Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1920 — Page 2

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Thursday Morning on the Stroke of Eight ROWLES & PARKER’S Entire Stock . Goes £ Bargain Block And for Nine Days Thereafter Rensselaer will Witness the Broadest, Most Legitimate Merchandise Bargain Event of All Times. I Read Every Word of the Big Double Page Circular We Left at Your House Today In it you will find listed more than two hundred items selected from the thousands of bargains that will be offered during this great merchandise masterstroke. Each and every item in our entire store (Grocery department excepted) will be cut to the very limit STORE CLOSED ALL DAY WEDNESDAY To Make Proper Arrangements for This Stupendous Sale We will mark everything in plain figures, place hundreds and hundreds of rare bargains in bins, on racks, counters and cases to make examination thorough and choosing convenient. 1 ■ Doors Open and Sale Starts at 8 o’clock sharp Thursday Morning • * Extraordinary special and unsurpassed bargain offerings will keep this sale going at fever heat until the closing hour, Saturday evening, January 15 $1.98 Bungalow Aprons 29c To the first twenty ladies entering our store Thursday morning at eight o’clock we will sell a Percale Bungalow Apron positively worth $1.98 for only 29c. BE ONE OF THE FIRST TWENTY ' ■ ■ BE HERE WHEN THE DOORS OPEN Rowles & Parker Northwest Corner Square, Rensselaer, Ind.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

WAS SON OF F. M. HERSHMAN

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lights in the office and in other buildings on the same circuit were not burned out, Mr. Rockey said, as would have been the case had a higher voltage been carried. Dr. Hershman is survived by his widow and two sons, Robert, 5 years old, and Paul, 3 years old; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hershman, living at Tefft, Ind.; two brothers, Paul, living with hie parents, and Fred O. Hershman of the Alliance Drug company, and two sisters, Mrs. B. M. Scotten of Alliance and Mrs. G. P. Tipsword of Bridgeport, 111. He was born January 12, 1885, near Tefft, Ind. Dr. Hershman had practiced medicine and surgery in Alliance for the past nine years, coming here in 1910 as medical examiner for the Burlington. Later he opened a private office. He was married to Miss Dorothy Hoag in October, 1913. He was graduated from Rush Medical college, Chicago, in 1908. He had been president of the Guardian State bank since Its organization by him and S. B. Wright in 1919. The deceased was a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner of Tangier Temple, Omaha. Funeral services will be in charge of the local Masonic lodge and will be held Thursday afternoon at the Christian church. The hour of the funeral has not been announced, pending the arrival of relatives. Interment will be made in Greenwood cemetery.

GOODLAND

[From The Herald.] Dorr Babcock came home fiom Chicago for Christmas. Ray Sage took a truck load ol hogs to the Lafayette market Thursday. H. H. Downing and wife of Chicago spent Christmas week in Goodland. Bert Thompson and family of Knox spent Christmas here with relatives. Charles Babcock, student at Indiana university, spent the holidays at home. Wm. Bell of Detroit, Mich., came last Friday to spend Christmas with home folks. Harvey Dickson and family of Elkhart spent Christmas with relatives in Goodland. Ella Mustard, who has a fine position at Wasson’s store in Indianapolis, spent Christmas at home. J. S. McCurry, H. R. Hopkins and M. S. Foley were business callers in Indinapolis the first of the week. Luelle Messersmith, who has a position in the National bank at Hammond, spent Christmas at home. Herman Lange,, who has a position in a large poultry house at Terre Haute, spent Christmas at home. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McConnel and children of Kewanna, Ind., were visitors at the Wm. Banes’ family for Christmas. Mrs. W. E. Mitten left for Grand Lodge, Mioh., Saturday night for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Charles Wilson, and family. W H. Armitage was called to Wellington, 111., last Thursday by the sudden death of his mother. He returned home Saturday. Mr and Mrs. J. T. Cassleman of Milwaukee, Wis., spent Christmas here with the latter’s brother, Dr. C. C. Bassett, and family. Mrs. Fred Patridge of St. Louis, Mo., spent Christmas here with her Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Perkins at the Lynn Perkins’ home. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. McCullum came down from Chicago to spend Christmas with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Ponton. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Banes and children of Monon visited with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Banes and family Christmas. Mrs. James Little returned to her home in Muncie, Ind., Wednesday after a short visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mr§. Joseph Hall. Miss Mamie Hall and friend, Mr. C. W. Gritt, of Indianapolis spent Christmas here with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hall. Annette and Louella Cloutier, who have good positions at Clinton, Ind., spent Christmas in Goodland with their mother, Mrs. William Cloutier. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Gilmore of Detroit, Mich., visited here this week with the latter’s mother, Mrs. Thomas Wing. Mr. Gilmore is connected with the Ford automobile factory. Willard Capes, formerly of this city, but who has been residing on a farm northwest of Frankfort, for the past two years has traded the Clinton county farm and the one he owned north of Monticello to Ward Brown, for the Barnett Hotel in Logansport. Albert Ropp, who for a number of years was a resident of Goodland and who moved Park, 111., died suddenly on the “L” train Dec. 21, while enroute from his home in Forest Park to Chicago. His death was due to heart failure. Deceased lost his wife while residing in Goodland about eight years ago. He is survived by three children, a daughter, Gertrude of Winamac, Howard of Earl Park, and Tony of Brook.

