Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — Death of Alfred Thompson. [ARTICLE]

Death of Alfred Thompson.

The long sickness of Alfred Thompson has reached the end which has long been seen to be inevitable. He died last Tuesday morning, Mar., 3rd 1896, at about one odock. His sickness has been of many months, and indeed of yean duration, and neither the best medical skill, change of climate nor long sojourn and treatmeut in noted sanitariums, availed to stay the progress of his disease. The nature of his disease, as diognosed in life and 3onfirmed by a post mortem examination,held Tuesday by Dre. Washburn, Long bridge, and Berkley, was dilitation of the stomach, that oigan being found more than three times the normal size. This diseased condition of the stomach, by destroying the powers of digestion involved severael other vital organs in a diseased condition. The funeral will be held this, (Thursday) afternoon, at 1:30 o’clock at the residence; and the particulars of which, together with a more extended biography of this honored citizen, will be given next week.

Have you tried it? If not why not? The Lord’s best flour. For sale by John Eger. Finely bred Plymouth Rock chickens for sale by N. Warner. Just received another car load of the Lord's best flour. Made from the best Minnesota spring wheat. For sale by John Eger. If you wisn to secure nice lots or beautiful houses, call on A. Leopold, at The Model* for prices and term*. Money to Loan on Farms. In amounts to suit the borrower. Terms as low as the lowest. Office in Leopolds Block, Rensselaer, Ind. J. H. Chapman 4 Co.

Remember that after next Saturday Feb. 29th Laßue Bros’, grocery will be located in the Trade Palace building. Please Settle Blacksmith Bills. All parties knowing themselves to be endebted to the firm of Bates <t Wartena, are .requested to call and settle their accounts, before March Ist. Bates A Wartena. Hollingsworth <fc Hopkins have recently completed arrangements by which they can meet any competition in the farm loan business. They also make a specialty of collections and abstracting. Give them a call. Office upstairs m Leopold’s Block. We are now alt home in our new store room and Would be pleased xo have you call and see us, with our two floors of goods. Making one of the most complete grocery stores in Jasper Co. We carry the largest and most complete lines of groceries and queen aware to be found anywhere. John Eger. After next week you will find LaRue’s big grocery store located across the street in their big new quarters in the T ade Palace building. Ho lingsworth & Hopkins proprietors o t Riverside Park Addition offer the m nt centrally located lots in town on eaiy terms. Call upon them for partK ulars.