Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1908 — HANGING GROVE TOWNSHIP [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE TOWNSHIP

Reed McCoy and J. R. Phillips butchered Thursday. The choir met in regular session Friday night and practiced some songs for the Christmas program, which takes place at the school house on Christmas eve. Thursday nlfeht about 35 relatives and neighbors gathered at the- hottie ' of Mr. and Mrs. James Lefler and' surprised them quite cleverly. A nice oyster suppper was served to the jolly crowd. The affair was given as | a kind remembrance to them before they leave ' for their new home in Wisconsin. Chester L. Downs has taken a lively step as a farmer and has entered into the field of a traveling salesman, representing a leading cigar firm in Chicago. He is permitted to canvass as much territory as he pleases. Local dealers may i not be surprised to have a call from ' our local salesman in a few days. | Thursday a strange woman was found On the Monon track near the | cattle pens, at McCoysburg. She was just ordinarily dressed and was almost numb with the cold; she evidently had walked from Rensselaer, where she had stayed all night. She was taken in to a fire, and given something to eat. It was hard to: ascertain where she came from, but according to her story, she was from some point in lowa. The charita-| ble citizens of McCoysburg made up enough money to pay her way to Delphi and started her out in that direction on the milk train that same evening. Read the two page ad and go in and see the beautifully decorated CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE.