Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1908 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

. MOMMY Will Parkison has gone to Chicago on business today. Merle Hopkins, of Monticello, is visiting here with relatives. O. K. Ritchey has gone to Chicago on business. Extra good eating apples, all sound, down to 15, 20, 25 and 30c per peck, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Rex Warner, of Purdue, was home over Sunday with a party of fraternity brothers from Wabash and Purdue. A 2-pound can of strawberries of A. Booth Packing Co. for 6 cents a can, worth double the money, at John Eger’s. We wan’t you to try one pound of Spurr’s Continental Coffee at 20c a pound and compare it with what you are paying 25 and 30 cents per pound. Always sold in one pound yellow packages. JO-HN EGERSJ Stetson's Uncle Tom’s Cabin Com- ->* , pany,which will be at the opera house next Saturday, afternoon and evening, carries their own brass band and orchestra. The entire show this season will be upon the stage and not upon the street The band, which is composed of twelve solo musicians, will give a free l»and concert on the street twice dally. A record of all sales will be kept, a disinterested person will count the sales and award • the $5.00 gold piece present, given at the opening «#f the "jHome Grocery” nsxt Thursday, March 19. T 1 • John M. Knapp is laboring industriously to establish a regular horse market here, and advertising for the next date of the buyers appears in the Semi-Weekly Republican. If a regular date could be arranged and buyers from all the markets attracted here, the farmers could depend upon their coming and would be here in good numbers, and the town would get the benefit of it. Stetson’s company, under the management of Mr. Wm. Kibble, presents ‘‘Uncle Tom's Cabin” at the opera house, Saturday, matinee and night, March 21st. The cast is a strong one. In the third act the landing of the boat, R. E. Lee, and the happy darkies working on the levee and the child Eva’s fearful precipitation into the river and her rescue by Tom. is a life picture. Previous to the performance the company gives a grand band concert.

We have our reputation to make and must rely upon our flour to make it. We could not make a first class reputation on a second class flour. We have no way of making Aristos popular but by making it good. We must suit you if we expect your flour trade. We have no proof but the flour Itself that Aristos Is the best flour mude. We are willing*, to sell you a sack and return your money if it isn’t so. For sale by our local agent, John Eger, at $1.40 a sack. — THE SOUTH WESTERN MILLING CO. The version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin interpreted by Stetson’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin company, which will appear at the opera house, on Saturday matinee and aright, has the special approval of Irs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Imrtal authoress of that world-famed dia: a. from the fact that Manager Kibb e's adherence to the original text w’ lch Is a complete deviation from the custom ,of other Uncle Tom manag is who Interpolate so many attempted gggs, stale jokee and vulgar witticisms into their rendition that scarcely a vestige is left of the never-to-be-forgotten .work. The excellent company’s Topsies, ludicrous Marks, the excellent scenery, the novel mechanical effects, the ferocious bloodhounds, brass bands, and the celebrated Lone Star Quartette, will all unite In making the engagement a most notable one.

Misses L°ttie and Ella O’Connor have gone to Kalman for a few days. Miss Lizzie Riddle, who has been attending school in Lafayette, has completed her work there and returned to her.- home. Largest stock of garden and field seeds ever shown, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Miss Mary Adams has returned to Fair Oaks to take charge of the primary department after a two weeks’ sickness. j ' 1 '■ • Extra stock of ladies’ suits, sale days only,Friday and Saturday,March 29. and 21, at the Chicago Bargain Store. * r Chase Moore, of Indianapolis, who has been here to attend the funeral of his grandmother, the late Mrs. Elizabeh Brown, has returned to Indianapolis. The ladies of the Kniman M. E. church at Kniman will give a box social Friday evening, March 20th at the Kniman school house. Ladies „please bring full boxes and all come. J. Payne, of Hammond, spent Sunday with relatives here. He is laid up with a bad case of rheumatism and is compelled to get around on crutches. See the young men’s new Yale suits at the Chicago Bargain Store. Miss Leila Grant wishes through the columns of the Republican to thank her many friends for their kindness in supporting her in the contest The “Home Grocery” will give a $5.00 gold piece free to tjhe person buying the largest bill of groceries on their opening day next Thursday March 19. - Leland Carson has returned from Chicago, where he has been employed in a wholesale clothing house and will take the position of J. F. Fletcher, who has resigned hfc position in the Forsythe department store. James E. Watson, one of the republican candidates for governor, is here today,and has been meeting many of our citizens. His visit was occasioned by the effort being made in his behalf to land the Jasper county delegation to the state convention. A new grocery store will be opened this week in the Leopold room, west of Duvall & Lundy’s clothing store, to be known as the “HomeGrocery.” it will be under the management of Frank and Arthur Rowen, a couple of well known and excellent young men of Rensselaer. The newest up-to-date Sterling clothing made for 1908, at one-third less than many other places, at thdChicago Bargain Store. -»