Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1920 — SHELBY. [ARTICLE]

SHELBY.

Miss Della Braskett is reported on the sick list. Mrs. Seldon Spieth and son, Elwin, are visiting relatives in Elyria Ohio. r Chas. H. Reed and H. E. De Pue made a business trip to Chicago last Friday. Ray Wood and family of Lowell visited here with Mr. and Mts. Clyde Dickey. - Jean Bowie of Wheatfield came Monday for a visit with her aunts, .Clara and Anna Fuller. Wm Kahle and family have moved here from Frankfort, Ind. Mr. Kahle is employed by the Monon. All the Eichs from nearly everywhere were here last Sunday and had a surprise party on Julius Eich and family. Mrs. M. J. Ahlgrim, Mrs. R. H. Ahlgrim, Emma Ahlgrim and Mrs. NeaL irois motored to Leßoy Monday to pick cherries. Mrs. Adam Dorsch was brought home from the hospital Sunday and is car* of a trained nurse at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank West, Mr. and Mrs. F/ank Lindenmeyer, of Hammond, visited relatives and friends here last Sunday. A disastrous fire occurred st Schneider Saturday morning. The fire- started in the hotel and restaurant and spread until five buildings were burned on Front street. The town . being without fire pro; tection little could be done except to keep the'fire from spreading to other buildings on other etyrta. The entire population was out fighting fire and in this way the fire was kept on the one street and why the fire was under control five buildings were burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at from twenty to twenty-five thousand dollars, which is partly covered by insurance. It was thought for a time the the New York Central depot would go, but by the hard wort of the office employes the building was saved.