Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1912 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

. Hitckcock, of Milford, 111., is visiting his mother and sister. Miss Elda _ Alkire returned Saturday evening from a two weeks’ tionMr. Clark, of Colfax, 111., was a guest in the family of Chas. Bonner, Sr., the 4th. The Remington chapter 1620 O. E. S. will' entertain the Wolcott chapter on Monday evening, July 15th. The Presbyterian Missionary Society is scheduled to meet with Mrs. Mary Meyers on July 11th. Bernard Hargreaves is spending a week in Illinois with relatives in Clif; ton, Chebanse and Chicago. Subscriptions toward the building fund of the new Presbyterian church are nearing the 27,000 count Mr. Hollett, of Redlands, Cal., was" visiting friends here the early part of this week. Miss Green, of Memphis, Tenn., is a guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Belle Green. Miss Pearl Morris was hostess to the N. S. Sew Club Wednesday afternoon. The Sew Imd Sew Club, is holding the July quarterly business meeting in the town park. The first band concert of the season is scheduled for Wednesday evening of this week. Mrs. Frank Howard returned Tuesday from a several weeks’ visit in Council Bluffs, Chicago and other points. Mr. Chas. Bonner, Sr., has not been very well of late. Mrs. Fanny Walker, a nurse, is assisting the famPreparation is now being made at Fountain Park assembly "grounds which opens for the program season on August 10th. * , Prof. W. J. Kay and family left Tuesday morning after a month’s visit with the Dexter and Howard Jones families. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Qumm and daughter, Lillian, returned Monday, having spent the past week at Joliet’s home coming. The Phesbyterian tea held in Gilbert’s new garage Tuesday evening drew a large crowd. Over 250 was received at the door. The funeral of Mr. Ethan Bartoo was held at the home on Wednesday afternoon, July 3rd,,the service being conducted by Rev. E, H. Bull, assisted by Rev. J. Francis Ashley. Burial in Remington. Mr. and Mrs. Luce Bond, of Chicago, Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Bond, of Goodland, Mr. and Mrs. Eld Bond, of Oxford, and Mr. Ammon Beasley, of Goodland, were in attendance at the funeral Wednesday. On July sth Mr. and Mrs. Washburn and family attended a reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Truman Kirkpatrick at their home in Raub in honor of their son, Rev. Braine Kirkpatrick, and bride, whose marriage was cently solemnized in Beloit, Wis. The lecture recital at the Presbyterian church Saturday evening by Professor W. J. Kay, of Washington Jefferson College, Penn., was a rare treat. The speaker happily blended a biographical sketch of James Whitcomb Riley with an entertaining and artistic impersonation of the character made famous by Riley’s popular lines. The audience would have enjoyed more than the hour and a half which Prof. Kay filled with those poems which best pictured the author’s poetic mind. The closing number “Strawberries and Cream” was Prof. Kay’s own work and showed him a poet of no mean Worth. Mr. and Mrs. James Washburn had a family reunion the 4th of July, sixtythree of Mrs. Washburn’s side of the family assembling on the lawn and enjoying a buffet picnic dinner. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. William Shonkwiler, Sr.; Mr. and Mrs. William Shonkwiler, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shonkwiler and family; Mr. and Mrs. George Shonkwiler and family; Mr. and Mrs. Truman Kirkpatrick and family; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Portteus and family; Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Shonkwiler; Mr. and Mrs. John Booty and family; Mrs. Emma Perkins and son; Mrs. Bud Wildon and son; Mrs. Cooper and daughter; Misses Bernice and Wilda Munday; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kirkpatrick; Mr. and Mrs. Charles White and family, of Sheldon; Miss Carry Johnson, York, Neb.; and Miss Leota Wrtght, Palestine, 111.

Despite the high cost of living, the American public has not checked at all its demand for diamonds, pearls and other precious stones. During the year ending June 30, the importation of these gems through the port of New York reached a total of $39,600,000. This is in addition to $lO,000,000 worth of uncut stones, which are separately listed by the appraisers’ agents. ... . f* ~~ ‘