Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Visit the bazaar by the ladies of the Christian church, Dec. 4th and sth. Place it will be held will be announced later. We had another fine rain Sunday night, the fall being a little In excess of an inch and a half. It Is now getting considerably colder and a stiff west wind is apt to reduce the temperature considerably before tomorrow morning. Mrs. Eva Hunt and Mrs. Sarah Domke, of Medaryville, who have been spending the past week in Rensselaer with their sister, Mrs. W. W. Reeve, went to Chicago this morning for a day’s shopping before re* turning to their home. . Comrade Fox is again carrying the city mall between the postoffice and the depot, and Tommy O’Meara is carrying the star route to Pleasant Grove. There are said to be several boxes on the star route badly out of repair and the law provide* that the carrier shaH’put letters and other mall in these boxes at the risk of the addressee, and during the winter season of the year the boxes are unfit lots of time to put mail into. It would only take a little time to repair the old boxes or put up new ones and patrons ahold do tnls without delay. -r— —’l-i