Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1902 — Page 2

RACKET STORE 99c jh-" HOLIDAY GOODS If j a A in II is a strain for y° u to look for bar g ains in ot h er retail stores, where they are few and far between. It is easy for you here, where the IL d LI dill Bargains are so plentiful that wherever you turn they are looking at you. We handle goods you pay one, two, three and as high " ~ 1 = as five dollars for and sell the same for 99 cents and less. Our Holiday Stock is the most complete and up to date stock that was ever brought into Rensselaer, You can come very near finding what you want and without very much trouble to yourself and without paying any fancy prices for the same You will miss if you are not one of the many customers here through this month; when you get to see what your neighbors purchased for 99 cents and less you will kick yourselves for the next month because you paid three and four times as much for the same goods somewhere else. Be wise once in your life and do not let any old granny notions keep you trading at the same old place. Look around. Be up to the times- Get your eyes open. You may find out that a change of pasture might make dollars for you. F 8 , A • ' | ■ • ; - -- j -- -- —■ -

We are selling.... Boys’ Overcoats from 4 years up to 16 years of age for only—just think

e A fine stock of Overshoes and Rubbers for Men, Women and Children, also Shoes of all kinds at prices that defy the United States to produce their equal for quality and price. Remember we Have Nothing in the Whole Store Over 99 Cents. Wh xh fact alone should bring you here if nothing else. We shall the week before Christmas make every lady a present of a beautiful souvenir of a beautiful Medallion mounted on card board with easel back. A very nice ornament for the stand or mantle. Be sure and get one. * ißh l Dg ° an ° o ?° a °? make th ® irßel ections now or at any time they wiah, and have the same laid away by peying a small deposit on same and pay the balance when thev net the croods It would be better for you and ns if you would do as stated above, as we are so limited for space and you would avoid the rush and it would be a pleasure for you to buy now. The Unrest stock for the same amount of floor space of any store in the state. The largest variety of goods and the lowest prices for the same class of goods of any house in the state—we will not except *one That is putting it plain but nevertheless it is a fact which proves itself by our many patrons from different parts of the state which will certify to same. It is like buying your goods at wholesale We are knocking the houses in the head by selling the same goods for the same money or better goods for less money, You will learn in time that the 99 cent Racket Store can and does sell eoods cheaper than any catalogue house in the city of Chicago or elsewhere. We have not got the army of clerks and the expense of the enormous oi|v rents to meet that they have therefore we can sell cheaper and get better satisfaction, as you see the goods and no freights or express to pay. Anything wrong can be fixed up at once as we are always ready to do the best we can to have our customers satisfied. Save your bills with each sale—they are valuable. Get one of the nice premiums which we give after your purchases amount to a certain amount. Do not forget the place THE 99 CENT RACKET SCORE, „ Washington Street; RENSSELAER, IND RANSFORD & FRANK. Proprietors. _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _

THE REPUBLICAN Official Paper of Jasper County. Wwta EepubUcanSMilldliig on the corner of W and Weston Streets. ISSUED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY BY G SORGE E. MARSHALL BDITOB AND PUBLISHES. rsrm'of Bub*cripti»r.. One Year f 1.50 ix Months 75 Three Months 50 Tuesday, December 23, 1902.

On Jan. Ist another pajment on the State debt will be made, in the amount of $200,000. AuditorJHart announces that with in 4 years the debt will be wiped out and there is no doubt bis prediction will be fulfilled, provided the present administration is continued in power that length of time. The Republican party has accomplished great results in Indiana since it took charge of affairs m 1895.

The Inter Ocean is -throwing a new fit every day now over the Venezuela matter, and the fits increase in er verity as they multiply in number. And especially doea Secretary Hay come in for any amount of condemnation in the Inter Ocean 4 * editorials. It ia very strange the* Inter Gse&n editor knows *»> vastly more about diplomacy, national honor, the intentions of England and Germany, the government and methods of than President Castro, not only Secretary Hay and President Roosevelt, but also than practically all other newspaper editors in the country. There are several things wrong with the Inter Ooean. All through McKinley's administration it oheriahed a bitter and very thinly veiled hostility towards him and his cabinet, and now that same hostility is shown against the Roosevelt administration. Another trouble with It is that it has

a chronic case of what is called jirgoism, in an aggravated form This leads it to take an extreme and unreasonable stand against every other country which the United States has anything approaching to a controversy with. This tendency of the Inter Ocean’s was especially manifested in 1895 when Cleveland sprung his sensational Venezuela message. If the Inter Ocean could have had it way then, this nation would have been plunged into a war with Great Britain. This same policy of fake and inflamatory patriotism has characterized that paper ever since then, as it also did long before. It probably is adopted mainly as a matter of business policy, for there is always a large element of the population which approves of that kind of newspaper pyrotechnics, and shows its approval by buying the paper that indulges in it. But it is far removed indeed from real patriotism, or honest and honorable journalism.

