Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1917 — Mt. Ayr Items. [ARTICLE]

Mt. Ayr Items.

Dick Dawson went ltd Beaver City Friday. : Miss Florence Huntington was h Kentland visitor Wednesday. Ben B. Miller went to Windfall Monday, where he has a store. 'Mrs. D. J. Stutzman’s sistef returned to her home Friday. Mrs. J. R. Sigler was having dental ..work done in Rensselaer Thursday.' Wade Makeever and George Brown were Rensselaer visitors Saturday evening. Miss Jane Makeever wept to Foresman Saturday to visit her sister. Mrs. Charles Bengsten. “Are girls becoming ugly?” asks a* London newspaper. No; only their clothes. ♦ Nikola Tesla says the next war will be even more terrible than this. Why not omit the next war? For some reason or other there seems to be a general shortage of public sales this month.— i A western doctor says golf is good for lunatics. Any how, there’s a lot of it hem playing it. -—On account the cold Weather, Mrs. Carl Swanson went by rail to their new home.at Fowler Friday. . ' _ Mike Fay and family, of Parr, were over Sunday guests at the home of his brother-in-law, Frank Sigman. Miss Grace Brown, who is staying in the home of J. C. Baker, went to her home near Parr for an over Sunday visit. On account of the shortage of the police force, the two “Freshies” were fined a “goose egg” for missing the test last week. Goodland seems to have scented war. At any rate they are having a good many big Shoots down their way of late. Tom Linton was in to see us Saturday and informed us that he was preparing to move to Wheatfield in the spring.

There was no regular service at the North Star church Sunday, on account of the Elijah’s funeral, which was held at two o’clock. Miss Ona Shindler returned to her hdme"~lfißrook Friday after a few days’ visit in the home of her brother, W. A. Shindler, the lumberman. Hollis Brown was in town Saturday enroute to his father’s from his brother’s south of Rensselaer, where he has been staying Since leaving here last summer. Frank Gerard and Hamlin Smith are two more of the fine young med to enter the ranks of Odd Fellowhsip. They were taken to Rensselaer Thursday for their first degree. Rev. Cragun received a letter from a brother at Indianapolis in which they' state eggs are worth a nickel apiece there, and that they are not using p great many on account of the silvery taste. ' ’ 1 Menno Chupp, of Parr, who bought a forty acre farm near the Tolin ranch, was over Saturday. He is cutting a quantity of wood on his tract which he is offering to sell very cheap. The usual two weeks dance was held at the Inkley hall Saturday night. A splendid orderly crowd was in attendance, and a good time was reported. One thing noticeable, was the predominance of the younger generation. Mrs. Grant Clark’s niece from Chicago is visiting in the Clark family. Mrs. Lizzie Ham, who has been visiting the Hopkins, Coverts and other friends-and relatives here the past several months, started Wednesday on her return hon® to Vernon, Texas. ~ / . A. B. Tolin was m Chicago several days last week buying cattle. Mr. Tolin has. made a couple of trips prior to this one of a like mission, having already purchased some four hundred head. The honey bee seems to be about the only thing that has not kept abreast the times. It seems not yet to know.of the European war. Price of honey is now as cheap as before the war at Lee’s big store. Fine white honey is selling at 15c a carton.

Mr. C. E. Pang, representing The Central Chautauqua Bureau, was here Friday in behalf of a lec'ure course for our town next year. The matter was put .before the Brotherhood in the evening, and while there was considerable enthusiasm in favor of the move, nothing definite was settled upon. -j Dr. Merry was down to t his farm in Jasper county, southeast of Rensselaer, Thursday. His tenant had a farnj sale that day which met with only fair success. This was probably due to the fact that he had his stock in poor condition, which always has a tendency to tnake 3 sale drag and prices go low in the midst of winter when feed prices are high. The doctor rented his farm for the coming year while there to Wm. Sayers and son, of Coodland. Marion Currin returned to his home at -Stanwood, Mich., Monday after several weeks’ visit with hj§ father at Kentland, his brother George here and other relatives and friends in this section. Mr. Corbin had intended returning home'at an earlier date but his father had the misfortune to get a very serious injury from a fall about ten days ago, and he remained to . see the outcome of this injury. The senior Mr. Corbin, whi,le not out of danger, is much improved and covery permitted the son to returnto his Michigan home. Mrs. Lemmin Hickman and children returned to their home at Goodland Thursday after several weeks’ visit with Mr. Hickman’s parents, Mr 7" and Mrs. Philander Hickman. Considerable activity is noticeable in the body of I. 0. O. F. here and a goodly number of splendid candidates have been initiated into its mysteries Elizabeth Ferguson Hess, of Kentland, has recently organized a music school at Kentland and known as the Elizabeth Ferguson Hess School of Music. _ , _ Word comes that a son was born •recently to Mr. and Mrs. Omar W cqx, of North Dakota. Mrs. Wilcox was a daughter of hfrs. Ransom Elijah and were from around Parr. Bruce Hardy was home from Dade, Wisconsin,' last week. ,