It is now time to order your automobile licenses for 1921. Come in and let me fill out your application for you. —MABEL NO WELS, at The Democrat office. PUBLIC SALE As I am going to move I Will sell at public auction at my residence, 3*4 miles north and % mile east of Remington; 9 miles south and % mile east of Rensselaer; 5% miles west and 3% miles north of Wolcott, on THURSDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 1921, beginning at 10:30 a. m., the following described property: 9 Head of black mare 8 years old, wt. 1450; 1 roan gelding 3 years old, wt. 1500; 1 bay gelding 3 years old, wt. 1450; 1 bay gelding 2 years old, wt. 1450; 1 bay horse, 10 years old, wt. 1250;' 1 grey mare 10 years old, wt. 1150; 1 grey mare 8 years old, wt. 1400; 1 black mare 8

years old, wt 900; 1 black mare 4 years old, wt. 1000. '* 48 Head of Cattle —Consisting of 26 milch cow* from 2 to 8 years old,' some fresh and some giving milk; 12 spring and summer calves; 5 yearling steers;2 yearling heifers; 2 suckling calves; 1 full-blood Shorthorn bull 2 years old. 13 Head of Hogs —Consisting of 13 shotes weighing about 125 lbs. each. Farm Implements —Consisting of 2 wlde-tire wagons with 40-in. box, good as new; 1 8-ft. McCormick binder, nearly new; 1 Deering mower; 1 gearless hay loader; 1 hay rake; 1 McCormick hay tedder; 1 9-ft. disc; 1 12-ln. Case gang plow; 1 14-in. Emerson gang plow; 1 Bailor 2-row cultivator; 1 Janesville cultivator; 1 Tower gopher; 1 7-ft. Superior disc drill with fertilizer attachment; 1 46ft. all steel Little Giant elevator, nearly new; 1 fanning mill; 1 12-bbl. steel tank; 1 25-ft. harrow, and other articles too numerous to mention. One 3 h. p. Fairbanks engine. Soma shredded fodder. Eight tons clover hay in mow. Terms—All sums of sl9 or under, cash In hand. On sums over 319 a credit of 12 months will be given, purchaser executing note approved by clerk of sale, with Interest at 6% if paid at maturity; if not so paid, then 8% from date of sale will be charged; 2% off sot cash where entitled to credit. No property to be removed until terms of sale are complied with. EDWARD FREY. Harvey Williams, Auctioneer. J. W. Phelps & Son, Clerks. Hot lunch on grounds. jl-5

