Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1917 — Items From Mt. Ayr Tribune. [ARTICLE]

Items From Mt. Ayr Tribune.

George Delaney Sundayed with relatives at Miss Esther Yeoman spent Sunday with A. J. Hufty family. Mrs. A. J. Hufty spent Sunday with friends at Stone Bluff. R. Randolph, of Parr, was a caller at the N. Selby home Saturday. Rev. Wilson, of the M. E. church at Brook, yyas calling on our pastor, the Rev. Cragun, Tuesday. Mrs. J. W. Hammerton, of Wheatfield, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John Heims, at present. The new ice man got up the usual amount of ice for the town and it was of a very fine quality. Common wrapping twine has reached the high tide mark of 43c per pound on the wholesale market. Tuesday Rev. Cragun and family spent the day at the Meharry home, northeast of town. G. W. Lynch, the genial north side general merchant, was a business visitor in Goodland Thursday. And this is that mild winter that some of our whiskered friends predicted. Mrs. Claude Seward Visited in Kentland over Sunday, returning Monday morning. Miss Cora Bruner visited a Short while with Mrs. W. R. Lee Monday as she was enroute to Morocco. _ Doc. Malia, of Winamac, is visiting in the Biddy Bums home. Dr. Martin reports the arrival of a fine 10 pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler S. Williams. _ Report has it that J. R. Sigler sold his 80 acre tract of land northwest of town to Hank Dearduff. Russell Doty came Monday for a visit with his grandmother, Mrs Seward, and other relatives about Mt. Ayr. . ' • ; Mrs Daniel Helmuth has been considerably indisposed for the past two weeks with rheumatism in one of her limbs. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Noland, Fair Oaks, were the guests of Mrs. Noland’s brother, Arthur Anderson, several days last week. w