Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1920 — WHEATFIELD. [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIELD.

The baseball boys and their, supporters will meet at the Prim of next Tuesday evening to affect an organization of a baseball team and to make other arrangements. Wheatfield is going to have an up-to-date team and don’t you forget about it. The way it looks now—we believe that near Spring is here. Trustee Duggleby of Kankakee township was in town last Saturday. Boost your town by getting behind your band and baseball team. Our autoists have begun to take their Sunday spins. The high price of gasoline bothers them not. Don’t forget the big stock sale at the Marble ranch Thursday, March 18th. -——— —-— Mr. and Mrs. E. Jensen autoed to Peru, Ind., last Sunday, returning Monday? . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Grube, of near Kersey was in town last Saturday afternoon. One of our fanner friends received a ‘ letter from a relative in Michigan telling him of the joy of drinking cider. We consider this a very unfriendly act. If he had sent a gallon he would have done a nobler deed. Charles Osborne, who formerly lived here, visited his many friends here' last Saturday and Sunday. Charlie is now filling some good railroad position. There seems to be a mild wave of the grippe in these parts. Frank Mitchell, who is working at Gary, visited home folks here last Saturday and Sunday. The little son of Mr. ‘ and Mrs. Tom Jensen has the whooping cough. Mrs. Jensen is also on the sick list . >- Mrs. Fendig received a letter from her brother a few days ago, stating that they were surely enjoying the fine weather of California. All kinds of flowers there are in bloom, making it a regular garden of Eden. As we are not feeling the best this xveek you will have to excuse the brevity of this week’s correspondence.