Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Watson are visiting friends in Ircol- for a few days. Their children, Evelyn, Marjorie and William went to tneix home in Chicago this morning. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. church- will meet with Mrs. Leslie Clark Thursday afternoon at 2:30. A full attendance is desired. Louis Bachant, of Kankakee, 111., who ca -ght both ball games this week for the Wiens and who is a mighty fine catch?)', as well as a fine young man, left for his home this morning. If Rensselaer supports a bal ‘ team next vear it couldn’t do ; better than to get Bachant for a catcher.

. Ollie Daugherty, of Springfield, 111., who had not expected' to get over for the home cpmlng, found that he was able to get away and joined his family here yesterday. Ollie has changed as little lb any person, that ’Aas'leen away for twenty years and evidently his forty years or mope ar- nrt'yg easily on hie shoulders.

—————*r—. , The local militia company will be encamped at from the Hth to the 20tjh Of September, and will leave t^^ 9 ?'train next Friday time in some years' th®. f order prescribing clotgig rrfes tgohe blue overcoats be.a part of t thd equipment - b ® n s£ up to the day before leaving for cainp.

Captain and‘ MM J. K. Gewdy left for their home in Rushville on the 2:01 train today, having been here since Wednesday. Yesterday, in company with his - cousin, George Pumphrey and wife, they visited his old farm home. The house where he live Was torn down some years ago, <iut they ate their dinner under the old apple tree in the door yard of his youth. They also visited the Strong cemetery, where his father buried on Feb. 22,. 1857. The old Gowdy.farm is, nowt the property, of Henry O. Harris-. It is in Jasper county, 7 miles northwest.of.Renssleaer onihp Iroquois river, near the Julian, school bouse; which was formerly called ..the Salem school house. Capt. and Mrs. GftwdX certainly had a fine time while here, and their visit was enjoyed also. by their many old friends and the many new ones they made.

CA.STOH.IA. the z? Tira Kind You Haw AWyars Bought Signature . -ZZipy* of it. E. Thornton, started back to lowa Falls, lowa, this morning, not forgetting to drop in at the Republican office and .have the Semi-Week-ly Reputycan sent, to him for another year. Mr. Thornton left home atyut eleven years ago, and since that time has received his education in pharmacy in an lowa school and he has been for some time engaged in thq. also purchased a restaurant in his ttyfo apd , h e,took his, brother George there, with him, to place hjrn in charge Of tty buslnetjg. George rap one of the stands tyye. <ty|ng the Ifojne cprttyg weak and, had veiy .excel lent success, and he has nrevjously had quite a , little experience in ttyt line of business. Earl, the druggig is. still.a slpgle man, and says and thjs is probably the case, for he has only been back from lowa to see htyparetyf here three times in the eleven . years that he has been away. It was the home coming that brought him back this time. *

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The home comers have been going away today at a rapid rate, every train carrying away some from early this morning. Some are remaining until over Sunday to have a little .quiet visit with their home folks, having been so busy during the week with other home comers that they have had no time for quiet sociable vlsitthg.' Not one word of criticism of the home coming was beard, even the fact that the balloon ascensions proved a miserable failure did not seem to cauee any dissatisfaction. Several remarked that It was the most orderly crowds day after day that the v had ever seen, and this fact was attributed to the fact that Rehsslaeer Is free from saloons. There were but few evidences of dissipation and that by persons to whom the habit has long been fixed. There was no danger of young men coming here from the country or from other towns kMd getting intoxicated, and with one exception and that had nothing to do with the home coming, there wore no arrests made. This fact made it safe for people to be on the streets at nil times and prevented the disgraceful scenes that often accompany similar events In wet towns. It was a great big time for all our guests and they left feeling mighty good about IL