Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1909 — Page 3

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FRIDAY. Miss Letha Wright is spending today in Chicago. - —r. 1 Dan Waymire went to Lafayette today to attend the fair. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Leatherman are spending today in Chicago. 7 Mrs. Vernon Nowels and son Harold '■went to Chicago this morning for a short stay. U W. B. Nichols and wife,, of Monticello, came this morning for a short visit with Frank Floyd. Mrs. Louis Muster and daughter, Leota and Miss Angela Kolhoff went to Valparaiso this morning for a short visit. \ Dr. Fred Mutchler, one of the instructors at the county institute, left this morning for his home in Bowling ■Green, Ky. n Russell Nowels, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nowels, of Columbia City, is visiting his grandparents, Capt. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson. A. ■■■ ■— l »' 1 ,■ ""»■ Mr. and Mrs. John Kresler returned last evening from Burnettsville, where they had attended the meeting of the Baptist Association. D. M. Worland returned this morning from Monon, where he attended the home coming Thursday and witnessed the' burning of the balloon. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Lewis went to Lafayette this morning to attend the fair. From there they will go to Rossville for a short visit with relatives. - Mrs. Thos. Randle, of Hope, Kans., who has been visiting ,the family of her husband, J. T. Randle, in Rensselaer, left this morning for her home. Miss Georgia Patterson, of Ambia, returned home this morning, after spending a few days here. She will teach the Cozy Palace school in Barkley township this year. Lester Brown returned this morning from Frankfort, where he has been working on a farm for his brother. He will move there with the expectation of making it his future residence. George-Tillitson, who formerly lived in this county, and who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Phoebe Doan, here for the past-few days, returned to his home near Royal, 111., this morning. Prof. Ernest Tillman will enter Indiana University to complete his science course, instead of going to the Bloomington city schools as an instructor as previously incorrectly stated! Purdue -University will open next Wednesday and Saturday, and Monday will be busy registration days. Paul Glazebrook, son of Lee Glazebrook, who will enter the second year, was the first of the Rensselaer students to leave, he having gone down today. President Warren RoblnsOn of the Commercial Club is In receipt of a letter from an Indianapolis concern that would entertain a proposition to locate here. The company would employ 60 people from the start, says the letter, and would grow with time. The matter will be investigated. Miss Lora Bruce returned the first of the week from an extended visit with her uncle, Chas. Bruce, at Long Beach, Cal. Chas. formerly lived in this county and hiß many old friends will be pleased to know that he is succeeding splendidly in the west. He owns a fruit farm of 20 acres for which it is understood he was recently offered 3,000 an acre.

Miss Mildred Biggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrh. A. J. Biggs, southwest of town, is sick with typhoid fever, her fever being very high and evidently she is in for a siege of that disease. Jasper county has been quite free of typhoid for some time and most cases have been traceable to other places, and that fa the fact in this case. Miss Biggs had been visiting at Want Lebanon, where there has been Some typhoid, and she returned from there only a few days before taking down with the disease herself. Miss Biggs graduated from the Rensselaer high school in 1908 and taught school last .year.

this morning for u short visit. A Leopold' returned yesterday evening from a short viss *t Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Sigler went to Crown Point this morning for a short visit. W. H. Randle and wife went to Monon. this mothing to spend a day at the home coming. The finest oil for cream separator!; can be procured at the WlHis GaragO, east of the court house. Chriq. Gingerich and wife, of Davis county, who have been visiting Joe. Miller and family, of Newton county, returned home this morning. Both Nedra and Turk McGloria are scheduled to run at the Lafayette fair today. The rain, last night has probably made a very heavy track. Several Rensselaer people Will witness the races. Miss E. Harland, of England, who 1 is attending the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, returned there this morning after a short visit with Miss Olive Tanner, daughter of Ed Tanner, of Barkley township. Mrs. Jesse Nichols and mother, Mrs. I. D. Walker, returned this morning from their visit with Alva Nichols and family at Patterson, Mo. The country there has suffered much from drouth, considerable injury being done to the crops.

