Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

G. H. Hillis was down from Fair Oaks today. When you know a man’s definition of life, you know ijow much ire lives. Find a cause imywheFe that woman is not the heart of, and you find one the devil is at the head of. Miss Ethel McCarthy came down from Chicago Wednesday evening to Spend Thanksgiving vacation with her parents. Mrs. William Rayher spent Wednesday with her daughter, Emma, who is teaching school this year in Union township. Miss Ida Jacobson, of Louisville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. A. Davenport, and will remain here until after Christmas. Mrs. Ken|on Blankenship returned this morning from Goshen, where she had been to attend the funeral of a brOther-in-law. John Healy, the shoemaker, is enlarging his shoe shop by building an addition on the rear. He will also install a gasoline engine for power to run his repair machinery. Peter VanMeerten, of Keener township, was a caller at the Republican office Monday in company with Trustee Tunis Snipp, and became a .subscriber to the Republican. John Mauck, of Kankakee, 111., has returned home after a short business trip and visit with relatives in this county, spending part of his time with his sister, Mrs. Frank Critser. Tunis Snipp, trustee of Keener township, was in town Monday. He has just K returned from a trip to Lamar and Jolpin, Mo. He visited his brother at Lamar and saw some fine country. C. Arthur Tuteur, of New Albany, district manager for the Northwestern Insurance Co., arrived home Wednesday evening for a visit of several days with his mother, Mrs. Anna Tuteur, and family and many friends. Tony Kanne reports that his corn is making 60 bushels to the acre. Tony came here from Illinois and thinks Jasper county land is just as good or better than a lot of land that-is selling there for from S2OO to $250 per acre.

Leonard Elder suffered a broken collar bone in the Thanksgiving football game which Franklin college played with Rose Poly, and in which Franklin was defeated 57 to 12. Elder played full back. He arrived home this morning. The dance given at the armory Thursday night by the Beta Phi Sigma fraternity was attended by forty-eight couples and is pronounced by those who attended as one of ttje nicest dances ever held in Rensselaer. The music was furnished by Rector's orchestra, of Chicago. J. A. McFarland is home from a business trip to Warsaw and Wabash and a short visit with his son, Gaylord, at Marion. Gaylord is now a member of the faculty, teaching classes is English and mathematics, and in this way able to pay his own expenses for his own school work. James German, from the east part of town, fell from a load of hay which overturned with him as he was bringing it to town Thursday, and an examination after he came to town showed that he had sustained a fracture of the radius of the left arm. He will be laid up for some time. J. L. Brady returned this morning from - Irvington, where he spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Brady who went down the day before and will return tomorrow. Mr. Brady witnessed the Wabash-Butler football game and pronounces Capt. Thomas, of Butler, a star in every department of the game.

There was held a family reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Richards Sunday,-j£ipv. 21st. Those present were, Mr. and Mrs. John Richards and children, Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Richards and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Ves Richards and son, Clarence Hamilton and family, their sister, 'Mrs. Wm. Manwaring and husband, of Logansport, their mbther, Mrs. William Gray and busband. Those of the family not present were Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Richards, of Gillam township, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Richards and children, of Nye, Mont. A nicq dinner As berted-and everybody went home happy. The college boys and girls were largely borne ’ for the Thanksgiving period. From Indiana came Ddlos Dean, who brought Dwyk, the’ famous S. A. E. frat dog that came here during his puppage with Blaine Gwin, Ray Parks, Ivan Brenner, Prof.E. 8. Tillman and Misses Nina lome Imes and Josie Miller. From Purdue came Paul Glazebrook, Walter English, Walter Lutz, Omar Osborne, and Llllo Hauter. Walter English brought home as a guest Fred Nevil,. of Elmyra, N. Y. Frank Hardman and Leon Lamson are home from Illinois the former bringing Art Morris with him. George Long is home from Wabash, but. Ray Hopkins remained behind to participate In the defeat that Wabash suffered at the hands of Butler. Floyd Meyers and Leonard Elder are home from Franklin. Guy Gerber is home from Kokomo, where he is an instructor in the business college. There are others but their names are not at hand today. s ’»bttbr’ f WHtpt*Vs’Wrnlshed at this office—printed or blank.