANGES Owl Right Baking Powder Nice, Sweet, Juicy Or--13 ounce glass jar anges, per dozen 10 cents 22 cents - . ' < tv.. * '• . Bananas, Apples, Cranberries, Grapes, Sweet Potatoes, Celery, Head Lettuce, New Figs, Dates and Raisins Try a sack of WHITE STAR FLOUR, every sack guaranteed, 49 lbs. $3.50 T Rowles & Parker S

H- R. Kurrie was down from Chicago Wednesday. Maurice Gorman was down from Wheatfield Wednesday on business. Just received, a shipment of Charter Oak flour.—E. B. MYRES, Parr, Ind- n 29 Mose Leopold, W. I. Hoover and Granville Moody were Chicago goers Wednesday. Mrs. C. W. Hanley went to Chicago Wednesday for a visit with Mrs. Frank Hanley and family. Mr. and Mrs. James Cosset of Monon visited their daughter, Mrs. Leo • Worland, and family here Wednesday. Mrs. Frank Ridenour returned to her home at Ambia Tuesday after a visit here with Mrs. John Martindale and family. Have you ordered your corsage bouquet for the Thanksgiving dance and your Thanksgiving dinner flowers?—J. H. .HOLDEN, pHone 426. z . . Mrs. G. E. Murray went to Indianapolis Wednesday to visit her daughter, Miss • Helen, who is a teacher in the schools of that city. C. E. Lam son left Tuesday for his home at Little River, Kan., after a visit here with his cousin, Jay Lamson, and family and other relatives. X Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foltz delightfully entertained a large number of their friends at a fine dinner at 6:30 o’clock Tuesday evening at their home on Grace street. The evening was spent in playing bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bates and baby went to Lowell "Wednesday for a visit with relatives. The former is just getting out after his operation for appendicitis and gallstones. He is employed in Hemphill Bros, blacksmith shop.

Orla Clouse was a Chicago business goer Thursday. The Pythian club met last evening with Mrs. Charles Grow. Charles Pefley left Thursday for Missouri on a fur buying trip. Yesterday’s local egg and- butterfat prices: Eggs, 61c; butterfat, 71c. The Van Rensselaer club" will give a Thanksgiving dance next Thursday evening in the armory. Miss Louise Hildebrand returned to her home at New Buffalo, Mich., Thursday after a visit with relatives here. J * - .Mr. and Mrs. Henry Doan returned home the first of the week from a couple of weeks visit with relatives at .Columbus, O. John G. Brown of Monon was re-elected president of the Indiana Farmers’ association at the state meeting in Indianapolis

Oliver Douglas and daughters, Oma and Hadie, of Weston, W. V., are visiting the former’s halfbrother, Jack Reeder, and family of near Virgie. ' Mr. and Mrs. Earl Reynolds and daughters, Maude Helen, left Wednesday for Kalamazoo, Mich., s after a short visit here with the former’s mother, Mrs. Hettle Nichols. Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, $1.20, oats, 68c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.23. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.06 >to $1.15; oats, wheat, $211; rye, $1.50. The weather itook a .turn for the worse yesterday, when a cold, drizzling rain set in about the middle of the forenoon and was still in progress up to the hour of going to press. Mrs. G. L. Thornton fell down the basement- steps at her home on College avenue Wednesday, cutting quite a gash on her head and receiving some severe bruises.* No bones were broken, however.

The marriage of Miss Jessie Dolfln of Wolcott and Everett Swartz of Seafield took place l at Lafayette Monday morning at 11 o’clock. The ceremony was performed by Justice H. Clay Bryant.—Monticello Herald. I Mrs. G. H. Wright returned to her home at Chicago Heights, 111., Wednesday after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kohler. Mr. Kohler had been quite sick again, but is reported better at tl>is writing. , Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold were married 55 years ago Thursday. Mr. Leopold will be 86 years of age Dec. 2, and on Dec: 25 Simon is coming home from Colorado, and they will properly celebrate all the events at that time. Peru has cancelled its Thanksgiving football date with the Rensselaer team and a team from Sheridan has been secured to play in its stead. This is a good, strqng team and the game promises to be an interesting one. *

Mrs. Jennie Rlshling of Monon, sister of John T. Culp of this city, died at her home in Monon early Wednesday morning. The funeral was held at the late home yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock and burial made in the Osborne cemetery in Hanging Grove township. ■Charles Politer, who for the past year and a half had been living on his ranch near Harrison, Mont., recently sold same and will return to Rensselaer; in fact, he was on the way to Chicago this week with a couple of carloads of cattle and will probably reach Rensselaer in a day or two.

Mrs. A. A. Lee of Salem, Ore., is visiting Mr. and Mrs- A. D. Lee and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. White. Mrs. Lee 'was a delegate to the War Mothers of America conven-' tlon ah, Washington, D. C„ and also visited Boston, Mass., where she attended the general executive jubilee meeting of the woman’s foreign missionary society of Ithe Methodist church.

William Gant, who is employed at the Rensselaer Manufacturing Co. plant, was quite badly injured Thursday afternoon while operating a hoisting elevator with which they were taking up some bflck to build new chimneys. The elevator is oipefated by hand with a windlass. He let the handle of the windlass get away from him and ithe latch failed to catch, the windlass whirling around rapidly and striking him on the head. The- skull was not fractured, however, and yesterday he was reported to be getting along nicely.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEM OCR At

William Traub was a Chicago goer Thursday. ——4 Mrs. C. H Porter was a Lafayette visitor Thursday. Kuboske & Walter unloaded andther carload of Dort automobiles Thursday. L A. Harmon, G. J. Jessen, W. I. Hoover, W. E. Rean and D. M. Worland attended a big trap shoot held at Monon Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Crowder returned to their home ait Lafayette Wednesday evening after attending the Jacks-Crowder wedding. “Jakey” Hopkins, who had been living at Superior, Neb., for several years, has recently bought a 40-acre farm near Sugar Grove, Pa., and has moved upon same. And Senators Watson and New of Indiana voted "consistently” right along on every measure intended to continue the war with Germany and kill the league pactThe voters should not forget this.

