Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1914 — GOODLAND. [ARTICLE]

GOODLAND.

• - ' (From The Times.) J. O. B. McDougal, of Remington, was in town a short time Wednesday, having cpme over with Warner Elmore and wife for an auto rkta Mr. MoDougal came to Remington in 1873 and for many years was a prominent merchant of that place, He Is now 84 years old and Is en joying fairly good health. Mrs, Anna, Kitt, mother of the editor of this paper, will celebrate her 90th birthday next Saturday, and she is probably the oldest person in Goodland. She lived at Rochester, Fulton county, tor over forty years. She was born in Virginia and came to this state with her parents when six years of age and has therefore been a resident of Indiana for 84 years. Before the •partial loss of eyesight, she was a great reader, and now has others read to he; and keeps fully abreast of the times. Lieutenant Leslie Oswald, who was one of the officers in command of the warship Tennessee, which went to Europe with funds to assist stranded Americans, made a visit to Holland on the return trip. He went through the country by train, and was greatly impressed with the’ beauty and cleanliness of the country and the courteous intelligence of the people.. He said It seemed like sacrilege to walk over the beautiful walks and drives of the Hague, so immaculately clean were they. "