Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1910 — Interesting Items Scissored from The Kankakee Valley Review. [ARTICLE]

Interesting Items Scissored from The Kankakee Valley Review.

Ed F. Lose, of Crawfordsville, came Monday to visit his uncle, Eugene W. Allen and family. Robert Mannan went Tuesday to Remington, where he is engineer of the May and Meadel ditches in Carpenter township. The dredge engine on t;he Hansen dredge has been disabled and the work will be delayed until a new engine is installed Postmaster Louis Paulsen wept last Saturday to Harvey, 111., for a few days’ visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Paulsen. The Hansen dredge on the Helcher ditch went through the right-of-way of the Coal Road last Saturday evening and the railway officials built a new bridge. Ben McColly and son, of Chicago Heights, returned home Saturday evening after a few days’ visit here. Ben was the victorious republican candidate for constable of Chicago Heights at the recent Illinois election, and gave Billy Mac and Poots fair warning that he would run them in, the first time they struck the corporation limits. Eugene W. Allen was stricken with paralysis last Thursday, his right side and right leg and the left side of his face and tongue being affected. Mr. Allen has been in failing health the past year and spent the winter in Los Angeles, California, with the hope of regaining his health, and since his return two weeks ago, was apparently considerably improved. Mr. Allen was taken to Chicago Tuesday for treatment by a specialist. Harry Kersey narrowly escaped serious injury last Sunday, while returning from Tefft. His horse became frightened at a newspaper in the road and run in a ditch, upsetting The buggy and throwing him into a barb wire fence. He was considerably cut about the face and his clothes badly torn. Harry says this is a bad beginning, but bad beginnings make good endings. Generally speaking, Wheatfield people are neat and tidy in taking care of their premises. This fact probably has had much to do with the exceptionally good health record the town enjoys, surpassing many more pretentious places. If nothing more than the health of the community is to be considered, it is certainly worth while to keep the town bright and clean. But there is another side that is worthy of attention. Visitors are favorably impressed with the place that is kept clean and attractive, not only those who personally visit the town, but those who pass through on trains. They will talk about it, which will have a tendency to help the town grow and prosper. The organization of a beautification society might be able to enlist the help of the two railway systems here.