William Markin, residing on the Loughridge farm, north of town, was kicked by a colt Thursday afternoon and somewhat bruised up, the colt’s hoof striking him back of the knee. He was able to come to town for treatment, and proved not to be seriously hurt. The balloon which caused the death of Henry Moore at Monon last Tuesday caught fire last evening and was destroyed. The balloon was being inflated and was almost ready for the ascension, when it caught fire from gasoline being thrown in the furnace and was destroyed. • ~ • Ms. and Mrs. Jacob Raub and her brother, Benj. Reynolds, of Chalmers, and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Raub and Mr. Joe Raub, of Indianapolis, arrived here on the 10:55 train this morning for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Earle Reynolds, and to attend the exhibition they will give at the armory this afternoon. W. W. Miller’s oats made the best test of any that have been delivered at the elevator at this place this fall, they making thirty-four pounds to the bushel. His average yield per acre was about forty bushels. The largest yield per acre reported was James Shindler’s, south of town, which went fifty bushels.—Mt. Ayr Pilot. An exchange is responsible for the. following: “Turn that wrapping p§tper the other side out,” said a lady in a drygoods store this morning, as the clerk was putting up her purchase. “I don’t want to be a walking advertisement to your store. I read the papers as all intelligent people ought to do, and I think in them is the place to advertise your business, instead of asking your customers to carry your sign around with each purchase of goods, v \ go tell the people through the papers what you have to sell and how to sell it.”

Uncle Bill N. Jones has had the pleasure since Tuesday of entertaining her granddaughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Wagner, of Bellewood, Neb. They were married only about two weeks ago and have been spending their honeymoon visiting relatives in Illinois and Indiana. They went from here to Chicago today and will visit there and at Peoria, 111., before returning to Bellewood, where they will make their future homej Wednesday and Thursday they accdmpanied Uncle Bill N. to Medaryville and Francesville, and they had dinner at the former place with Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Harris.

SATURDAY, For good cream separator oil call at the Willis Oarage, east of the court house. Virgil Robinson, who attended thej Monon home coming, returned home this morning. R. H. Grant, of Chicago, is here tot remain over Sunday with A. Woodworth and family. Mrs. Ves Richards returned home; this morning, having vttrited at Lo-j gansport after the adjournment of the Baptist association meeting atjjornettsvllle.

morning from Monon, where she attended the home coaxing.j! - . - .'■■■■.»■ , ■ W. H. Miller returned home from Baroda, Mich., Wednesday, where .he went with his daughter, Mrs. L. W. Hunt. • _ 7 iRev. Henry Meredith* /or many years a resident of Brook, where he Was much loved, died Tuesday at the age of 70 years, ' ‘ ; * Senior Hopkins is down from Chicago to remain oVet Sunday afid Labor Day. It is his first visit here for almost a year. Joseph G. Reynolds arrived home Friday'evening to spend a few days with his mother, Mrs. S. R. Nichols and his brother Earle and wife. • Mr. and Mrs. George Ketchum and Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Porter went to Indianapolis today in the former’s automobile and will remain over Sunday. Mrs. A. L. Padgitt and three children returned this morning from Lafayette, where they have been spending the week with Mr. Padgitt at the fair.

Miss Rosana Findley returned to Chicago this morning, after a ten days’ visit here with her aunt, Miss Grace Findley, matron of the Monnett Girls’ Home. Harry Arnold, son of Eli Arnold, Of Barkley township, left this morning for a visit with friends and relatives at Eaton, Ohio. He will also take In the state fair at Indianapolis en route home. Chas. T. Otis, the extensive Newton and Jasper county land owner, does more traveling than any one we know of. He has just been at the exposition in Seattle and mailed us a card from Portland. Mrs. 'Roy Chissom baby returned to Chicago this morning, after a stay of three weeks here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McCarthy, made particularly for the baby’s health, which was materially .improved. Miss Ethel McCarthy accompanied her sister home and will attend some business college there.

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r HT. p. Jones, of MedaryviHe, was here on business today. Ross Dean went to Frankfort today to attend the funeral of Prof. W. <J. Hiatt, who committed suicide Thursday. The funeral will be held at thj» family residence this afternoon. ! John W. Ullery and wife arrived here yesterday from Washington, D. C., for his annual vacation from the eensus oflice. They will spend part of the time at their former home in Brook.

