Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1909 — FAIR OAKS. [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS.

Several of our boys went with the extra gang Sunday to work down by Indianapolis. A 1 Helsell has moved his family into town, and a family named Williams from near Chicago, have moved into the Lawler ranch, ' Mrs/ Cottlngham ■ started the last of the week for a two months’ visit with relatives in California. Alva Brohard went to Indianapolis the first of the week to see his wife, who Is there in the hospital. Mrs. Gundy and Mildred came down this week and cleaned up their house prepairatory to moving back to Fair Oaks. There will be quarterly meeting at the M. E. church here Friday night. The elder will preach' and the regular pastor wlls also be here. All are invited to attend. * A. Moore’s will move out to their house, east of town, this week, aqd Litness will occupy the house vacated by them. Isaac Thomas, of Remington, was In town on business Wednesday. Well, Saturday is the day for our local option election. Let all thevoters of Jasper county turn out and say whether or not they will uphold the saloon business and all the attending evils. Let the old men vote for the best interests of the younger generation, and let the young men rise up in their might and strike a blow at the greatest evil that ever disgraced the American nation. The members of the Zellars family made a dinner Tuesday at the home of Ben Zellars in honor of his 26th birthday. Mrs. Sarah Thompson Is acting as landlady at the Cottingham hotel during Mrs. Cottingham’s absence in California. One of Mrs. Lew Hooper’s little boys met with quite a serious accident last Sunday. He and his brother were splitting kindling and he got his hand under the ax so that his hand was very badly cut, the thumb being almost entirely cut off.