Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1908 — Thursday Locals. [ARTICLE]

Thursday Locals.

- - ~r--,v • Miss Emma Blomquist, of Chicago, was a guest from Saturday until today of Emil Johnson, residing northwest of town. The Monticello Poultry Association quit its first year exhibition with a cash balance of 186-20. They spent $96.46 in advertising. Mrs. A. E. Coen has-tetorned to her home in Brewyn, 111., after spending several days with her parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. M. Vvasson. * W. L. Porter and family have departed for their future home in Mitchell, S. D. Mrs. Porter will remain at the old home in Englewood until Mr. Porter can arratige matters in Mitchell. John Carder, of west Jordan tp., for whom the Republican has just printed sale bills, will have a good sale oh Friday, Feb. ?ih, and wfK remove in a short time io Jeuniags county, where he will reside on a farm belonging to hie annt. Misses Ora Dnvall and Cecil Morgan have gone to Marion where they were called by the serious sickness of their node Wm. Kenton. Mr. Kenton is a brother to Mrs. George Morgan He is an inmate of the soldiers home there, and is parslized and presumably will not recover, Jas. Griswold and wife, of Valparaiso. and W. H. Cornell and wife, ot Grand Rapids. Midi., left for their home this morning. They were called here to attend the fooeral of W. H. Eger, the ladies being sisters of Mrs. Eger. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cornell. die being another sister, also of Grand Rapids, will remain here until Saturday. The Jasp*r Savings and Trust Co. will move either today or tomorrow into their very fine- new quarters, and will open up in business there either Friday or Saturday morning. The new furniture and tho general arrangement of the bank makes it a very attractive place and the location also will probably better snit the bank’s rapidly increasing patrons. County Superintendent W. O. Schanlaub, of Newton county, was right in the thickest of the Morocco fire. He had a room in one of the horned bnildings and was asleep there when the fire Was discovered. He has a library valued at SBOO or S4OO and after saving himself from cremation his first thought was for bis books. He could not get all of these and estimates bis loss at;about $75.