Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1920 — REMINGTON ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON ITEMS.

(The Press) Mrs. Jasper Guy is recovering from a six weeks’ illness Mrs. Cecil MeCain, of Indianapolis, came Saturday for a week s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Wahl, and other relatives here. „ „ . . Mrs. Timmons, Mrs. Coleman and Mirs. Elmore spent the day, Tuesday, with Goodland fnends, Mrs. Elmore remaining for the week with Mrs. Kitt. Alva Monohan, who has been waiting friends here the past two weeks, returned to Galesburg, 111., Friday, where he works for Fete Engle. He reports crops fine in that locality. , . .. Two new furnaces have been sold to the Christian church congregation to heat the church and basement, the old ones never having proved sufficient. Charles Bowman and others have had their side of the street pretty badly torn up this week, putting m a drain for the big basement he is building under his restaurant. Guss Merritt has sold his property, having kindly donated toe use of their street, to Charley Watson, ’ who will get possession March 1. Guss hasn’t decided just what he will do for a home after that time. Mrs. George Eck, who has been at the Wabash Sanitarium at L*fayette the past week, for treatment of rheumatism, from which she had been suffering terribly, is reported to be improving nicely now. , ~ . Mr. and Mrs. Lee Alson and daughter, Ina, of Pontiac, HL, came on Wednesday evening and will again take up their residence m Remington. The people of Remington are glad to welcome th«r return to this place. Mrs. Hitchcock was pleasantly surprised Wednesday when her broth-in-law. Dr. Hitchcock, and wife, of Gary, whome she had not seen for thirty years, stopped on their way home from an automobile trip, ana took dinner with her. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Seabold, of Annville, Pa., who are the G. A. R. old soldiers’ meeting, are now visiting their niece, Mrs. . C. B. Johnston. Also Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lighi and wife from Gibson City, Hl., are here to visit with Ross Groves, a Round „ Grove township farmer, had his skull fractured and a gash cut m the left aide of his head Tuesday last. He was storing hay in his barn when the device he was using broke and a piece struck him on the head. His injuries are regarded as seri-

There are some warm political arguments on the streets these days. Only this morning we feared we would have to call Geier to quiet the parties, who were arguing the League of Nations business, but the night watch happening to go by, cast a quietus over them before they came to blows, and they laughed it off. . . . Mr. Robert Bahler arrived home Tuesday evening from his trip back to the old home of his boyhood, in Switzerland, and seemed mighty glad to get back to little, Old Remington again. He was accompanied by Miss Hagerman, who came to make her home with her brother, south of town, and a young lad, whose name we did not learn. • Mr. Bahler has been absent since June. The fanners of this vicinity have been having a good deal of trouble with their fall plowing this season, owing to the extensive dryness of the ground. It is said that to plow the regular depth of four or five inches is almost impossible, as the plows scoot right out of the sou in spite of everything, but by putting on horses enough to go seven or eight inches they get along quite well. The ground, however, is as dry as powder and breaks up in big chunks.

The local high school team will open the football season next Saturday, when the Momence, Hl., high school teain will appear at Riverside nark. The Red and Black has an •unusually heavy schedule this year, Sheridan, Logansport and Emerson of Gary being among the teams carded. ' The schedule has been completed with the exception of the Thanksgiving game.

Morocco’s independent team opened their football season Sunday against the Bradleys of Chicago. The city aggregation received a bad trouncing.