Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1909 — Page 3

—.. • ' l Mrs. W. H.Kipliftger. went to Chi-, - ;<?ago today tor a visit. Miss Agnes Tlitt is visiting her grandparents at John Healey has installed v a halfsoling machine in his shoe shop. A son was horn to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Alter, of near Parr, this morning. Nineteen bridge contracts amounting to $14,000 have been let at Mon-’ ticello. * Miss Stella Hanson left this morning for a few weeks’ vacation at Winona. Mrs. C. A. Parkinson has gone to Fickle for a week’s visit with her parents. Newton county is spending over a half million dollars in improving her highways. A 1 Fletcher Is visiting his brother in Illinois, whom he has not seen for ten years. John Carlin, of Chicago, was here yesterday looking at land which he owns near here. Miss Alice Hughfes and Mrs. Edna Donnelly went to Lafayette today for a few days’ visit. Mrs. Mary E. Travis went to Marion today for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Wade Loose.

Mrs. Vern Nowels and son Harold, returned from Chicago today, after several days! visit. Miss Mollie Wood returned to Lee last evening, after a visit with relatives and friends here. Miss Maye and Faye Shew, of Remington, went to Monon today to visit Miss Pearle Davis. Miss Lillian Witham, of Mt. Ayr., took the afternoon train here today for a visit in Monticello. W. A. Davenport and daughter, Elizabeth, left today for a visit at Louisville and Elizabethtown, Ky. G. K. Hollingsworth has removed the wood fence from around his property, which improves its appearance mightily. The American Express Co. has ceased delivering * packages at Monon. The office has been moved to the depot. Everett Walker, for many years editor of the Wolcott Enterprise, has embarked in the newspaper business at Reardon, Wash. Sam Overton, of South Haven, ■ -i« - • Mtpb., joined his wife here yesterday, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. end Mrs. Matthew Zerhden. There is talk of incorporating Monticello as a city in view of the ambiguous nature of the new law governing the election of town trustees.

Children’ Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTORIA Mrs. Louis Hinchman and daughter, of Wolcott, and Miss Laura Hin.chman, of Huntington, W. Va. r are visiting Miss Grace Thompson for a short time. Little Ruth Wiltshire entertained a puipber of her little friends at her honie from two until five yesterday afternoon in honor of her cousin, Catherine Giver, of Wabash. Melville E. Pugh’s plea that his wife’s new big hat distracted her • attention from him and her household did not save him from a fine of sl2 for destroying it. Pugh lives in Terre Haute. Wolcott celebrated with a band concert, balloon ascension and ball game yesterday. Eight or nine automobile loads from here went over in the evening to participate in the celebration. Thomas Crockett, while cutting grass under a wire fence yesterday caught his left hand in one of the barbs, tearing it badly. The hand is very sore and will be rendered useless for several days. John Priest, traveling passenger agent of the Monon, is arranging to hold a monster Sunday school picnic at Michigan City on Thursday, August 19th. Excursions will be run on both branches of the Monon and special rates will be made for children. c h iidf*w <s** y W. Hrani C ASTORIA

The Standard Oil company is buildat Wbfting for the manufacture of butt Cf. The processes have been fully worked out* -Afeaw oils of pe for7llumjfnatqsllire' p2»e§d thrgpgh red hot decompose them ipto fixed gases—inethone ’and ethope. These ate diverted Jjftto methyl afifjl; ethyl hlcohols. lhence into acetiv and other “ acids. .These are transformed! • aCy \ j. .. t l • into glycerin and By combining fat! in gp>ropoision a hJltter is ijaade. “Shorty” is home for a short visit after an absence of three months. He that duringjbjia absence, part of the time of which he spent in the east, he held down thirty jobs at barbering and one as a hotel clerk. His last job was at Gary, where he held a chair in a barber shop. He is thinking of giving up the barber trade and taking a job at railroading, as that pays better than wielding the razor. The 259 state banks in Indiana have a larger per cent of legal reserve than the associated banks of New York City. This is shown by the report made by Lawrence A. Wiles, bank clerk in the office of the auditor of state, showing the result of the call made on the state banks for a statement of their condition on June 23. The average reserve of the 259 banks reporting under this call was 28% per cent, which is 1 per cent in excess of the reserve of *the associated banks of New York, as shown by their last statements.

Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR I A While coming back form the cemetery last Sunday, after the burial of Mrs. Geo. Goff, of Rensselaer, a team from the Williams livery barn, driven by Lewis Mott went wild after a line had broken and were run into the curb in front of the M. E. church, which . was good judgment of the driver. The closed carriage which was loaded with passengers, was quite badly wrecked, but luckily the occupants came out with but slight scratches. Those in the rig werd Mr, and Mrs. Porter and Mr. and Mrs. Nichols, of Rensselaer, who had accompanied the funeral cortege to this place.—Crown Point Star.

