Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1909 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

FRIDAY. 4 Miss Mary Weights went to Chicago this morning’ tdt a stay of Several ' - f I Harrison Timmons returned yesterday evening'Trom 'hitftrip t<S Mich-® igan. Mrs. Jennie Ruts, of Chicago, came today to visit her brother, John Moosmiller, and family. Miss Zoe Hess* returned to Ambia today, after a visit bf a week with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ranton. Miss Helen Hopkins returned this morning from a business trip to Indianapolis and a visit at Lafayette. J. E. Flynn returned this morning from a visit of several weeks with his children at Lowell and Chesterton. Mrs. Robert Hough and Misses Maud Burroughs and, Belle Mcßee, of Monon, spent yesterday with the latter’s sister, Mrs. C. M. Sands. Will Barkley went to Chicago this morning for a short stay. Mrs. Barkley and sister, Mrs. Fern Starr Guss, will return today from a short stay at Bay City Mich. » Grandfather J. M. Gwin came this morning from McGoysburg to transact a little business and spend the day with relatives. On August 19th, which was Thursday of last week, he passed his 91st birthday, and he is feeling first rate. E. P. Washburn and his son-in-law, J. J. Lowry, of Pulaski, came to Rensselaer in the latter’s auto yesterday. The former is a brother of Dr. I. B. Washburn, who died some six years ago, and bears quite a close resemblance to that former ,well known citizen. W. S. Greenlee returned to Plymouth this morning, after a short stay here and at his former home in Newton county. He moved to a farm near Plymouth last March, and is very much pleased, having had a good crop of both oats and wheat and having splendid prospects for corn. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Gasper and son, Carey, of Putnam, Okla.. who have been visiting relatives in Jennings county, are now visiting Mr. and Mrs, Alva Simpson, on Dayton street, Mrs. Simpson being Mr. Gasper’s sisle.\ They will leave this afternoon ’ for Westville, where they will remain until next Monday when they will start back home. Fraternal society baseball is rife at Monticeilo, Logansport and Delphi, the K. of P. lodges of those places playing frequently. Following a game at Monticeilo Wednesday with Delphi, an auto load returning to Delphi was overturned as the result of a bursting tire, and Seneca Shepherd, the auto owner, suffered a badly broken leg, and the auto was wrecked. Senator E. B. Sellers was in Detroit last week as a commissioner from Indiana in attendance at a meeting of a commission appointed to aid in promoting uniformity in the commercial and divorce laws of the different states. Thirty-six states were represented in the meeting. This was followed this week by a meeting of the National Bar Association in the same city.—Monticeilo Democrat.

Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTO R I A Jay Miller, of Mt. Ayr, who would have been a member of the 1910 graduating class of the Rensselaer high school, has decided not to reenter school this year, but instead will accompany Harry Hufty to Paonia, Colo. Misses Nellie and Addie Harris, daughters of Ed Harris, will enter the senior class here, as also will Raymond Stucker, grandson of Isaac Stucker,. of near Mt. Ayr. CASTOR IA Fsr Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the /Hp Signature of /-GlZc/UM Quite a severe electrical storm accompanied the rain Wednesday night in the Kentland neighborhood and the Enterprise relates the burning of two big barns and considerable other property damage. A big cattle barn on the Addison Williams farm, tenanted by Elmer Skiver, was struck by lightning and entirely destroyed. No insurance, but Mr. Skiver had some insurance on the contents. The barn on the Rufus Whitmire farm in Washington township was also entirely burned after being struck.