Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

:*? T FRIDAY. Mrs. A. H. DeLong, of South Bend, Is visiting Mrs. A. Turfler. John Pinter, of Wheatfield, was herd on business today. B. J. Moore 'visited his farm near Monon this afternoon. Mrs. W. A. Richmond went to Fair Oaks yesterday to visit her mother. Mrs. M. C. Curtain, of Roselawn, was shopping in Rensselaer yesteraay - u* James Payne went to Hammond yesterday to visit his daughter, Mrs. Richard McNany. George Catt, of Monon, was visiting his brother, Allen, Catt, here today. He is a bridge boss on the Monon. Frank Randle came up from Clarks Hill yesterday. evening to see his, father, W. H. Randle. Frank has sold his business at Clarks HiU. Mrs. A. C. Tuttle, of Aurora, 111., came yesterday to visit her father, James Griggs, and her brother, Len Griggs, and family. Misses Mabel and Lydia Crisler arrived here yesterday from Big Rapids, Mich., where they have been for the past winter. Their home is at Roselawn. Lloyd Jessen, Norman Gorham and Jerry Tullis went to Indianapolis this afternoon to take the examinations for the railway mail service. Leonard Elder will take a similar examination in Chicago tomorrow. Mrs. O. D. Hefner, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. W. H. Stephenson, and her sister, Mrs. Will Fry, for the past week, left yesterday for Minneapolis, Minn., where she and her ’husband will make their future home. Abe Martin says: “I hope Aldrich won’t fergit t’ put soup on th’ free list fer next winter. It’s wonderful what a difference it makes in th’ cost o’ livin’ when th’ weather gits so your daughter kin spend th’ evenings on th’ veranda.

Children Cry FOR FLETCHER S C ASTORIA „ According to reports thus far received from the township assessors by State Statistician J. L. Peetz, the corn crop In Indiana last year was underestimated in the annual crop reports by about 8,000,000 bushels, while the wheat crop was overestimated by about 4,000,000 bushels. Miss Eva Clark is now chief operator at the telephone central. Since the sleet which did so much damage to the telephone lines, the company has had all kinds of trouble at the telephone central and the management has almost been driven to distraction, throdgh having to depend upon inexperienced help. It is now hoped to bring system otlt of chaos and give better service. Four young lady school mams took the milk train here .yesterday evening and informed the reporter that they were going to Lafayette to attend a house party. They bought tickets, however, for Pleasant Ridge, which was the destination, and it Is understood that Miss Marybelle Parklson was the hostess at her home. The young ladies were Misses Elizabeth Luers, Clare Jessen, Jane Parkison and Grace Worland.

Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA C. Arthur Tuteur has completed his arrangements to begin work in the legal department of the Indianapolis office of the Northwestern Insurance Co., and will go to that city next to take up his work, which will hare to do with the loaning branch. He now expects to remain in Indianapolis only until September Ist .and then to represent the Northwestern at sotne other plate. His many friends In this city will be pleased to see him succeed. Mrs. I. J. Porter returned yesterday opening from Monon, where she and her brother, Joseph Willey, of Plymouth, had attended the commencement exercises of the Monon town schools on Wednesday evening. Mr. Willey’s grandson, Theodore Willey, was one of the graduates. He is the son of Dan Willey, who lived at Monon for a number of years but who now resides at DeKalb, 111. The boy ha b' beta living with his grandparent* at Monon, in order to oomplete the school course there.