Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1914 — Francesville Items Clipped From the Weekly Tribune. [ARTICLE]
Francesville Items Clipped From the Weekly Tribune.
(Mrs. Oh nig Kopka and children returned to Lafayette Monday after a visilft with her parents, Mr. and M ns. Sanford Scott. Mr. anld Mms. Joseph Lantz went to Kokomo yesterday for an extended visiit. He will have charge as the schools at Langisford, North Dakota, for the coming year. The Fnamcesville orchestra is booked to give a concert In front of W. J. Hubbard’s furniture store on Wednesday evening of nexit week. One of Mir. H/uibbaid’s pianos will be used tin the conceit. The Francesville Athletics lost a giood game to Star City’s first team on their grounds Sunday. A close decision with 'two gone gave Star City a lead of three runs in the ftiist and they scored again In the sixth. Francesville scored its only run in the fifth. Mrs. Nate Bond and Mrs. Bert Cu mnlinighiam, of Hoopeston, were the guests of Mr..and Mrs George Boind, west of town, a part of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Soverns, John Aikdire and Miss Vergie Tiliett ware the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mm Garfield Budget, near Barr. Ohartesy Hubbard, Dr. W. C. Richardson, John G&rrigues and I. J. Lefler itook a motor trip Sunday that took them through Winamac, Bass Lake, Knox, La portc, Michigan City, Cbdsteuition and return in less than twelve hours. . - The dredge which is working norffch of town is now within a mile of the bridge east Of Francesville It will complete its part of the contract within the next five or six weeks. The big dredge, Which is digging the cut off to the Tippecanoe, shut down this weelj for dipper repairs. It is working in Beiaver towtniship.
Mm. Eunice Martin, Lafayette’s policewoman, is proving very efficient in her new work, otf .ooking after the mashers, young girls and children at Columbia park. One evening this week she noticed a couple that did not entirely meet with her approvel and she (became suspicious that one otf them was masquerading. She called the park superintendent and he made an investigation, finding that the couple were two boys, one of them masquerading as a girt and the male female Was having a gay time flirting with the boys to the park. His makeup was good, and he succeeded in having considerable fun at the expense of the mashers at the park until the woman 'sleuth got on his trail. He was ordered from the grounds.—Lafayette Journal.