Mrs. Anna Mills went to Chicago this morning to see a sister, who has been in poor health for some time, and together they will go to the home of their father at Ottawa, 111. He is in his 80th year, and a family reunion is planned to take place. Mrs. Mills is there. A. C. Stauffenberg and little son, of Manhattan, 111., returned home thiß morning, after a short business visit here. Mr. Stauffenberg has a good farm of 160 acres in Barkley township, which he is offering to either sell or rent, and the same is advertised in our classified columns.

Mrs. W. B. Teagarden and daughter, Maidai, of San Antonio, Texas, who have been visiting her sister, Mrs. Charlotte Geqrge, went to Chicago this morning where they will spend a week with another sister, Mrs. Chas. Jouvenat, who has also been visiting here for the past week. We understand Fred Griffin, the former editor of the Remington Press, bought an elephant in the line of a restaurant at Monticello that was fixed up to sell a few months ago and now he is trying to let loose of same. Well, a newspaper man gets stung occasionally.—Goodland Herald. * >' \-.h, H. M. Shipley, from west of town, is thinking a great deal of moving next spring to Burk, S. Dak., where his daughter, Mrs. Everal Smith, and her husband have made such a success. His health has not been the best lately and he believes a change of climate would be a benefit to him. Mrs. Smith is still visiting here, but will return to Burk shortly.

Mrs. B. R. Pugh -will return to Wolcott tomorrow after a visit of a few days with J. K. Davis' family. Herself and husband and their little daughter are all in good health and quite well pleased since returning to Wolcott from Rensselaer, Uncla George Robinson was in from Hanging Grove township today, the second visit he has made since early in June when he was injured by a two year old heifer that he thought he could master until he tried it. He was pushed against the barn and suffered the fracture of a rib and bruises to hfs right leg that laid him up for some time and from which he still suffers considerably. On Oct. 6th himself and wife will have been married 60 years and he wants to get to feeling better by that time as he is expecting there will be something doin’. 1 » , fl Harry E. Bean, on the Kent ranch near Fair Oaks, was in town today arranging for an auctioneer, clerk, hot lunch man and to have bills printed for his public sale which will take place Wednesday, Sept. 15th. He will offer six head of horsesi, four cows and a good list of farming implements, practically all brand new. Col. Fred Phillips will cry the sale, C, G. Sptiler will clerk it, C. M. Blue will serve hamberger sandwitches and the Republican is printing the bills. It will be the first sale held this fall in that section and should draw a large crowd.

Mr. and Mrs. Louie Fendig, of Jacksonville, Fla., are visiting their relatives here. At Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Fendig and three companions visited an iron works and while being conducted through the foundry by .a guide, one of the ladles burst, scattering the molten iron in all directions. The guide was killed and a number of workmen badly burned. Mr. Fendig and his two friends were badly burned and it is doubtful if one of the men lives. Mr. Fendig was so badly burned about the face and hands that he could not resume his journey for two days. He is now able to be around, however, and is recovering from the burns very satisfactorily.

For Safe 200 Breeding or Feeding Ewes. 100 Lambs. In any quantity. D. H. or Victor Yeoman.

Donated a Telephone To The Monnett Airis’ Home. The Jasper County Telephone Co. has generously placed a telephone in the Monnett Girls’ Home, donating the rental to that worthy institution. The number is 447. The phone will be very handy for the women in charge, saving them many trips to town and will also permit their friends to talk there at their disposal. The Republican will have an article in a few days relating some plans of the management and giving a report of what it has and is doing. Sternberg & Sons Land Another Big Dredge Contract. E. G, Sternberg went to Chicago this Saturday morning to see about the purchase of another dredge to instal on a job at Logan, lowa, which he bid in a few days ago. The job is for only three miles but sold for $26,000, and they will place a new dredge therein. Mrs. Sternberg accompanied - her husband to the city and will remain a few days.

M Notice of Change, of Firm. m'Jm ' I have purchased all the business, books, papers and correspondence of the firm of Ferguson & Ferguson. Parties having business with this firm can conclude the same with me. I have also placed in my office an abstract and farm loan department and am prepared to make abstracts of title and farm loans on short notice. GEORGE A. WILLIAMS, Attorney.