Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1908 — Mt. Ayr Items [ARTICLE]

Mt. Ayr Items

From th£ Pilot Ben B. Miller returned last Thursday from a trip down in Texas. Mrs. Earl Leek visited here . the latter part of the week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bengston. Misses Flora and Arretta -Parke spent Thanksgiving at the home of Edwin Harris. ' Wm. Shindler has shown considerable improvement in the past few days and will soon be able to be out Dr. Martin has purchased the residence property next door west of him of J. H. Crisler. Geo. Arnold will continue to occupy it. “The Danger Signal” is the name

l of the high-class drama to be produced by home talent in the near future. Ed Long came to town Tuesday morning and the first thing he did was to hunt a fire and then wish for the more agreeable climes of the south. Mrs. Iva Smith, formerly of this place but now of Terre Haute, came Thursday evening and visited until Sunday morning with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herath, and other friends. Miss Tessie Newberry, of Virgie, . spent Thanksgiving with Mi c s Anna | Theis at the home of Frank Herath. I She returned home Saturday and was accompanied by Miss Theis, who visited home folks over Sunday. The saloon at this place went out of business at 11 o’clock Tuesday night. Some people had expected that there would be a rat. er bo'sterous time that night, but nothing of that sort was in evidence, in fact j one could not tell the difference between that and any other night. There is rejoicing among the temperance forces for the victory. Although the general opinion seems to be that the remonstrance will be contested and defeated, it has been authoritively stated that Mr. Garrity has no intentions of taking the ■ matter into the courts, as it was at first thought he would do.