Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

are busily at work tor their annual I Christmas Bazaar, which is to be held toe second week in December. Immigration statistics for August show a decrease in the number of immigrants coming to this country compared with the same month of 1907. The total immigration during August was 27,733 while during August, 1907, the immigrants numbered 98,825. John W. King’s condition has not improved any since he came back here from Winona and he is still confined to his bed. It is believed,' however, that he will Improve and himself and: family are all feeling quite hopeful. Quite a number of Renss-h er re'ple went to Parr today to attend the fall festival. Hon. S. P. Thompson and S. E. Sparling are among the speakers. A baseball game, horse show, and the awarding of premiums for the farm products exhibits should make the affair a very pleasant one. The Brookston high school football team arrived here this morning for their game with the Rensselaer boys this afternoon. The visitors are rather a light team, and like our ! high school boys moslt of them have ' not played football before, but they have been training regularly and' will probably give our lads a game 1 tussle. ( The funeral of Miss Lillian Thomas took place this morning at 10 o’clock at St Augustine’s Catholic church, and burial was made in Mt Calvary cemetery. Deceased was born Oct. 24, 1889, and was therefore 18 years, 11 months and 6 days of age at the time of her death. A large concourse of relatives and friends followed. the remains to the cemetery.

G. N. Sayler returned last evening from his western trip. He visited Seattle, Spokane and other cities in Washington, and also got oyer the boundry line and visited British Columbia. The great U. S. naval fleet visited Seattle while he was there and he had the pleasure of seeing It. He expects to remain here during the winter.

Gladys, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McClanahan, has been suffering for several days with a badly infected leg, resulting from a very little scratch on tier heel. This morning the family physician lanced the infected wound and drew out a large half glass of puss. It is thought an immediate improvement will result. Mr. Taft carried away from Haze!den last week a souvenir that was emblematic of ' Newton county. It was no more nor less than an ear of corn grown by Cl/arley Roe, the farmer politician. Mr. Rce tramped all over his broad acres to find as near a perfect ear ds possible, but was repaid for his trouble by having the pleasure of personally pre;enting it to the next President of the United States.—Kentland Enterprise. F. J. Sears and wife went to Watseka, 111., yesterday to visit his daughter, Mrs. Sidney Arnold, for three weeks. Upon their return they will move into toe flats over toe Republican office, and will conduct , a boarding house therein. There are thirteen good sized rooms in this flat, fitted with bath room, toilet rooms, wardrobes and it is hot water heated, making ft a very convenient and comfortable quarters for a boarding house. Mrs. Britt Marion and daughter Lottte arrived- here- this morning 7 from Wall, S. Dak., where they had been since last April with Mr. Marion, living on his claim. They do not think they tike' that country well enough to make it their permanent home, and “Mr. Marlon is quite apt to sell his claim which he will prove up about Dec, Ist. He will not be back here until during the holidays or later. Their daughter, Miss Lottie, will enter the Junior year of the high school Monday morning.

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The Rensselaer' Democrat threw spasms last week because a few preachers from over the state saw fit to visit the State House and ask for the passage of the county option bill. It had nothing to say, however, about the brewery lobby, headed by Marshall, Taggart and Fairbanks, and which has resorted to the most despicable and contemptable method* to block legislation. We will admit that a lobby was there to influence the passage of the county option bill. Will-toe Democrat now admit that the brewery had a lobby with headquarters at the Dennison hotel, and tell what that lobby did "In toe interest of the people?’’—Kentland Enterprise.