Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1918 — Page 1

No. 281.

- We Have Just Received Two Rolls Velvet Stair Carpet 27 Inches Wide. W. J. WRIGHT

DEATH OF MRS. C. J. PRUETT.

Clara Jane Pruett died Sunday at the home ofvher daughter, Mira. Thomas O’Brien. She was born Sept; 5, 1833, and her age was 85 years, two months and 26 days. She was born in Parke county, Indiana. She has three children who survive her, William, of Detroit, Mich.; Willard, off Roselawn, and the daughter, Mira. O’Brien, of this city- The remains will be taken to Parke county for burial.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Serepta Waymire et baron to F. Leslie Miller et ux, Nev. 23, n % sw 24-30-6, 80 acres. $2. W. D. Al&fert Hurley, et ux to Everett Gail Michal, Nov. 25, Hogan Schmidt’s add., It 1, bl 2, It 5, bl 1, Hogan. SI,OOO. W. D. Serepta Waymire et baron to Omer Waymire, Nov. 23, s H sw 24-30-6. $2. W. D. . . The Real Estate Securities Company to the Wabash National Bank, Nov. 30, pt n % 4-31-6, pt w Vi nw 3-31-6. sl. WID.

CITY TREASURER MOVES OFFICE

The office of Charles M. Sands, treasurer of the city of Rensselaer, has been moved from the Stockton building to the rooms formerly occupied by Attorney W. H. Parkison in the Odd Fellows building. All bills for light and water will be payable at the new location from and after Dec. 1, 1918.

CHARLES M. SANDS,

NOTICE. To all members of Prairie Lodge, No. 125, F. & A. M.: . You are hereby notified that toe stated meeting for the election of officers will be held Monday evening, December 16,1918. Your attendance is requested. By Order of the W. M.

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COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The Wheatfield town schools have been closed on accouht of the influenza. It is' reported that ten new cases were recorded in one day in Wheatfield township and toe town of Wheatfield/ Newton-Marion joint township institute was held at Rensselaer last Saturday. Rev. Postill attended toe forenoon session and participated in the Mr. Rush attended the afternoon session. Miss Ceceile Jordan of Parr, Miss Vernise Spencer of Milroy township, -Miss Mary Harvey of Lone Star in Milroy, and Miss Lillian Fishher of Center in Milroy township attended this institute. Barkley township institute was held at Center in Barkley township last ' Saturday. All eleven teachers were present and took part in the program. The next institute in Barkley will be held at Gifford on the first Saturday in December. The Pleasant Grove school in Barkley township has organized a War Savings society known as toe Pleasant ■Grove War Savings society. Bernice Maxwiell was elected 'president, Mary Markin secretary, and their teacher, Miss Clyde Duncan, was made their general manager. On or about Dec. 31, an inventory will be taken of the holdings of War Savings stamps and Thrift Stamps by pupils -in county. A list of the names of pupils holding these war securities will then be published in the county papers. These stamps can be bought from the banks, post offices, or rural route carriers until Dec. 31. The investment is an excellent one from a business standpoint alone. The interest amounts to 4.27 per cent, due with the principal in 1923. Dec. 6 is Food Day in all the schools of the United States. Ail teachers are urged to have exercises of such a character that toe lessons of saving food for the starving millions dn Europe will be imparted. Thanksgiving was observed .at Union, Blake and Never Fail in Jordan township. *

City Treasurer.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1918.

PASSES EIGHTYFIFTH MILESTONE

RENSSELAER CITIZEN HAS HAD A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER. • • • The story of the life of Abraham Leopold, of this city, is a remarkable one. Monday, December 2, 1918, he was eighty-five years of age. He is still in active coptrol of .Ms large property interests and is enjoying splendid health for a man who has lived so many strenuous years. He was born in Germany at 11 a. m. on Monday, Dec. 2, 1833, so the records in that country show upon his investigations. » His parents were (Mr. and Mrs. Simon Leopold. He bid them good-, bye on March 15, 1850, when a lad of seventeen years, and left for America, the land of promise.

