Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1913 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

Miss Belle Swank, of Chalmers, and George Tribby, of Franklin, were Tuesday guests of Mrs. Wrn. Tribby. John Bowman and family, of Monticelk), spent Sunday with relatives. Maurice Peck and wife are in Chicago this week. . ILarold Bowman and family spent Sunday here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bowman are .settled in their new bungalow. . The Presbyterian ladies gave a ehieken pie supper at the home of Mrs. John Wilson Thursday evening. Henry Ostrander, of Chicago, came Saturday to visit his halfbrother, William, who lives with his Grandmother Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Puckett were in Lifayefcte the end of last jveek. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dluzak accompanied by Mrs. Edgar Tribby and son' Oscar, spent Saturday in Lafayette. Paul Hyman spent the week end in Flora. B. F. Spencer and family visited “Hazelden” last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are visiting Mrs. Emma GoSs and family, having come from visiting in Kankakee last Wednesday evening. The loeal basketball team competes with the Reynolds team here Friday evening. Frank Timmons goes this week to Hot Springs and then on to fill a Contract in Texas. The library board held is regu-. lar monthly session Monday evening; A new list of books was ordered. Among the high grade reading already on the shelves are, Bryce’s Commonwealth, “Main Traveled Roads,” by Hamlin Garland and others. The missionary circles and clubs will find food for thought in “The Making of an American,” by Jacob Rids, as well as the pathetic, story of “Patsy.” The library is slowly hut surely increasing and the magazine table is becoming very popular. Rev: J. B. Carson and wife, of Pullman, Wash., have been visiting among their one time parishioners. He filled the Christian pulpit Sunday evening and a reception was tendered him Monday evening in the church parlors. Rev. McNary, and C. B. Johnston gave Sunday reports from the convention in Indianapolis. Miss Margaret Johnston returned Saturday from a week’s visit in Kokomo. Several of our M. E. brothers attended the Rensselaer convention Thursday. Mrs. Walter Johnston attended the convention in Ken tland Tuesday. Considerable real estate has changed hands in the last few days, that has been held for over twentyfive or thirty years by one party, all known as the J. 0. B. McDougal property. Last Saturday an auction was held by John Wiebers, of the Lafayette Sales and Trading Co. The buildings occupied £>y the Hallihan restaurant and Sharkey and Jas. Hobson and a half interest in the Hemphill storeroom were purchased by Mr. J. Harris, the other half interest later by Lex Fisher, all for the sum of $l,lOO. At, an earlier sale Dr. Rainier obtained the storeroom known as the Spencer store Elias Julian was the new man elected to the town hoard to succeed O. Riley. A republican ticket was elected. Lee Rush was reelected marshal.