SATURDAY. Miss Laura Hinchman left this afternoon after a visit here. Miss Gertrude Hopkins lejt this afternoon for a visit in Sullivan. Mrs. J. L. Smith has gone to Hebron to visit this summer with her; son Ray. A daughter was born to Mr. and! Mrs. Rollin Eib, south of town, Thursday. -.~*i i_ i - .... r | Mrs. Lida Potts has returned from a visit with her daughter at Bovfling Green, Ohio. Mrs. Dave Zeigler, of Ottawa, 111., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elizur Sage. Miss Bernice Luce returned to DeMotte yesterday, after a visit with the. family of A. Halleck. Mrs. Kate Rowen went to Chicago this morning for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. B. F. Edwards. H. E. Wagoner, of Monticello, was here yesterday and today in the interest of a life insurance company. Will Whittaker, assistant postmaster, and family, will leave tomorrow or next day for a visit at Dunkirk.

castor 1 A ®»r Infants and Children. The Kind You Ham Always Bought Signature of The new telephone cards will be ready for distribution the first of the week. The new card will show many changes. Mrs. Minnie Atkinson and two daughters returned to their home in Lebanon today, after a visit with relatives here. The Misses Pearl Jenkins and Merle Harvey, of Monticello, are here for a visit with the latter’s sistdr, Mrs. Chas. Stevenson. Lee Richards has started on a trip to/Seattle, Wash. He expects to join yfriend at Kansas City,,who promised /to make the trip with him. The Republican is headquarters for Rim Job printing - - •

W. A. SalfeiyAf cStUmwobd ftdls, Hans., is visfting his stepfather, J. cJ Porter. _J£r. forgaei-Iy Jived in! Rensselaer and is at the head of an to lb -otsii —:«j • v;r*.. nv t u;. > t automobile firm which is seeking a hew location. .nave about decid,f'\ ,vjr.» .a§ji -< ed.to move to Kansas City. The Brook RdpWrter tßkicldug on’ the decision of the umpire in the-ball ] games here. Be a sport, . Stonehill, and don’t whine if, your team happens to be out-classed: The .Rensselaer team is playing ,ball this year and does not find it necessary to depend upon an umpire to win. Lieut. True D. Woodworth and Sergeant John B. Gangloff received wprd this morning that they had made the regimental team, for which they contested at a shoot a short time ago. They are ordered to report for the state shoot at Indianapolis July 27th. The shoot will last until August 2nd.

Misses Blanche and Ethel McCarthy the G. L. C. Club at their home Friday evening. The very able editor of the G. L. C- Journal, Edith Adams, gave an issue of the Journal, and all the members pronounced it the best yet given. Miss Pauline Ames entertains at her home, southwest of town, July 30th. “We have our opinion,” says an exchange, “of the merchant who is forever preaching against mail order houses and at the same time letting the government furnish his envelopes already printed. If a newspaper man should send to a mail order house for a pair of shoes he would simply be drummed out of town. The government office at Washington does not do the printing on the envelopes but the work is done by a firm at Dayton, Ohio, and the government simply acts as agent.” In the dry counties where bootleggers have been arrested there has been much talk as to what “bootlegging” really means. In the early days, when the secret selling of liquor was first thought of in Kentucky, the men wore high top boots. In the legs of these half-pint bottles could easily be congealed, and no one would suspect that the man had any liquor on his person. Should he meet

RENSSELAER, INDIANA Exclusive Clothier, Furnisher, and Hatter JR Before Buying mm Don’t forget to look at my line, - as I can save you money on your A ] 1 Fall purchases in “ Collegian,” wr'J' 1 “Pre-Shrunk” and “Frat” Clothes ! and on anything in the Clothing • a nd Furnishing Goods line. i ’ ■ j? 1 never carry any old stock, t ’ .llfl Jljj and you will always find my ‘ stock clean and up-to-date. wMml I]^ ffj Trade at exclusive stores and m | V Hiigjf you will always find you get • better values for less money, as LmmJBHSi they know how to buy and also know the quality of goods when they see it. Don’t be misled by department store advertisements. < -♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦A _ > : Quality | G EARL DUVALL fUTi ;• ore I j Rensselaer, Indiana -h- !■ fe j;

