Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Quite a little excitement was caused in the Laßue Store Saturday evening by the blowing out of an electric light fuse. It kept up a big fussildae until Oliver Palmer brought a wet cloth to bear on it. The lights were put out until«the fuse could be made safe. It was lucky that it happened when it did, or a fire might have resulted.—, Lowell Tribune. Albert L. Donelson, for the past 14 years a conductor on the Monon railroad, and much of the time running on the air line between Indianapolis and Chicago and well known to many of our people here, was burled at Indianapolis Monday afternoon, death having* followed a brief illness. He was 41 years of age Oct. 14th. He was a member of the Masonic and K. of P. orders, as well as the order of Railway Conductors. He leaves a widow and three children. Ernest Maxwell and family areplanning to move about the first of the year to Jay county, near Dunkirk, Mrs. Maxwell’s former home. Since last March they have been living on the Welsh Bros.’ farm in Joran township. Harrison Wasson will succeed Mr. Maxwell on the farm. The Welsh boys, Lewis and Ben, will come to town again this winter, but are undecided whether they will remain all the time in Rensselaer or spend a part of their time away. Mrs. T. J. Penn, some years ago a resident of Rensselaer, during which time herself and husband conducted the Nowels hotel, writes from Dunkirk, saying: “The bottle factory where Mr. Penn has been employed for the past four years burned the sth of December, throwing 500 men and boys out of employment and therefore seeking employment elsewhere is in order.” . Mrs. Penn thinks it probable that they wll move away from Dunkirk, but they do not know where they will locate. Frank Critser and wife have stored their househould goods at the home of his sister Mrs. Emily Guss, and will leave next Monday for Luray, Va., where they expect to visit for two months or more. If plans now made are carried out they will eat their Christmas dinner in the hou e in which Mrs. Critser’s father was born. They will also visit at Fredericksburg, and it is probable that Frank will do a little work for the Hemphill Horse Stocks Co. while there. The Monticello Herald heads an article “Factory has made good, and its effects have been felt by Monticello. Thread factory brings constant flow of money here and payroll will be Increased. Let us have more like it.” The factorv proposition is no experiment in Monticello. It it making a larger town and increasing the trade. Rensselaer must keep up the enterprising spirit shown in recent meetings of the Commercial Club if it expects to keep pace with its neighboring town.

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The new moving picture show man, Mr. Wattles Rhode, has had considerable trouble in getting started. Parts of his fine new picture machine were broken when it reached here and he had to go to Chicago to get the repairs. All the shelving was taken out of the store room which E. V. Ransford formerly used for his surplus stock and a regular picture show front installed in the room. Mr. Rhode has been experimenting with the pictures to get them perfect before opening his house to the public. It will be a very nice moving picture theatre when finished. To promote a fund for the purpose of fighting consumption the Red Cross Society of America has secured the approval of a plan by federal authorities of issuing a seal for letters which sell for one cent each. The purchase of these stamps is entirely voluntary, and the sale is usually conducted in towns by women’s clubs. The stamps do not seem to have reached Rensselaer, although they are on sale at several neighboring towns. They make a neat seal and a monstrous fund will probably be acquired with which to systematically fight the great white plague. W. R. Crisler, of Roselawn, who had the misfortune to .lose his wife a few weeks ago, was in Rensselaer yesterday. He will break up housekeeping and will sell his household effects at public auction at Roselawn on Saturday, Dec. 2tJth. Two other men will put a number of items in the sale, including several head of work horses and considerable farm machinery. Mr. Crlsler’s two daughters, Mabel and Lydia, will go to Big Rapids, Mich., the former to live with the family of George Jenkins and the later to live with her aunt, I Mrs. Will Wishard. Mr. Crisler Is not certain about what he will do. The skating rink is going to be larger than wo had understood it would be; in fact, it will be just