Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1909 — Fair Oaks Items. [ARTICLE]

Fair Oaks Items.

School closes March 12, with exercises appropriate for the occasion. Helsells hive purchased the Hall property and will Soon leave the Lawler ranch and move to town. Mrs. J. Cooper returned Monday from a several weeks’ visit with her daughter in Rensselaer. . - Making sales and moving household goods seems to be about all that is on the move just now. Mrs. Newt Waterman of Chicago visited a couple of days with F. R. Erwins’ last week. Dr. Fife and wife, of Wheatfield, took dinner at the Cottingham house Monday. > . Mrs. Pearl Kight and daughter Virginia, of Wheatfield, are visiting relatives here this week. Chas. Swanka and family are moving to what is known as the Vanatta farm east of town this week.' Fawn Casey who has been laid up for two weeks with a sprained ankle is out this week on crutches. Mrs. McGlinn and Mrs. Grow of Rensselaer visited a day last week with Emery Coxes’. Miller & Yeomans’ sale was held Monday at the old Yeoman farm east of town. Mr. Miller will move to a farm near Rensselaer. Bart Crawford has rented a house and land on the Lawler ranch and will move about one mile west of town. Most all the children who have had whooping cough are getting better but several of the older people are said to be having it as bad or worse than the children. The Fair Oaks band has purchased another bass drum and are expecting to take a new start Saturday night. They have obtained the services of an Italian teacher from Lowell, who is said to be an expert And now it is said that Roselawn will go dry, which fact will probably affect the passenger travel considerably between here and there, and increase the pocket money of several thirsty souls of Fair Oaks.