a friend that wanted a half-pint, he wojud duce the goods. Renee he was called a “bootlegger.” ‘ * ! "T— 111 JVir. Deam, of the Chicago Industrial Club, while here tiie other day, stated that he could locate a large automobile factory J£ejfe employing 390 or 300 mpn if our citizeps (will take the proper jpterept| in .the project. It will require a bonus of $lB,000 and $20,000 worth of stock will '•*> - - ‘ ' ..I .... , have to be subscribed for here. The matter will be looked into further. A number of .opr capitalists have expressed .their willingness to invest in the stock of any reliable manufacturing concern that will start here, ana some of them favor the formation of a home company patterned on .the plan of the one being started at Brook. For tricks that are “just real mean,” a fellow who has been working in some of the “dry” towns takes the prize. His scheme was to drop injto a “dry” town and begin to take orders for vinegar. Every time he spoke the word “vinegar” he tipped his prospective customer a tremendous wink—and h e g°t a bundle of orders. The customers sat around with , parched throats, smacking their lips and awaiting the arrival of the vinegar. In due time the crates came and each customer was given his jug. Each hurried home, yanked out fh® stopper and found the jug contained —just vinegar, plain every day grocery vinegar, not the vinegar-with-the-wink which they had hoped to purchase.

Christian Sunday School Picnic. The Christian Sunday school and church will hold their annual picnic at the stock farm on Thursday, July 22nd. Conveyances will leave the church at 9:30 and 10:00 o’clock. Swings and games of various kinds will be provided. All members of the school and church together with their friends are expected to be present. Come with well filled baskets and enjoy the day. A. big bargain in a safe. See Gragg Bros.’ classified ad.

Should Patronize Home Workers-Not Outsiders.

While the Commercial Club is working to boom Rensselaer and to build up the manufacturing interests of the town, the fact should not be lost sight of that there is enough job printing bought out of town to .jkfep a gopd sized office busy, it is work too that can be done in the afilcep that are now in the place (In Just as good style as it is done at present. Thousands of envelopes are used that come through the Government, checks, drafts, order books, sales books, abstract and legal blanks, etc., are purchased of out of town shops that do not pay a cent of tax to help support Rensselaer institutions and it is also a drain upon the industrial life of this place. We have establishments here that depend solely upon the city and surrounding country for business that do not give an order in a year to a local printing office. They prefer to buy of outsiders. If reciprocity is a good policy for the nation why is.it pot good in local affairs. While the newspapers are lending their energies to boost Reusselaer, why not give them a boost by cutting out the put pf town printing shops and Jhelp home workers? Save some of the more intricate,jobs of ruling, there is hardly a piece of job printing used in tpwn but what can be duplicated at city prices and in city style in home offices.

BARGAINS IN FARM LANDS.

80 Acres on main road, free mall route, near church and station, in good neighborhood, 50 acres tillable, 30 timber, has good six-rpom house, good barn, henhouse, crib, smokehouse, good well, fine shade, fruit of all kinds. At only $22.50 per acre. Easy terms. 280 Acres well located, gravel road, near school and station, all nice productive land, suitable for grain and stock. Terms easy, at only S2O. 400 Acres on main road, good land, used as pasture but good grain land. Price S2O. 6. F. MEYERS.

The Brò k Automob ile Company Figuring On Their Car.

Brook Reporter. Mr. Porter, of Chicago, was ,*Mnt Monday, jlle .is an automobile .designing .pxgext, and. has been under the employment of .the largest manufacturers in the country and he knows the business from the ground up. The committee went over the plans with him and expressed their views and be will blue print .them. The way the committee have worked out the plans, the car will be something along the line of the Chalmers-Detroit and E. M. & F. but a really better looking car than either, and Just as good if not' a better constructed car. They have finally derided to adopt a 35-horse power motor, 112 inch wheel base, 3% inch tire, and 34 inch . wheel, Parklson transmission gear, syphon cooling system, steel body, fenders and running board, and added to this will be a few special features designed by the committee. They will manufacture the five passenger car for a try put, but later will make the surrey and runabout. The powerful motor in this car will be a drawing card and one that will appeal to automobilists. The four cylinder 35-40 horse power engine that they will-use is the same size that is used in ninetenths of the seven passenger cars for five passenger work. As soon as she material can be secured, which will probably be another two weeks, work on the first car will commence.

The Water Way March.

The D. & C. Lake Lines have just published a March and Two-Step written by Harry H. Zickel, ’composer of the popular “Jolly. Student “Black America,” “Ford” and other very successful selections. This composition, which was expressly written for the D. £ C. Lake Lines, is full of life and action, and so catchy that it is hound to be the popular success of the season. Everybody will whistle the tune. Get your copy first. Mailed to any address for oqly five two-cent stamps. Address Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., Dept., W., Detroit, Mich. Oil 10c, gas 16c. Home Grocery.