Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1917 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Forest Morlan, of Chicago, spent Sunday here with his parents. Victor Hoover was up from Purdue ovpr Sunday. • Sunday was a grand day and auto • mobile owners took advantage of it. Frank Hardman went to Chicago, where he will remain until Thursday. Mrs. Earl West went to Bluffton today for a visit with relatives. Theodore George went to Chicago Sunday evening after spending the week end here. Mrs. Anna King, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Albert Wo&e, at Reynolds, returned to her home here today. iW. M. Blackman, who has been visiting the family of Loren Sage, left this morning for Chicago. His home is in San Francisco. Fred Rhoades, Omar Osborne and Joe Reeve returned to Chicago to their work on the early morning train. L. R. Eisenberg, of Chicago, spent Saturday and Sunday here with his wife. ' Ray Hopkins, who is on special police duty at the steel plant at Gary, came to Rensselaer this forenoon. F. W. Tobias received a card from Raymond Dixey, stating that he passed through Rensselaer Saturday evening for Newport, R. I. Mrs. L. H. Hamilton returned from Indianapolis Sunday evening after spending a few days with her daughter, Marie, who attends Butler University. B. J. Jarrette states that for the past several days he has been unable to secure any American flags, lhe demand at this time greatly exceeds the supply and the manufacturers are unable to keep up with their orders. Charles Serritella went to Parr this morning, where he will be employed on a farm. Charles is anxious to ba out of doors with the hope of improving his general health so that later he may be accepted into the navy. "Get one of the beautiful paper American flags to put . on the windshield of your automobile or to place on your windows. 5c at this office. They are 9x12 inches and are printed on heavy enamelled paper in natural colors. Put one in every window.

John Robinson, deputy sheriff, went to Lafayette this morning to bring to Rensselaer, Harry S. Winkle, who is charged with issuing a forged ehedk. Winkle had ‘been arrested in Lafayette. _____ Sheriff B. D. McColly was called Sunday night to a farm near the Queen City school house, on which oeorge Chambers is a tenant. Chambers’ wife had accused him of heatin'/, up the hogs, but on investigation the sheriff decided that the charge was not a serious one to bother with and no further trouble is anticipated. Judge C. W. Hanley is hearing a motion made by Attorney Abraham Halleck in the case of the State vs. Stockton for a change of venue. Mr. Stockton is represented in the court by Attorneys Palmer & Carr, of Monticello, and Attorney Lowry, of Indianapolis. No decision had been made when we went to press today.

Mrs'. Mary JL Condit, of Boston, Mass., has been the guest here for a few days of her sister, (Mrs. John Mann. This was the first time the sisters had seen one another for over twenty-five years. Mrs. Condit left this morning for Elgin, 111., where she will visit a brother, and Mrs. Mann accompanied her as far as Chicago. From Elgin Mrs. Condit will go to Oklahoma to visit a brother and from there she will go to her summer home in Denver. Cold. —-- Walter V. Porter claims to be urettv old. William Traub has attached to the awning in front of his store a 1776 flag and Bawly claims to have been here when that flag -was made. Being a strictly temperate map and having the very .best of judgment on all other matters, it is pretty difficult to understand this claim of our most respected citizen. A number of Mr. Porter’s friends have asked us to investigate. A careful investigation along the lines of veracity and sanity fails to explain the mystery. Abraham Bringle was down from Fair Oaks today and reports that they came very near dosing their depot today by fire. But for the timely alarm given by our former townsman, William Burch, a fire which was probably started by a passing railroad engine in the roof of the building would soon have destroyed the entire edifice. Mr. Bringle also reports that they had as their guests for Sunday his son, Orville Bringle and wife, of Remington, his daughter, Amy, who is attending Valparaiso University, where she 4&. preparing bv teach public school music, and his sister, Mrs. Myrtle Yeoman and her husband, of Hanna.

Wheatfield Farmers’ Club Formed Saturday Evening. A meeting of the farmers of south Wheatfield township was held at the residence of Jiames Goin Saturday evening, April 21, for the purpose of organizing a farmers’ club. The county agent, Stewart Learning, presided and after stating what the other clubs ot the county' were doing he called upon a number of the farmers present to express their views as to the desirability of forming an organization in that particular community. Quite a number of those present responded and it was unanimously decided to form the Wheatfield Chib. The following officers were elected: C. M. Dewey, president; Lance Grube, vice-president; Louis Misch, secretary; Bert- Vandercar, treasurer. The next meeting will be held in i Wheatfield on Friday evening, May | 18, at 8 o’clock. All interested are invited to attend. . .1 ’ j