Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1909 — Pleasant Ridge. [ARTICLE]

Pleasant Ridge.

Geo. Werner was a Rensselaer goer Friday. John and Wilbur Street were Rensselaer goers Friday. The heavy sleet seemed to “fix” things about proper. Wm., Ralph and Emery Lowman were visitors in our town Sunday. Wm. Elkins was a Rensselaer geer Saturday. Mr. Williams was In Rensselaer Saturday. Wm. Lowman was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Geo. Parkison and daughter were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Mr. Colton and son were In Rensselaer Saturday, . .. Amos Shesler was a Rensselaer goer Friday. Wm. Shesler was a Rensselaer goer Friday. " June Shesler was absent from school Thursday and Friday. W. D. Bond was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Conrad Hildebrand was a Rensselaer goer Friday. \ Harve Lowman, Geo. Werner, Frank Kenton and Howard Griffin were In Rensselaer Saturday. Guess that P. Ridge is about the driest town going these days, it even can’t afford to have a good well. John Martin, Sr., returned Friday from Champaign, 111., where he and hjs wife have been visiting. Mrs. Martin will stay a few weeks longer. One of the loafers stuck his fingers in the match box at our store, and some of the boys had put a small mouse trap In the box. Of course the trap met his fingers.