Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1915 — SHELBY. [ARTICLE]
SHELBY.
Big band concert .and lawn fete Saturday, July 31. Mrs. Selden Spieth and son, Elwin, are visiting relatives in Ohio. The Fords made quite a reputation here last Monday on a run from here, to Lowell. Six Fords made the round trip without a mishap, while seven other machines each had some trouble or other. The machine of James Black, which crashed through a fence owing to a disconnected steering gear, was the most serious mishap. Heilry Parsons, of New Haven, Conn., who has been here the past ten days visiting his grandpa Uncle Dick Fuller and family, returned to his home last Thursday evening accompanied by his cousin, Mabel Black, who will visit for a month with her aunt Naomi. Henry has gained reputation in the east as a musician and plays several instruments and the piano. He is one of the few musicians that play the obove, and be is a member of seven bands.
