Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1916 — Mt. Ayr News from the Tribune. [ARTICLE]

Mt. Ayr News from the Tribune.

Jasper Wrigflit was in Kentland, on business Saturday. Mr. E. E. lirtmer is reported on the sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Miller were Rensselaer visitors Wednesday evening. Dr. J. W. Marry and J. R. Sigler were ir..iisacting business in Brook Monday. Mrs. J. H. Sayler, of Glenwood, Minn., is visiting hex sister, Mrs. Edwin Harris. Wm. Shindlor and family visited his father-in-law, A. Keeney, ait Rensselaer Sunday. Miss Audra Baumgartner, of Clinton, Ind., is visiting Miss Addie Harris for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Chamberlain, of California, visited Mr. Foster Burton and family Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Martin visited at the home of Mr. Orville Putt, of near McOoysburg, Sunday. Mrs. Jennie Asihby is a guest at the home of Mrs. James Elijah, of near North Star, this week. Will Delaney, of near Morocco, (was in town Friday enroute to LaCrosse, where he will work on a farm. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hopkins and Mr. Lloyd Hopkiils and wife, visited Mr.s. M. Crisler of near Rensselaer Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Loe and-Master Howard called on his sister, Miss LaVera Lee, of Rensselaer, Sunday. Ellis Snow and Geo. Shoop entered the mysteries of Woodcraft at the local Woodmen camp Thursday evening. Several of the district schools tn tills township were repaired last week. Jim Wolfe and Dave Dearduff did the work. ' • Mrs. Tunis Wildrick, of Morocco, stopped at the home of Mrs. Sihanlaub Monday while enroute to Rensselaer. Mr. Noah Miller went to Monon Monday to see Dr. Stewart. Noah complained of not being able to stand any heat. Mrs. John Mack Inday and two children, Master Joseph and Miss Maria, are visiting her issiter, Mrs. H. Hoover this week. The ice cream social held in the Curtis Creek school last Saturday evening was well attended. All report an enjoyable time. The families of Wm. Sliindlar, Hirman Ashiy and Geo. Corbin took a hsliing trip to the Iroquois near Fore 3man Monday evening. Miss Leota Elijah, of Morocco, and Mr. Ross Elijah, of Lisbon, N. Dak., were guests at the home of their sister, Mrs. Sam Guthrie, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Herron, of Indianapolis, visited Mr. John Wolfe and family Saturday. Mrs. Herron is a sister to Mr. John and Ed Wolfe.. An infant son was bom Tuesday,, July 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rusa,, worth of town. The little one lived, only a few hours. Burial was made; next day in the Roselawn cemetery. Mrs. Harshberger and two little children, who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hei 1 - muth, returned to their home at Arthur, 111., Saturday. The Misses Marie Conn, Mildred Shi Its and Ruth Little, and Messrs. K. Clinton, Ralph Kemper and Floyd Weishaar, of Brook, were , guests at the home of Wm. Little for a few moments Sunday. Hamlin Smith, our genial butcher,, who had 'the misfortune to have seven, nice hides stolen a few weeks ago,, took time by the forelock and marketed a bunc hiast wek before tho lot. became too much temptation this time.. There was never a span of three; weeks in which farmers accomplished, more work than in the ones just passed. Since the excessive rains; abated every man and horse 'has been pressed into service and work is. getting will caught up everywhere. Mr. Raymond Stuckcr and wife, who have been spending a short vacation with home folks, left Sunday evening far Munoie, Ind., where Mr. (Stucker has taken a position as professor of bookkeeping in the Muncie Business College. The Tribune joins his host of friends and relatives in wishing him. a splendid success. Due to infantile paralysis plague; raging in the country the health officers have advised that all gatherings; of children be prohibited and for this; reason the Sunday school picnic which was to have taken place next Saturday, July 29, has been postponed to-a. later date.

A family reunion was held at the 1 home of Will Herron, north of town Sunday, the occasion being the return of Willis Herron from the west. Ten or fifteen relatives were present and a big dinner was a feature of the> gathering. iMr. and Mrs. E. D. Herron, of Indianapolis, who were present, returned to their home Sunday evemiimg.. iMr. C. E. Babb, of Leavenworth, Kans., state agent for the Southern Illinois Silo Co., is stopping for a few days at the 'home of Mr. Ed Beckworth. Mr. Beebworth is our Local agent for this siLo company. . -John Fytre, who lives in the vicinity of North Star, was in town Friday and reports oats cutting in fulf swing out that way. John says his . oats seem only ordinary in weight. Pete White and wife, J. B. Ashby and daughter, Mrs. Miller, motored to Rensselaer Wednesday evening of a Ist week to attend bnad concert. It is reported Orville Putt, formerly - rtorthwost of Mt. Ayr, ms bought a. 160 acre farm 7 miles south of Rensselaer on the range road. Miss Lorane Yates, of Fowler, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Floyd Sampson. .. iL—Siy