Young Leopold landed in New York on April 1, 1850. But this was April fool’s day for Germany and not America, for this young man was destined to make a prosperous and useful citizen of this country. From New York Mr. Leopold went to Philadelphia. In a short time he left there for Pittsburg, where he clerked for hi& brothers-ih-Jaw, Dan and Leopold Tuteur, for six months. From there he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where be was employed as a clerk in thfe clothing store of Sattler Bros. After working for some time for this'firm, which did a wholesale as Well as retail business, he was assisted by them in going into business for himself at La-

Porte. On .account of his limited capital this venture was not very successful, and after three years he sold this business and went to Rock Island, 111., and conducted a fruit store. This was a partnership business and the firm owned a store at Davenport, lowa, also. After about three year® he sold his interest in this business and went to lowa City, lowa, where >he clerked in a clothing store for about three years. Leaving there he Went to Chicago, where he was employed by Foreman Bros, in a large clothing firm. $ Here he met Eli Heidelberg, with whom he formed a partnership in the general merchandise business, locating for a year at Francesville and (then moving to Rensselaer. This was in the year 1864.

The Rensselaer store was located on the corner of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets and was in a small shanty. In a few years Mr. Leopold purchased Mr. Heidelberger’s interest and also the building and lots on which he was doing business. He paid for these lots $3,000.00. The Shanty has long since disappeared and the following business rooms now occupy toe site: C. Earl Duvall' clothing store,-the Ramp grocery, Werner tailor shop, Miss Rishling m'iHinery shop and Schlosser Bros, creamery. Besides these Ibusines rooms, toe following have upstairs offices: Moses 'Leopold, lawyer; Abraham Halleck, lawyer, and G. F. Meyers, real estate. For a while Mr. Leopold was in business with Ralph Fendig, but he later bought Mr. Fendig’s share. November-20, 1864, Mr. Leopold was married to Emily Elzeacher, of Chicago. They are the parents of eleven children. ’ Three have passed to the great beyond. Two off these were boys, one dying in infancy and the other lived to be four years old. The third was Mrs. Sadie Wolfe, who •lost her life in the Iroquois Theatre fire in ■Chicago.

Eight of (their children are living. They are: Mrs. Leo Wolfe, of Hammond; Simon Leopold, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Isaac and Mioses Leopold, of Rensselaer; Benjamin Leopold, of Brook; Lewis Leopold, of Wolcott; Mrs. Lewis Haas, of Tipton, and Gertie Leopold, of this city. Rensselaer was at the time of Mr. Leopold’s arrival a town of about 400 inhbaitants. It did not have a railroad and all goods were hauled by wagon overland from Francesville, Bradford, now Monon, and Remington. He contributed >1,000.00 for the narrow-guage railroad whihch was built from Delphi to this city. At that time the town had three or four stores, a mall, blacksmith shop and four saloons. Arriving in New York city in 1850 with ninety-five cents, today Mr. Leopold is worth more than 1150,000. He owns ten business rooms in the city, has fourteen residences and a large number of city lots. He has had great faith in Rensselaer and has (been very successful in his investments here. During the war he purchased |21,000 in Liberty Bonds. He contributes his success to irisstrict attention to business and iris promptness in meeting every obligation. /- Mr. Leopold exemplifies in his career the splendid opportunity offered in this country. By industry and elose attention to business and by strict Integrity he has risen to ibe a leading citizen and in that rise he has been a large factor in the advancement of this city.

SPECIAL NOTICE. To afl Members of Prairie Lodge, No. 125: Word has been received that the lodge for instruction will be held oa Tuesday, December 3rd, instead of the 28nd, as preriouly announced.

MRS. HARVEY MOORE HEARS FROM HER BROTHER

Mrs. Harvey Moore rec eived the' following letter from her 'brother, Earl Parkhurst, who was on the fighting line somewhere in France when he wrote it. She received it Nov. 26. Mrs. Moore has three brothers in the service, one in Camp Sevier, S. C., one in the navy at Fort Monroe, Va., and Earl in France. He left with the Michigan boys. Somewhere in France, 2 October 31, 1918.

