Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1898 — MILROY. [ARTICLE]

MILROY.

The weather has turned cooler and it will put a stop to the growth of corn and ripen it up, □We haven’t had such a growing year for twenty years, and the people are prophesying that it will be a sickly season. Our school will commence the first Monday in October A 1 Robson, of Monon, is cutting the hay in the big marsh. Old Uncle Peter Foulks says that he has labored ever since he made the township, to have schools, roads, ditches and bridges to average with other townships of the county and now he returns his sincere thanks to all of his friends that signed the petition to go before the board of commissioners of Jasper county. Our trustee and his partner have returned from thrashing, and sav the rainy weather has damaged the oats, Sunday school every Sunday at Center. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night at Rev. Huston’s. Singing Friday night. Young peoples’ meeting Sunday evening. Everybody that are interested in the religious , services are cbrdially invited to attend these meetings.