Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1881 — Keener Items. [ARTICLE]

Keener Items.

Owing to bad roads and much sickness news-ga hering is up-hill business in Kee it. Teachers have dismissed their schools for holidays. Tom Brown, of lowa, is visiting relatives in Keener. /"Again we see the tall poplar of Keener (as The Republican calls him) sailing around in another top buggy. Dr. Antrim and wife celebrated the forty-third year of their wedded life with a big dinner, on the 27th. A joint discussion betwen the , two literary societies —the Keener National and the Jasper City—comes off January 14th, at the Harrington school-house. Question" “Resolved, That Pride and Ambition are greater evifS -4han Ignorance and Superstition.” Let us all turn out and hear this question discussed. Frank Hart is carrying the mail between Keener and Lake Village. Uncle Joe Whited has again made his appearance in Keener. He is at present working on Fred Schwankie’s house. The Rev. Thompson, of Medaryville, will preach at the Pleasant Valley school-house next Saturday night and Sunday. Luther Frames has bought a span of horses. He says thej have horns and work with a wooden harness. John Shortridge has just returned from Wisconsin, where he has been visiting friends. Uncle Simon (Grape Island)/ give us a rest, please. Spy.. The most sacred obligation is the marriage contract. The mbst sacred duty is to maintain one’s health. The best medicine is Brown’s Iron Bitters.