Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1908 — Independence. [ARTICLE]

Independence.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bohmen and little daughter spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Oliver. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rees and three children went to Lebanon Tuesday of last week to visit friends and relatives for a few weeks. Thomas Cooper spent Sunday with Ernest Rees. Walter Lutz dismissed his school Wednesday evening and went to his home in Rensselaer for over Thanksgiving. We had a nice rain here Sunday evening and night, which we needed. Mary Rees was the guest of Miss Lola Oliver Sunday. There will be literary at Independence school house Friday night, Dec. 4th. Everybody Invited. Cecil and Forest Rees spent Sunday with Russel and Leonard Rees. Ben and Misses Lizzie and Lena Ailher, of Newland, were the guests of A. A Gorbet and family Thanksgiving. Miss Eva Gorbet went to Rensselaer to work Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Sarah McCleary and son and daughter, Everett and Gusta, spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Lizzie Cooper and family. ‘'- * ’