BIG PAJBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public auction at his residence, IV* miles north of Rensselaer on the H. R. Kurrie farm, commencing at 19:30 a. m., on MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1921, 9 Head of Horses— Consisting of 1 black horse 10 years old, wt. 1550; 1 black horse 11 years old, wt. 1450; 1 bay horse 10 years old, wt. 1450; 1 coming 2-year-old colt, wt. 1000; 1 suckling colt; 1 bay horse 4 years old, wt. 1500; 1 gray horse 6 years old, wt. 1500; 1 bay mare 3 years old, wt. 1200; 1 gray horse 6 years old, wt. 1100. 7 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 1 red cow, fresh March 21; 1 white face cow, fresh March 31 —these are w both good milch cows; 1 6-year-old cow, fresh in February; 1 cow, fresh in March; 2 2-year-old heifers, pasture bred; 1 yearling heifer. 16 Head of Hogs —Consisting of 1 brood sow and 15 head of shotes. Wagons, Implements, Etc. —Consisting of 1 Weber wagon, with triple box; 1 McCormick binder, good as new; 1 Budlong disc; 1 Gale cultivator; 1 Gale sulky plow; 1 walking plow, 1 Black Hawk corn planter, with fertilizer attachments and 80 rods of wire; 1 Kentucky wheat drill; 1 Hoosier endgate seeder; 1 3-section harrow; 1 Deering mowing machine; 1 cultivator; 1 rubber-tired buggy; 1 set heavy work harness; 1 set single harness; 1 bobsled; 1 hay rake; 1 hog house; 1 carpenter’s work bench, and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms —Ten dollars and under, cash in hand; over $lO a credit of 12 months will be given, purchaser executing note with approved security bearing 6 per cent interest from date if paid when due; if not paid when due, 8 per cent interest from date; 2 per cent off for cash when entitled to credit. No property to be removed until terms of sale have been complied with. NAT HEUSON. W. A. McCurtain, Auctioneer. E. P. Lane, Clerk. Hot lunch on ground. BIG PUBLIC SALE As I am going to quit farming, I will offer at public auction on what is known as the John Dennis farm, 3 miles north and 2 miles east of Goodland; 9 miles south and & miles west of Rensselaer, and 3 miles north and 5 miles west of Remington, commencing at 19 a. m., on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1921 5 Head of Horses —Consisting of 1 black mare 8 years old, weight 1450; 1 brown mare 6 years old, weight 1309; 1 roan mare 6 years old, weight 1259; 1 bay mare 8 years old, weight 1199; 1 gray horse 12 years old, weight - 1059. 8 Head of Cattle —Consisting Of 1 black cow, calf by side, an extra good milker; 1 red cow, giving a good flow of milk; 1 Jersey cow, an extra good milker; 1 Jersey cow, fresh in spring; 3 heavy springers. 15 Head of Shotes — Weighing aboul; 69 pounds each. Wagons, Implements, Etc. — Consisting of 1 McCormick binder; 1 John Deere corn planter, with fertilizer attachment and 109 rods of wire; 1 spader, 8-ft.; 1 gang plow, 12-in.; 1 John Deere sulky plow; 1 walking plow; 1 cultivator; 2 wagons; 1 hay rack; 1 3-section harrow; 3 sets of good breeching harness; 1 barrel churn; 1 cream can, 5-gallon; 1 Primrose cream separator, new, used but little, and other things too numerous to mention. Terms —Ten dollars and under, cash in hand; over sl9 a credit of 11 months will be given, purchaser executing note with approved security bearing 7 per cent interest from date, if paid when due; if not paid when due, 8 per cent Interest from date; 2 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit No property to be removed until terms of sale have been complied with. GEORGE WENRICK. W. A. McCurtain, Auctioneer. John Ellingsworth, Clerk. Hot lunch on ground. ,

