Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1917 — James D. Babcock and Wife Visiting Friends and Relatives. [ARTICLE]

James D. Babcock and Wife Visiting Friends and Relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. James D. Babcock, of Petroleum, Wells county, Ind., came Friday evening and will visit here a few days with relatives and friends. Both Mr. and Mrs. Babcock are old residents of this county and lived here until some twelve years ago. Mr. Babcock was a very prominent cattle man and also served as trustee of Marion township,. this countv. They have splendid crops in Wells county and their corn was not damaged by the early frost. Forty acres of corn that had been put out by Mr. Babcock’s son, George, who died from an operation in a Chicago hospital, was sold in the field September 20th this year for $54 per acre.