Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1909 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

C. E. Kersey is down from Kersey on business today. He says that farmers in his part of the county are making fine progress. Since he was here as a juryman during the last term of court, himself and family have had quite a siege with the grip, and he had two gatherings in his head that caused him- much trouble. They have about all recovered now. Ade Evans, of Troy, near Fort Wayne, who had attended the funeral of his uncle, Boaz Evan's, at Lafayette, the old gentleman who suffered a stroke of paralysis and died at the home of Joseph Adams, came here yesterday for a short visit with his cousin, Mrs. Kent Blankenship. Boys born in the month of March in Indiana outnumber the girl babies 250. Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the State Board of Health, Tuesday completed his figures for births and deaths in the state during March. There were 4,628 babies born in Indiana, and there were 3,444 deaths. The rate per 1,000 inhabitants of births was 19.9, and the death rate was 14.8. During the same month of 1908 there were 4,915 births and 3,201 deaths. Mrs. Ray D. Thompson and Mrs. Vernon Nowels were guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Meyer, at. Gary, and Ray and Vern were also there Sunday. Lawson and wife, who were both former Rensselaer people, were elated over the fact that their baby had just received 3d prize in a newspaper baby beauty contest in which about all the babies in Lake county were entered. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA f " When in need of anything try the Republican classified columns. When you have something that has a value but that you can not use advertise it for sale in the Republican classified columns. It is the best “Middleman” and the least expensive. It has sold articles that otherwise would have gone to rust; it has sold farms, rented houses, recovered lost articles. It is the friend of all its patrons, and is growing in popularity. When at a loss just what to do, try a classified ad. The city school board held a meeting Tuesday and it was positively agreed to retain all but one or two of the teachers employed this yeaiV The members of the board do not care to talk about the changes that are to be made, further than to say that there will be one less high school teacher next year, owing to a probable decrease in the attendance resultant from the failure of so many eighth grade applicants to pass the examinations this spring. ■Y“" * IH Mrs. Mary Gibbon sold to Geo. W. Tudor, the 25 acres advertised for