Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

winter’s stay in Florida. TSfIBS Edith has been in rather poor health and their return was made earlier than they had intended on that account They will probably conduct a boarding house at Lake Winona again this .summer. Mrs. W. W. Watson and children

have arrived here from Washington, D. C. to whiqh city they removed from Chicago several, months ago. Mr. Watson, who is a special examiner for the pension department, has again been transferred to Chicago, where they will establish their residence shortly. He is at present work* jDjg in the south. Miss Nellie McCarthy, of Danville, and Mr. J, K. Lane, of the same city, arrived yesterday for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McCarthy. Miss McCarthy is a professional nurse and is now engaged' at private nursing at Danville, and boards at the home of Mr. Lane, who a friend of her father, and came here to visit him.

J. H. Holden, owner and proprietor of the poultry plant at the former D. A. Stoner farm in the northwest part of town, keeps his incubators all busy, and always has some 2,400, eggs in them, and now he also has several hens setting. They probably have more than 1,000 young chickens, op hand all the time and they are. Shipping dressed broilers to Chicago each week. . <

Mr. and Mrs. Simon Leopold returned home Thursday evening from Bay City, Mich., where Mrs. Leopold had been for several weeks settling up the business of her mother’s estate. Mr. Leopold had been there for only a short time. They will again reside in Rensselaer, but have not yet arranged for a house. Mrs. Leopold will have to return to Bay City again in June to see further about the estate settlement. ' ILaL j lix Hartford City and Montpelier, both in Blackford county, have just concluded a successful warfare against saloons, defeating them by vatying but decisive majorities. This makes the entire county of Blackford dry. Following the filing of the remonstrance the temperance people at Hartford City celebrated the victory by a parade, all the church bells rang and several hundred citizens gathered in the court house yard and listened to public speakers.

The St. Joe baseball team went to Wheatfield today to open the season in that town in a game with the Wheatfield Regulars. Lou Jensen, the pitcher, and Tommy Jensen, the crack; second baseman, are not at Wheatfield this year, the former having gone to Bloomington to play professional ball with the Three Eye League team of that city, and the latter being now employed as a drug clerk at Oxford. With the two Jensens out of the game it is thought St. Joe should win, but the Regulars will put up a great game and will try hard to open the season with a victory. Hassar will pitch and he is not at his best on a cold day.

Chas. S. Chamberlin came through from Chicago this morning in the new Buick automobile, which Dr. Kresler had purchased through the Rensselaer Garage agency. The tar is a beauty, painted a delicate blue tint, has the driver’s seat large enough tor two, and a single rumble seat behind. The front seat is supplied with a top. It is a four cylinder, 18 horse power car and capable of skimming over the toad at a pace. The horn is attached to the outside of the car with the bulb closp to ,the right hand of the d river -. The price of the car is $950. Dr. Turfler also has a car ordered hut {.by .factory is so crowded with orders that it is hard telling when another can be secured. The onp D r - K,rpsler just got had been promised by April 10th. It is a very filte looking, l\ght running car.

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O. 8. Stewart and wife and two children, of Battle Ground, are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stewart, of Hanging Grove township, and he was transacting some business in Rensselaer today. He has been a school teacher for some years and has just completed a term near Battle Ground, which be expects will be the last school he will ever teach," as ihe intends to enter the ministry of the Methodist church, and after a week’s visit at his former home he will return to Battle Ground and ship his household goods to Pence w in Warren county, Ind., to which place he has been assigned by the Lafayette conference. He is a bright young mar. and will doubtless be able to accomplish much good as a minister of the gospel, a calling that he accepts because he regards it to be his duty. • • ~ - ~

No word seems to have been received here by relatives or friends of Squire John H. Thornton since he left Rensseulaer about six or seven weeks ago. He sold his restaurant, near the depot, to Mr. Pillars, of Parr, who took possession at once, and he and his family went from here to Knightstown, when he had a child in the soldiers’ or-