Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Uncle John Makeever is recovering from his accident of Tuesday evening very satisfactorily, and in fact is able to be up and to walk around some, which will be gratifying news to his many old friends. Mrs. Richard McNang, of Hammond, is here to assist in the care of her brother, George Payne, at the home of her motbre,' Mrs. J. H. Payne. George is gradually sinking away and can not last much longer. f > Mrs. Leon Cummons and baby, of Remington, took the 9:55 train here today for Chicago, where she will visit for two or three weeks with a sister. Since the death of her husband recently she has been making her home with her father, Jacob Wagner. , Chas. Schroyer, of near Surrey, is just recovering from a quite badly ulcerated eye. Len Griggs, here in town, has also been having a bad time with an ulcerated eye, which is still causing him a great deal of trouble. Mrs. Chas. H. Porter is here from Chicago to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Williams, and her grandfather, John Makeever, who was injured Tuesday evening by being thrown from his buggy. John Ryan is here from Gillam township today. He says that there have been several quite bad fires started up in that country since the drough and that considerable damage has resulted and things are very threatening for more fires.

Rev. Barkley, president of the state conference of the Methodist Protestant church, will be here Saturday evening and will preach at the M. P. church Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clock. All are invited to hear him. Rev. Wooten will fill the pulpit Sunday morning and evening. Howard Landis and his mother came over from Monticello Monday and he went from here to Chicago and thence to Texas, where he expects to remain during the winter. Mrs. Landis spent the day here with her daughter, Mrs. Mell Abbott, and returned home on the 2:01 train. There don’t seem to be much politics about the pickpocket*. They visited the Taft rally at the Hazelden farm, and Tuesday they were quite busy and effective at the Bryan rally at Lafayette. Moat every fellow that attends a rally these days need* to have some fellow that keeps his money on his inside pocket guarantee to share his loss with him.