Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Howard Biirr "came from Goodland this morning to transact some busiA . ness. * < » j .' » -"j. . ' Van Wood and wife returned this morning from a visit with her parents'at McCoysburg. —— 'I 1 Mrs. D. JLYeoman Went to Kokomo today for a week’s visit with her daughter, Mrs. Ed Mauck. Mrs. Minnie Garriott returned to her home aL Fair Oaks this morning, after a week’s visit at the home of Joseph Norman. James Downey, 76 years of age, and who had lived in White county Since Oct. 27th, 1836, died at Monticllo last Saturday.

John W. Marlatt and Dan Waymire .went to Chicago this morning, and it is quite probable that Dan will invest in a Ford runabout. A. L. Mathews, of Newton, 111., the present owner of the Howe farm in Hanging Grove township, was here yesterday. He is figuring on trading it off. - Isaac Stucker and family returned this morning from Delphi, where they had gone to attend the funeral of Mrs. Stacker's sister, Mrs. Ellen Childers. - —i Henry Haag and sister, Miss Phoebe Haag,v,-went jto .CnHon,;?!!., this morning to-be present .'tomorrow kt the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. LawrShce Haag, wfabfce dedth occurred Friday. { ; ’'— - ' Mell Wishard .came down from Chicago yesterdfty evening and went to Parr this morning in company with his mother, Mrs. Jennie L. Wishard. The Wishard farm is run by J. N. Gunyon. ' Vern Nowels today erected a new sign across'bls restaurant front. It IB quite an artistic piece of workmanship and bears the imprint of Tom Turner, who is becoming a first-class sign writer.

Hiram Day, representing the Smith & Kellner CO., went ta Chicago this morning to see if he could not urge the crushed rock shipment for the college. They have the contract for supplying the rock and have been delayed in its shipment. v

W. L. Wood was down from Parr Thursday and brought with him more evidence of spring. While haviE®; some ditching done that day he found a nest of bull snakes, 5 in number, all big ones. Logan don’t take any chances with his snake stories, therefore he brought the subjects to town with him.

Many Rensselaer people will remember Press F. Abott, who some 25 or 30 years ago ran a hardware store in this city. His death occurred several years ago in Kansas, and his widow ' died ‘last Monday at Fort Wayne and was buried Wednesday at Goodland. It was his second wife, his firse Wife having died many years ago. • : »

Mrs. Eva Greenlee has received word from Seattle, Wash., of the marriage of her sister, Miss Ellen Shellito to Mr. Alexander Mackel, a prominent lawyer and leading Elk of Butte, Mont. The marriage occurred at 2 o’clock on Feb. 25th, at the Rainier Grand hotel in Seattle. They will reside in Butte, Mont., where Mr. Mackie has established a large, legal practice. . r ’.. *;

Potatoes are scarce now and will be scarcer ere long, as demonstrated in the government report, publlsbd In the current number of the Crop Reporter. The latter statement is a prophesy made by the men who are giving up their time to a review of the situation, weighing the demand and measuring the supply, finding out the percentage held by

the dealer, the 'percentage held by the grower and weighing the future by this data.

The experience of the railroads in Missouri the past year so far as it goes, bars out the contention of those who assert that the roads wpnld do a more profitable passauger business under a two cent rate than under the old three cent rate It seems that with. several of the lines the earnings per mile within ||je t stats, whflre, thp twp cent rgte applies, having been greater than the interstate Warnings. Allttle reflection will show how that has come about through the cutting off of fesses, clergymens ete, aijd in the greater aiqpugt of ( travel due to decreased rates. f -Got ydMVHOYse BUM at this office.