Dear Sister:— Your most welcome letter receive* a few days ago, and I was very glad to hear from you so soon again. Although the one you wrote me the 25th reached me a few days before the one you wrote me the 28 th. For the last few days shells have been coming over so much that they have got me all worked up so that I can hardly do anything. - It seems like every time I start over to the kitchen to eat they start shelling and chase me all over the field, trying to keep from getting struck by them. Well, so far I have been lucky enough to keep out of the way of them, but there is no telling how long I will be lucky. I think I will get home some

day and tell you all about this great battle. When Ido not hear the guns roaring and the shells bursting I get lopesome for some excitement. Here’s the way a soldier feels over here after he has been on th front awhile He drives and drives thp Germans until he is tired out, then when he gets a few days’ rest he isn’t content unless he can start again. It seems we are just raring to go over the top and the more we can kill or take prisoner the happier we are. Like when I was up in the Chateau Thierry, that big drive for ten days, I was on the go and maybe I would get a few hours out of every 24 to sleep ‘and maybe I wouldn’t. We were having lots of rain then and maybe I would lay down to sleep and in the middle of the night wake up with rain coming down in my face and be laying in about three inches of water. I lost about ten pounds in the first ten days, so you can see 'it was no easy matter.

Wel l we did not come over here to have a picnic, but come to fight and win victory, and we are going to do it. I have been on toe front (five months and have only been off six ■days outside of a number of days we were hiking from one place to another. That is another strenuous job, as we have to do all our hiking at night and get five or six nights straight. A person doesn’t feel good then. Some nights we would start out at 7 p. m. and maybe would not •get to where we Were gong until 8 the next morning. Oh, this is a great life if you don’t a good many weaken. You see great sights here. It was up on the Soissons front I was carrying ammunition and a shell burst a little ways away and there was a 'French soldier a little ways from me. A piece of shell fiew and struck him in the neck and cut his juglar vein, and that boy lay there kicking and struggling for his life and every time he would 'breathe toe air would go in the side of his neck, and you can’t imagine bow it would sound in all toe blood. WeM, that is the first one and I never want to watch another one die. I have had some close calls myself but as long as they don’t get me I don’t care how close they come. Like a fCw days ago another fellow and I were shaving and he was about five feet ■from me, and when something came down so fast I couldn’t duck but it just nicked the other fellow’s shoulder, taking a large chunk out of it and 'breaking his shoulder blade. Well, I’m still alive and happy and hope you are aH the same. When victory has been won I wall be back to the ones so near and dear to me and tell you more of this life. I am, Your loving brother, •EARL PARKHURST. Bat. E, 117th F. A., Am. E. F.

COMRADE FOX PROSPEROUS.

Charles Fox, (better known here as “Comrade,” and remembered ‘by all as the faithful mail carrier, was in Rensselaer today. Comrade is now a night policeman with the Barbee wire company in Lafayette and is receiving a monthly salary of $90.00. He says that he is getting along fine and has $500.00 in the bank. It is suspected that when his bank account is large enough Comrade will take unto himself a fair damsel and establish a happy home. He now lives at the Brambell house and takes his meals at the Big Four restaurant, at which places he feels he is as well taken care of as he Would be at the Lahr or Fowler house.

MONDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Miss Jones, of Jones & Briney, was operated on Saturday for appendicitis. She is doing nicely. Kenneth West had his tonsils removed. Ralph O’Riley, Jr., is at the hospital for a minor operation. Mrs. C. A. Zuck, of DeMotte, returned home Saturday. Mrs. Edd J. Randle was able to return to her home Saturday. Mis. Flesher and baby returned to their home at Gifford today. Mrs. Oliver, a nurse from Chicago, came Saturday to take care of Mr. Colvin at the hospital. George Jordan, of Francesville, entered the hospital Saturday for medical attention for appendicitis, and died Sunday morning from a ruptured bowel and appendix.

