Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1900 — BLACKFORD [ARTICLE]

BLACKFORD

Van Lesli did business in Parr .1day night. John Lesh and family spent »< , , in this locality. John W. Hurley helped Anders*., kins strip cane last Munday Miss May A aricu visuea al In. . , Mrs. Anderson Jenkius,' this week. Uncle Levi Renicker and wife hum Carroll county are visiting in thi. locality.

John N. Price traded his shotgun to Chris Morgenegg for a bicycle last Tuesday. Several of our young men in this locality attended the baseball game at Aix last Sunday. Isaac Miller, Arthur Ropp, Edward and Jesse Jenkins will work on the Lesh sorghum factory. Everybody has been busy hauling grain, helping thrash and getting then cane ready for the sorghum mill this week. Walter Schnner is agent for a patent riveting machine. Any one needing a machine of that kind would do well ta call on Walter.