Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1905 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Dolly Shook is visiting in Chicago. Mrs. B. JE. Goff and baby are visiting/it Cedar Lake. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Sears of Ravenswood, 111., visited here this week. and Mrs. D. M. Yeoman of Ambia visited relatives here this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jakey Hopkins of Brazil, were visiting relatives here this week. 'SMiss Katie Shields visited her sister, Mrs. Lucy Malone, at Monticello this week. Messrs. John Farrel and J. C. Stanfield of near Remington, were Rensselaer visitors Thursday. Several of our correspondents celebrated too hard the 4th, evidently, and failed to send in items this week. John Stuber, who is now working in the Hammond Tribune office, spent the ’4th with his mother here. F. Hempbill of Danville, 111., came up to attend the funeral of Jack Leahy and visit relatives for a few days. The foundation for the new Christian church is nearly completed and the brick and lumber is on the ground for the building. A blanket remonstranee has been filed in Iroquois township, Newton county, which will have the effect of driving forth saloons out of Brook. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Bair returned this week from Columbia City, where they were called recently by the serious illness of their daughter. . Owing to several of the boys dropping out, removals, etc., the regular Thursday evening band concerts have been abandoned for the balance of the season. X Work on the concrete foundations for the new Murray-Long-Haus block is progressing rapidly and brick work wilt begin in a few days. „ Mrs. W. W. Wishard has gone to Big Rapids, Mich., to visit her sister, Mrs. George Jenkins, for several weeks. Mr. Wishard will join her in a couple of weeks for a month's visit. __XThe proposed stone road system hire been extended so that it now covers practically every unimproved street in Rensselaer. As now proposed there is some 15$ miles in the city and 17 miles in the country. A “Miscellanous Shower” party was given by Miss Bessie Eger last Friday afternoon from four till seven in honor of Miss Jennie Bernard, who was married to Rev. Ralph Leonard Loake, of Eau Clair, Wis., Thursday. About thirty young ladies were present and very enjoyable time was bad. D. Nowels, A. 8. Laßue and John Poole of Rensselaer, and Isaac Stucker and wife of Mt. Ayr left here Tuesday for a trip west. Mr. Nowels goes to the Parsons and Medicine Lodge, Kan.; Mr. Laßue to lowa, Mr. Poole to Kerney county, Kan.; and Mr. and Mrs. Stucker to Butler county, Kan. Eiglesbacb finished cutting a 32 acre field of wheat Saturday on the J. M. Wasson farm southeast of town that he confidently believes will yield 25 bushels to the acre. There is not much of an acreage of wheat in Jasber county this year, but, like most of our neighboring counties, what we have is good. Dr. Washburn, Jack Montgomery, Delos Thompson, B. F. Fendig, Chas Chamberlain, Ray Wood, Fred and Gus Phillips and Wm. Timmons “autoed” over to Fowler last Friday in three automobiles to see a big ball game. The oats and corn is so big between Remington and Fowler that one can see the sun only part of the time. Mrs. B. Forsythe and Mrs. C. W. Hanley gave an informal reception Thursday afternoon at the handsome home of the former in honor of Miss Smith of New Philadelphia, Ohio, a sister of Mrs. Forsythe, and Mrs. F. W. Hardy of Woodward, Okla , a sister of Mrs. Hanley. A harpist from Chicago furnished music for the occasion. Refreshments were served.