Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1901 — WEDNESDAY LOCALS [ARTICLE]

WEDNESDAY LOCALS

Morocco Lodge, No. 492, Knights of Pythias, was instituted at Morocco, Tuesday night. Goodland lodge did the initiatory work in the Ist rank, Rensselaer in the second and Lowell in the third. The lodge starts in with 32 charter members. Some 30 or 40 knights from Rensselaer were in attendance. Rev. Father Gavisk, pastor of St. John’s Catholic church, at In dianopolis, came up today to bring four of his young parishioners to enter St. Joseph’s College. They were Joseph BryaD, James Quinn, John O’Donnell and Maurice O’Conner. They are the first or about the first students from Indianapolis to enter St. Joseph’s. Joe Lakey, the expert iron Worker, is home for a 10 days’ visit with his mother, Mrs. Henry Adame, south of town. He is now employed by the American Bridge Company, and his last work was at Newport News, Va. He has an offer open' to him to go to South Africa, to do some work there, but does not think he will go. He has been away about 14 months this last trip.

Milton A. Makeever, of Stromsburg, Neb,, left yesterday afternoon, for his home after 10 days’ visit among old home scenes here. He expected to make a short stay at Valparaiso, and his sister Miss Jessie Makeever, accompanied him there, for a vieit with friends. Mr. Makeever is an attorney and has prospered well at Stromsburg. Also has also his older brother John L. Makeever, at Osceola, a neighboring town. i George Lowell, general superintendent of the Monon lines, has been notified that the locomotive works will ship the large passenger engines of the Atlantic type Oct. 1. When received they will be used in hauling fast trains 30 and 31 between Chicago and Indianapolis, and engines 111 and 112 in hauling trains 32 and 33. These four fast trains will then all be provided will large type loco- < motives.