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FOUR NEWTON COUNTY BOYS ATTEND FINE STOCK SHOW

Four boys from Newton county left here Sunday evening for Chicago to attend toe fine stock show. Three of these boys were prize winners in the Newton County Calf club, and their expenses were being paid by that organization. They wefie Darold and Harold Fleming and Marshall Murphy. Harry Murphy accompanied his brother.

HOME FROM GREAT LAKES.

These sailor Soys returned to the Great Lakes Sunday evening. They came down Saturday: Nate Welsh, Ben Bullis and Oren Norman. James Bulis, father of Ben Buffis, went to Chicago with his son. He will visit there with a sick sister and meet another sister, who lives in Missouri and who is now on a visit in Chicago.

RETURNED TO CAMP CUSTER.

The following soldiers, who were home on short furloughs, returned to Camp Custer, Mich., Sunday evening: Harry Drake, of Kentland; Frank Gerard, of Mt. Ayr; Arthur Quinn, of this county, and Clarence Muller, of Goodland.

CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express to our many friends and neighbors our heartfelt appreciation for their sympathy and kindness shown us during the sickness and death of our beloved son and brother. —-Mr. and Mrs. William HL Gratner and Children.

BUYS KNIMAN STORE.

Gail Michal, son-in-law of excounty commissioner, John F. Pettet, has purchased the G. G. Brown store at Knrman, and will not move to lowa as he had contemplated. Gail is a hustler and is sure to make a success of hi anew venture. He went to Reynolds Saturday to see his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michal.

URGED TO PLANT WALNUT TREES

WALNUT PREFERRED TO ANY OTHER KIND—WOOD AND CROP BOTH VALUABLE. Ordinarily every field on a farm is pastured more or less and it should contain one or more tree® in itbe proper location under which stock cored find protection from the hot sun. Anmals graze about two-fifths of their time and the remainder of fib® time is spent under a tree, along fences or near the gate. If there is a tree the stock will always be found where ft is located. For this reason the tree Should be located on the highest place of the field so that the slopes will get the benefit of the fertilizer. For. this reason trees should not be along fences, and, too, because stock is in more danger along wire fences than out in the field. " Walnut trees are to be preferred to all kinds of trees because they produce as little shade as any of oat valuable trees, and they are deeprooted, and*for this reason they dm be fanned to the base of th* tree and they will stand much Ufpiug The walnut is one of our most valuable timber trees and grows a not that has a commercial value. An objection to trees in a field are that they take up space that could ba farmed, but the walnut crop ufiß usually make up in value the space occupied. Another objection is that stock will herd under a tree during a storm and will be injured by lightning. This objection will not hold, because if a tree does not exist stock will huddle up somewhere along a fence which is usually of wire not properly grounded, and is a greater menace to stock than a tree. Walnut trees may be had by planting the nuts. The trees should bo pruned to a height of twelve feet or more so that the tree will produce a log length and shade the crops less. Valuable information upon the sub- . ect of tree planting and tree culture may be had by addressing the State Forester, State House, Tndianapofis.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature : or the twenty-four hours nding act 7:00 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Mn. November 28 49 84 November 29 52 82 November 30 :...48 24 Jecember 1 48 28 December 2 .......43 26

JOSEPH ELDER IS MARRIED.

The following is an extract from the Monticello Evening Journal, and undoubtedly refers to Joseph Elder, as he was known here, formerly of this city. We think toe Journal is mistaken about Joe's as they are living an Indianapolis, we understand: , “Floyd Earl Elder and Norma Elizabeth Heath, both of this city, were married at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon at toe Christian church by the pastor, J. Francis Ashley. Mr. Elder is 25 years of age, and is toe eon of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Elder, both deceased, but formerly residents of {this place. The bride is 23 yeans of age and toe daughter of Mins. Minnie Heath, East Monticello. They came from Remington several years ago. Both people have a large number of friends here who will wish them every success in life.

METHODIST WOOD CHOPPERS.

The men of the Methodist church will meet at the church tomorrow, Tuesday, morning at 8 o’clock sharp. Bring your axes and saws weH sharpened and take past in the annual wood chopping.

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