Farms for Sale. In toe Beautiful Bine Grass Region of Nortn Missouri. Mexico is a county seat, has Military Academy, Hardin Semin* ary, four years high school course, beautiful churches and homes, 6,000 good people, no debt, good telephone spstem and free mail delivery in town and county. Audrain is the banner fine horse and cattle county of the State, producing four million dollars worth of surplus products this year, no debt, big surplus school fund loaned out, one hundred and five school houses in ths county, property assessed at one-fourth its value, taxes extremely low and last of State debt disappears this year. The Wabash lines or the Chicago & Alton railroad will bring you to Mexico, 110 miles northwest of St Louis, high and healthful, with electric lights, water works and sewerage. Call or address Robert Randle, 1 Apr. 1. Mexico Mo

A Few Bargains Will Not Come A Miss.

It is said that the proposed bill in behalf of county officers which will be presented to the legislature in January will ask that all the fees from county offices be dumped into one general fund, and out of which the county officers are to be paid, thus insuring the salaries of all of them

The trustees of the Terre Haute normal in their forthcoming report take a stand, it is understood, against the establishment of an additional state normal school. They make the point that it would cost about 1200,000 to establish a firstclass normal, that it would take $65,000 a years to maintain it and that a small appropriation for the present normal would increase its capacity so that it would accommodate the 200 or 300 surplus students now oared for in the spring term.

We sold our first oar of Ben Hur Flour in nine week. Another car of 700 sacks just received. Try a sack and if not the best in this market, return it and get your money. For a short time yet 51.05 sack at J. A. McFarland’s.

Here is What You WANT. A swell hat for little money—well you can get it at MRS. HERSHMAN’S for she is selling her winter stock of millinery regardless of cost as she does not want any goods left over until another season. Now is the time to buy trimmed hats, going at SI, 81.50, 82 00 8250 and 83. All city trimmed and the latest style and pattern. MBS. O. E. HERBHMAN.

Boys’ Suits... from 7 years to 16 years of age—regular $2.25 suits for Wwv

Will Create a General Fund.

Oppose Another Normal.

High Quality Wins.

Jas. H. Farrell a Prominent Chicago Man And The Oldest Member of the Illinois House of Representatives Makes a Recommendation. Free for the Asking. Our booklet, “Told by a Doctor,” a discussion of the digestive tract, and testimonials of hundreds who have been oured of constipation, dyspepsia and stomach troubles by the use of Dr Caiciwbll’s Syrup Pepsin. If interested write today to Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, 111., or see A. F. Long, Rensselaer Ind. Ben Hur Flour is manufactured from a select hard spring wheat. It is without exception one of the highest patents now being shipped nto your market. Royal Milling Co. Minneapolis, Min For sale by J. A. McFarland.

Money On Farms. At 4 1-2 Per Cent. A special fund to loan on Farms for Five Years at per ot. interest, with privilege to make partial payments any interest paying time Also loans on city pbopebty at low rates. Call or write Commercial State Bank, Rensselaer, Ind No. Side Pub. Square. HOMINYMEAL The Flaws Feed far Fattorisg logs Or Stock of Aay Kiad. It is not a patent medicated food; just simply the hearts of the corn: Extracted at Hominy Mills; from the best of white corn. By analysis it has been shown that the heart of the grain contains twice the amount of oil or fat, found in the other portions of the grain. Intelligent progressive feeders in Jasper county as well as other parts of the state are feeding it with profitable results. Why not you? Remember it costs but little more per ton than good corn. For Sale at the Rensselaer Feed Store by A. L. Branch.

CMMren’* and missses’ Coats, Eadies’ Capes, Tur goliaretts, Boas, Eadies’ waists and lots of other goods too and numerous to mention, for only WWW less'

The History by Miss Ida M. Tarbell which began in the NOVEMBER MCCLURE’S is the Great Story of STANDARD OIL “Miss Tarbell’s work is of unequalled importance as a ‘document’ of the day. Her story has live men in it; they suffer and work and win and lose their battles with the verismiltude that removes the tale from the dry statement and clothes it with the color of human interest and the vivid rainbow garment of human sympathy. The results of her work are likely to be far reaching; she is writing unfinished history.”—Boston Globe. “An absorbing and illuminating contribution to the trust question.”—Chicago Inter Ocean. “The most important announcement made by any magazine” —N. Y. Journal. FOR OTHER GREAT FEATURES OF I*3 ; SEND FOR OUR PROSPECTUS. 10 c ents a copy, SI.OO a year. Send us the dollar, at 145 East 25th Street, New York, or subscribe through your dealer.

Rensselaer Bargain Sto. STOVES and PRICES. • Don’t forget that I sell the Best Soft Coai and Slack Burner In Town. Prices from SIB.OO to #30.00 No. 18 Oak Stoves No. 8 Wood Cook, 1 oily. .fIIJI No. to Oak Stoves Oil Steel Kagge 35J8 No. 12 lot Blast for coal.. IJI Sheet Im wood stoves $3 to W I No. 12 lot Blast for coal.. NJI 12 ga Shells JI j Shells Loaded to Order. Always a good stock of Guns on hand. Blue Rock and White .Flyer Targets for sale. < C. E. HERSH MAN.’ !