Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1909 — Burns Town [ARTICLE]

Burns Town

Michael Burns was a Rensselaer goer Monday. Shelby Comer was in this neighborhood buying hogs this week. Thomas Brown was in Rensselaer Monday. Samuel Holmes sold Emmet Eldridge a load of hogs Wednesday. Lucy and Katie Morgenegg returned home from Wabash Saturday where they had been visiting relatives. Bertha Holmes returned home Saturday from Pleasant Ridge where she had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes and family and Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Greenlee and two sons of Mt. Ayr, visited at S. B. Holmes’ Sunday. Ethel Holmes returned home from Rensselaer Saturday where she had been visiting with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Will Whitaker, the past week. Mr. Folger and Mr. Reed took change of their offices January Ist It is to be hoped that they will fill the offices to the very letter as they are both good citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown entertained quite a large crowd of friends and neighbors Sunday evening: Namely Mr. and Mrs. John Scott and son Rov Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson and William Daugherty’s children, and John Helengreen’s children.