Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

FATE'S MENU FOB TONIGHT, A la Carte. Oysters—fried, stewed or raw; eggs, new mangos, breaded real, ham and eggs, pie—pumpkin, huckleberry and apple; cake; hot coffee and milk and Jasper county X-tra Dry. This will be served until 2 a. m. Watch the paper for the bill of fare for tomorrow night. George Fate's Model Restaurant. Simon Leopold, son of Benhart Leopold, of Brook, will-enter Indiana State University this fall to take the law course. Miss Marguerite Tofte left today for Rensselaer, where she has obtained a position as teacher in the public schools —Valparaiso Vidette. Mrs. W. H. Eger left today for a visit at Grand Rapids, Mich., and in Wisconsin. Her sister, Mrs. Bert Griswold, of Valparaiso, will accompany her. Rev. C. D. Royce, a former pastor of the M. E. church, will lecture at the church Monday evening on his work in the Blaclr Hills. All his friends are invited to come out and hear him. Prof. W. 0. Hiatt, who suicided at Frankfort some ten days ago, carried 7,000 insurance. He had been acting very uneasy and peculiar for some days before his deed and it is quite certain that he had become mentally unbalanced. John C. Fisher, in writing from Liberty Center, Ind., to renew his subscription to the Republican, says: “Fine weather and good crops here and hope the same for the home town of Rensselaer. Big street fair in Bluffton, September 21 to 24.” • It is made compulsory on every parent, guardian or other person having the control or charge of any child between the ages of 7 and 14 years inclusive, to send such child or children to a public, private or. parochial school, according to the state statutes. Creamery butter is now retailing in Rensselaer at 35 cents per pound, the highest ever known here. This is caused by the farmers shipping their cream to the Chicago market instead of making it into butter. Country butter, when it can be secured, retails at 27 cents per pound.

Mrs. John Wiseman died at Roselawn this morning at one o’clock. Mr. Wiseman was a former resident of Union township, this county, and he had been married but a short time. Before their marriage his wife lived at Danville, 111. Arrangements had not been made for the funeral at the time of going to press. Miss Belle Laßue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Laßue,“has decided to again enter DePauw University, and will leave for there within a few days. This was disappointing news to the music pupils of Miss Laßue, but all are pleased that she intends to continue her own musical education, for which she possesses a marked aptitude. J. L. Peetz, state statistician, who, with Mrs. Peetz, his chief deputy, has been spending several weeks in the west, returned to Indianapolis Wednesday. When in Salt Lake City Mr. Peetz sustained a serious injury to his right foot, which greatly interfered with his trip. He was unable to wear a shoe on his injured foot until he returned to Indianapolis. S. U. Dobbins, who conducted a hotel here for some time, is now giving up the Koster block hotel at Francesville, and announces his intention to remove to Lafayette, in order to give his sons the opportunity of attending school there. Clarence Dobbins is a graduate of the Monticello schools. It is not known whether Homer will return from the west and enter Purdue or not, but it is probable that he will not again play football if he does, as he is said to have never recovered from his knee injury sustained last year at Wabash. Richard Crowell is home from Whiteflsh, Montana, and came down from Rensselaer yesterday for a half day’s visit with his parents. He is to return to the Northwest as soon as he can make arrangements to take his wife and baby, as he desires to be on the ground at the time of the allottment of lands next April. He states that conditions have Improved there very much in the past few weeks. He has made a marked improvement in his physical oonditlon since leaving Indiana and feels that he should stay In Montana If even only his health were to be considered. —Monti cello Journal.