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1920

BIG PUBLIC SALE . As I have decMed to quit farming, I will offer at public auction at the F. M. Makeever farm, 6 miles west of Rensselaer; 3 miles east of Ayr, and about 3-4 mile north of the Blue Grass school house in Newton township, commencing at 19:00 a. m., on THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1921 the following property, to-wit: 6 Heed of Horses and Mules — Consisting of 1 span of mules 5 and 6 years old, weight 2400, sound and well broke; 1 sorrel driving mare 8 years old, weight HOC; 1 black gelding 8 years old, weight 1100 ;1 pair of mules coming yearlings. 6 Head of Cattle. 8 Head of Hogs—Consisting of 2 Spotted Poland China sows, due to farrow in April; 1 Duroc sow and Pigs. Farm Implements, Etc.—Consisting of 1 Deering binder, good as new; 1 Porter corn planter, with 80 rods of wire and fertilizer attachments; 1 broadcast oats seeder; 1 disc with/ truck; 1 3-section harrow; 1 harrow cart; 1 Janesville breaking plow, 16in., 2 shares; 1 1-2-in. Emerson gang plow, new; 1 4-horse evener; 1 walking plow; 3 cultivators; 1 broad-tire wagon, triple bed; 1 narrow-tire wagon; 1 breaking cart; 1 storm wagon; 1 top buggy; 1 Ford touring car, in running order; 1% h. p. FairbanksMorse gas engine; 1 pump Jack and truck for large gas engine; 2 portable corn cribs} 1 hog shed, Bxl6 ft.; 1 saw mantle; 2 stands of bees and 4 empty hives; 1 soldering outfit; 2 tile spades and crumber; 1 pump and pipes; 1 galvanized water tank; 1 set work harness; 1 set of single harness; 1 set of Stewart clippers; 1 extension table, 1 heating stove; 1 cupboard; 1 cook stove; 1 couch; 1 stand; 1 commode; 1 Incubator and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms—Ten dollars and under; cash In hand; over sl9 a credit of 11, months will* be given, purchaser executing note with approved security, bearing 7 per cent interest from date, if paid when due; If not paid when due, 8 per cent Interest from date; 2 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. No property to be removed until terms of sale have been complied with. r MARION MAKEEVER. W. A. M'cCurtain, Auctioneer. E. P. Lane, Clerk. Hot lunch on ground.

JpW&TISIKG FOR SALE For Sale—Choice hand-picked navy beans.—E. P. HONAN. ts For Sale—Several fine old violins at reasonable prices. ’PHONE 236, Rensselaer. j 4 For Sale —Just a few full-blooded bronze gobblers left; $9.99 each. — MRS. CHARLES BOWERS, 'phone 938-D. • j-8 For Sale at Baraains—All kinds of second-hand automobiles. Come In and look them over, in the WhiteFront Garage.—KUBOSKE & WALTER. • ts For Sale or Trade—Double carriage, practically as good as new. —JOHN SCHANLAUB, ’phone 592. fl For Sale—The Rensselaer school board is offering for sale the 599 feet of iron fence surrounding the intermediate school building. If interested see EDWARD P. LANE. ts For Sale—Bo-acre farm, IJ4 miles south of Fair Oaks, 3 miles northwest of Parr. Good buildings, land partly'tiled. Price $59 per acre, easy terms.— "W. A. McCURTAIN, Rensselaer. ts (J - For Sale—l6o-acre farm, well drained, most ,all level, black soil; 5-room house, good barn, corn cribs, good well, fine orchard; land all in cultivation. Can give good terms on this. Price $89.99 per acre.—CHARLES J. DEAN '& SON. ts For Sale—A few pure-bred English White Leghorns and Barred Rock cockerels. Will sell the above cockerels for $2.59 apiece if taken soon. Also some fine yearling cock birds (Barred Rocks) a bargain at $3.99 apiece. A few M. Bronze turkey toms at; $19.99 apiece.—ALAV D. HERSHMAN, Medaryville, Ind., R. R. 1. Jls - -4 For Sale —Some real bargains in well improved farms located within 3 miles of Rensselaer. 129 a., 133 a., 212 a., 152 a., 89 a. I also have some exceptional bargains in Improved farms of all sizes farther out from Rensselaer. For further particulars see me or call 246, office, or 499, home.—HARVEY" DAVISSON. ts For Sale—A lot of standing timber, 4 miles west of town on county farm road; 59 cents per load for dead timber, $1 per load for green wood. Loads not to exceed 12 feet by 3 feet.. No cutting or hauling on Sunday. Call me before entering premises.—A. M. YEOMAN, phone 87-G, Mt. Ayr exchange. J 29 WANTED Wanted —Pair mares, weight about 1499 each. — FRANK TRULLEY, Rensselaer, R-2. ’Phone 955-H. j 8 Poultry Wanted—Turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, veal, etc. —PHONE 313 for prices. ts Trucking Wanted —I have a new ton truck and solicit business in this line. If you have moving or any, ether trucking to do, call 473. — FRANK HAMER. ts MONEY TO LOAN ’ Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to $19,999. E. P. HONAN. ’ .ts Money to Loan— CHAS. 4. DEAN A SON, Odd Fellows’ Building, Rensselaer. H