Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1909 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

FRIDAY

B. J. Gifford is here today from Kankakee, ill .» * Bom, this morning, to Mr. and Mrs. John Hordeman, a daughter. Mrs. John Murray returned this morning from a visit of a few days with relatives at Monticello. Mrs. W. B. Yeoman returned this morning from a short visit with relatives at Monon. C. G. Spitler and R. B. Thompson made a business trip to Monon today. , Archie Lee rested well last night and his condition today is somewhat more encouraging. A little baby, the child of Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Phillips, is very low and is not expected to live. Mrs. P. L. Mattes and little daughter returned to Chicago today after a visit of three weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Grant Born, this Friday morning, to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Hankins, of Gifford, a son. Mr. Hankins is the section foreman at Gifford. Dr. Hanssen, the veterinary surgeon, is shortly to blossom forth with a new No. 10 Bulck automobile, the order having been placed with the local agents yesterday. John Cllngan, sr., who will move here from Monticello, having bought the Ed Randle house, is a veteran of the civil war, having belonged to Company G, of the 46th Indiana regiment Miss Agda Warnberg, a comely Swedish young lady who for the past five months has been working in the office of Dr. Hansson, went to Chicago today, and will make her future home there. It is understood that she is to be married there. W. C. Dennis, an Indiana man, assistant solicitor for the State Department, is being boomed for Assistant United States Attorney General. Senator Beveridge intends to call on the president in Mr. Dennis’ interest George W. Tudor has just closed a deal for the purchase of the former Chas. N. Paxton farm, in Newton township, the farm being bought of John W. Paxton, now of Longmont, Colo. The form contains 80 acres and the price paid is $6,000. The deal was made by C. W. Coen.

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Theodore Beasey, who was the Singer sewing machine agent here several years ago, has been here visiting his brother. He and his wife separated eight years ago,, and she is making life happy for another man, her home now being in Chicago. Beasey took the youngest child with him, and the others are with their mother. Joseph O’Connor, formerly deputy sheriff, and his sister, Lottie, came down from Kniman today, the latter on a visit of several days, and the former to help post the delinquent tax notices. Joe will visit all the north townships, posting notices in three conspicuous places in each. The notices have to be posted by next Monday to make the sale conform to law. The cow inspectors are still busy In some parts of Lake county, and the dairy interests in this territory have taken a serious fall since the work commenced in the northeast quarter of tlie county the greatest milk shipping business was done and there the matter is the most serious. Some have shipped their herds after being condemned to the Chicago stock yards with the tags off, and it is said they are rapidly bought there by city pasteurizing companies at a low price, and that the milk is still put on the market, and the diseased cattle are kept to spread the epidemic of tuberculosis. It is a hard problem to unravel at best for both consumers and producers, and at any rtfte it promises to partially destroy one of Lake county’s greatest farm industries. —Crown Point Star. If there is any business that is overdone in Rensselaer it would seem to be the barber business. The last addition to the razor and shears craft to start up in business is a former Parrlte, who has reopened the depot shop. There is probably room for them all, but it would seem that some regulation might with, reason be demanded of the barber shop kaeper. There is possibly no better place for. the microbe to grow fat and lay in wait for a subject than kt a filthy barber shop, and something more Is necessary than “a clean towel with every customer." Appearances are some times deceiving, but we believe that people should be waned from taking any chances wfcefe the fellow that handles the eleanr la * graduate from no better