Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1909 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. Frank Phillipi, of Remington, spent the day yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Orlan Grant. ■' 1 Don’t fail to read Rowles & Parker’s Big Removal Sale ad on another page of this paper.

Mrs. W. £l. Morrison and baby have gone to Chicago for a week’s visit with relatives.

A. B. Miller,and wife, of Bloomington, 111., came yesterday for a visit with his brother, W. W. Miller, of near Mt. Ayr.

Manufacturers’ surplus stock of work shirts at Rowles & Parker’s Big Removal Sale. The 5J)p kind for this sale only 33c.

Mrs. Charles Pefley and son, of Remington, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Warner, returned home today.

Mrs. Catherine Smith and Mrs. Lena Schaller and daughter, of Chicago, came today for a visit with Nesius Matthew and wife.

Mrs. Chas. Carsten, of Hammond, who has been visiting here since Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Orlan Grant, returned home yesterday. She was accompanied by Master Fred Wooden, of Remington, who will spend the summer there.

The beautiful lawn surrounding the court house is now the cause of many favorable comments. Yesterday and today workmen have been busy with mowers and rakes and the public square is now one of the most beautiful places in the city. •

Contractor B. J. Moore, who has the contract for doing the drilling in the Iroquois ditch, is experiencing much difficulty in his work and has been obliged to quit on account of the high water. The continued rains of late have caused the water to reach and exceptionally high mark.

The picture show at the Princess last night, a reproduction of the prize fight which recently took place between Nelson and Gans, the two celebrated lightweight fighters, was largely attended and demonstrated that a great many of our citizens are interested in the world-famed sport. Not every round of the fight was shown but enough so that the audience’could follow the trend of the battle.

Charles Arnold, of Barkley township, recently sold 975 bushels of wheat to the Peru Milling Co., for $1.40 per bushel. Of this amount, 225 bushels were from the crop of 1907 and the remainder from 1908. The price of wheat is at present as high as it has been for many years and old men in the grain business say that it will be many years more before the present price is again paid for wheat.

Christie Vick, who has been working on the exposition buildings at Seattle. Wash., is now a special ground policeman, having secured the position through Jesse E. Wilson, assistant secretary of the interior, and chairman of the government’s exposition commission. Mr. Vick sends newspaper clippings of the opening of the exposition in which Mr. Wilson had a prominent place on the program.

Invitations have been received announcing the marriage of Miss Nellie May to Mr. Morgan Lee Sterett at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Allen May, at Remington, next Sunday. The groom is a former teacher in the Rensselaer public schools and well known here. He will graduate next week from the Bloomington University. His home is at Delphi. Miss May is also a teacher and last year taught at Clark’s Hill-. The wedding will take place about noon, after which they will come to Rensselaer and take the two o’clock train for Bloomington. .

3%c yard for 10 yards best standard prints with every dollars worth of other goods purchased at Rowles & Parker’s Big Removal Sale.

Peter Youngberg, of Lafayette, has associated himself with J. P. Warner in the carriage and buggy repair business. Mr. Youngberg is a first-class constructor of all kinds of work in this line, and. an all-round good blacksmith with long and varied experience both in carriage, automobile work and general blacksmlthing. Who will be his first customer at J. P. Warner’s old stand.

The best 50c overall in the market for 34c at Rowles & Parker’s Big Removal Sale.

Baby won’t suffer five minutes with croup if you apply Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil at once. It acts like magic.