Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1920 — TEFFT. [ARTICLE]

TEFFT.

Frank Slight and wife; who went to California— last fall, returned. Frank was hunting and fishing -ever since and has gained 35 lbs. in weight and looks exceedingly young and Mrs. Slight is looking fine. It surely pays to have a few months’ vacation in the sunny south. Welcome home, old top. Mr. Hohner, the president of the Community Club, has announced there will be a fine program of home talent Friday evening, Feb. 27. We want everybody to do something. Speakers and singers will be announced next week, so come across and be a volunteer. Have your name on the program. Ed Schrader’s family are recovering nicely from an attack of the flu and we are glad of it Conrad Myers’ family are also recovering after 10 days of this flu business. No more flu in Kankakee township as we know of. Luther Albin has moved to Tefft into his new home, which he has been remodeling. Albin expects to drive his new car to Montana this summer to see his boys, who are extensive farmers there. Vferna Baker, of Davenport, la., has made application for a position at the school next fall. We just wonder if Walter knows it. Ah, Walter, Ah, Ah. Tom Maloney’s family have all been sick, but are improving at

IUVVU OlVlij MUV <=» this writing. . Mr. Able stayed at Peregrine s Saturday night and took Don to church Sunday. The crowd seems to keep coming despite the cold -weather. / M. Anderson bought a fine brood sow at C. K. Brown’s sale Saturday. Anderson didn’t know how to feed a hog property so gave her scrambled eggs for Sunday breakfast. The first hog Anderson ofer owned so lets wish him luck. Surely some one will give him some pointer on the feed. The boiler went wrong at the school Sunday, so Bill Jeffries got steam up in his lizzie, and took a hike for Valpo to get repairs. He made excellent time and avoided the pipes from freezing up. A lot of serge goods were sold at Brown’s sale Saturday. Wm. Jeffries bought a bunch of 50 yds. but to our surprise a few bachelors went in on it pretty strong as follows: John Shirer, Buss Marble, Nic Rasmussen, were the chief buyers, these three buying over 300 yards. Of course some people didn’t tumble but they are now fixed before some woman pops the question.