§ 47. How summons served, when personal service cannot be made. If
personal service of the summons cannot be made upon a defendant in an
action in a court not of record, by reason of his absence from the
state, or his concealment therein, such service may be made by leaving a
copy thereof at his last place of residence and by publishing a copy of
the summons once in each of three successive weeks in a newspaper in the
city or county where the property is situated.