FROM AROUND ABOUT US L. Ert Slack of Indianapolis has tendered his resignation as ,U. S. district attorney, and rumor has it ithat Frederick Van Nuys, Democratic state chairman, will be aippointed in his steadRepublicans of *the eighth congressional district, meeting at Muncie Tuesday, unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the candidacy of Edward Toner of Anderson, candidate, for governor. The National Women’s Christian Temperance Union, in convention in St. Louis this week, adopted resolutions endorsing the league of nations covenant and urging world prohibition and enforcement of the dry law. Homer Hoskins and Walter Martin of Monon, each charged with the theft of* numerous articles from freight cars, entered pleas of guilty in the White circuit court Monday and were fined $25 and costs each and given a six-months sentence at the state penal farm. The latter was suspended during good behavior.

The board of commissioners of Marshall county awarded contracts for four county roads last Monday for a total of $347,000. It also approved and ordered advertised 14 gravel roads at an estimated cost of $432,212, making a total cost of highway construction of $778,400. This is the largest transaction of Its kind In the history of that county.

.Rev. O. K. Malpne and family will move to Goodland in the near future, where the former will serve as pastor of the Presbyterian church, which has been without a pastor since the first df July. Rev. Malone is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Malone, who reside just west of this city, and for some time has been pastor of the Bourbon church. Prior to that time he was pastor of the West Side church at Logansport for 3% years—Monticello Herald.

Fire of mysterious origin destroyed a two-story brick school building at Ninth street and Lenfesty avenue, Marlon, Wednesday. Almost the entire west end of the building was in flames when persons living in the vicinity discovered the Are. 'Three hundred children attended the school and their books are a total loss. The building loss Is estimated at $60,000, partly covered by Insurance. The building was modern in every way and one of the best in the city.

Seven local officials of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America were Tuesday reported named in indictments charging extortion, sabotage, injury to persons and property, interference 1 with justice and other offenses in Chicago. Indictments had been forecast during several ’weeks of Investigation in connection with which assistant State’s Attorney Michels declared he' had evidence that four clothing manufacturers had paid tribute of SIOO,OOO to local union officials to prevent or stop strikes and boycotts and that the evidence Indicated that the clothing Industry had paid out more than $500,000 in extortions.

1 y Christian Science Rensselaer Christian Science society holds Sunday services at 10:45 a. m.; Sunday school, 9:45; Wednesday evening at 7:30r. Subject Nov. 23: “Soul and Body.”

We are ‘The Clothiers’ and ‘Furnishers’ of Jasper county Coma in and we can show you why we think so, then ' you will also think we are. Dress Suits . • . $25.00 to $50.00 Dress Overcoats - 25.00 to 50.00 Dress Hats . . . 4.00 to 8.00 Dress Shirts . . . 2.00 to 8.00 Dress-Gloves . . . 1.50 to 4.50 Dress Sox . . .35 to 2.00 Silk Cravats . . . . 75 to 2.00 Silk Knitted Cravats . 2.50 to 4.00 Duvall’s Quality Shop

Public welcome. Thanksgiving service Nov. 27 at 10:45 a. m. I*resbyterian Rev. J. Bud>man Fleming, minister.—“ Uncle Sam and God on Good Terms.” The Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman’s Relief Corps will tje our guests at 10; 45. “One Saved and Nine Lost,” will keep us busy alt 7 o’clock. If you start the day with the children and the orchestra you will be on hand at 9:30. Be a pusher and not a rider, but come along anyway. Methodist Rev. E. W. Strecker, ipastor.— 9:30, Sunday school. The school is growing nicely. Come and swell the crowd and be benefited by the study of the Word of God; 10:45, morning worship and sermon. This will be a praise and thanksgiving service- Every - member of thq church who possibly can should be present for this service; 6 p. <m., Epworth League, topic: *'How May We Practice Thanksgiving?” These meetings are proving a great help to our young people; 7 o'clock, evening worship and sermon, theme: “Men Who Might Have Been.” Good music and live singing at all of these meetings. The public is always most welcome at all services. Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Do not forget the workers’ conference Thursday evenings at the church.

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FOOT DEMONSTRATION IS NOW IN PROGRESS Coinfort for Bothersome Feet Expounded Thia Week. Thia is National Demonstration Week tn about 30,000 shoe stores throughout the United States and Canada. It is a week devoted to the demonstration of mechanical methods of reeving foot trouble® and correcting their underlying causes, and these demonstration* are being given by the graduate practipedists (foot experts) employed by those stores. In this city we are observing this week in the manper mentioned. The B. N. Fendig store has made especially large and thorough preparation for this educational event. Its practipedist will examine the feet of all who come to him without charge and he will not only point out the causes of the troubles, but will demonstrate how comfort is obtainable. The practipedists claim that about nine out of ten people are in need of foot correction appliances to make their feet fully comfortable and efficient. Their object is to educate the public in this important matter.—Advt - art

ALSO A FEW LODGES ET AL.

While we're gettln’ rid o’ th* Reds let's chuck In a few Reeds. Most o’ th’ fellers you see must o* left ther hats on when they got ther hair cut-—Abe Martin.

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