Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

i j -fi, X The Democrat and the Chicago Daily Examiner, both a full year, for only $3.00. Miss Nettie Prioe, who has beep siok with malarial fever for the past three weeks, is reported as improving, and Mrs. Fred Chapman and baby of Cincinnati, Ohio, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, John Kohler. 1' E. L. Hollingsworth is at Kalamazoo, Mich., spending a week or two with his family who are sojourning there. YXI. M. Baughman has not fully decided on a location as yet, but thinks perhaps he will locate at Colorado Springs, Colo. F. B. Ham, who traded for the Wolcott electric light plant some time ago, has now traded same for a half-section of land near Wheatfield.

AB. S. Fendig left Wednesday on a business trip to New York and Boston. He will also visit the Jamestown exposition before returning. .Mrs. W. H. Blodgett apolis came over from Fountain Park Wednesday nitrht and spent a few days with Mrs. E, P. Honan. She will return home to-day, Morgan N. Foulks of DeKalb county, Mo , is visiting bis brother, Rev. Peter Foulks of MoCoysbu/g. He is 82 years of age, but quite sprightly for so old a man. Monticello Herald: Miss Edith Nowels entertained a number of her friends Monday evening at her home in honor of her guest, Miss Ruth Hammond of Rensselaer. Miss Elsie Kendall of Goodland, well known in Milroy tp., this county, where she has taught schoal, has gone to Roseville, New Mexico, for the benefit of her health. . This week has been one of the busiest threshing weeks>.in the history of Jasper bounty. With good weather next Week will finish the greater part of the threshing in this section. XA. L. Branch has recently purchased of John Eger the lot just west of his feed store, which he has been leasing for several years. The lot is 38x150 and the consideration stated in the deed is $954. To-morrow is “Watson Day” at Fountain Park, Congressman James E. Watson of Indiana being the speaker. He is said to be one of the best orators in Indiana and a large crowd is sure to greet him. Miss Flora Harris left Saturday for Big Rapids. Mich., for a visit with friends and to attend the wedding of Miss Jennie Lardner, formerly of Goodland, to Mr. Coffy of Big Rapids, which took place Wednesday.

E. R. Pugh of the grocery department of the Chicago Bargain Store, with his wife and daughter left Sunday for a two weeks vacation during which which he will visit at Battle Ground, Bluffton and Wolcott. Mrs. A. E. Bolser and sister, Miss Jessie Nicholson, returned Saturday from Greencastle, where they were called by the sickness and subsequent death of their sister, Mrs. Raymond Hufford, from typhoid fever. Xfiev. and Mrs. Parrett left Saturday for a visit with the former’s brother at Lyndon, Ohio, after which they will go to Winona, where Rev. Parrett will attend bible school. They will return home about Sept. 1. /Wiss Edith Marshal), who had 4>ebn engaged to teach English and History in the city schools, has resigned her position and has gone to Seattle, Wash., where she has secured a positson as teacher in the schools there. Oppie Wolf attended the wedding of her neice, Miss Edna Worden, at Wabash Saturday. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Worden, formerly of Rensselaer but now of Wabash, and the groom is Mr. Wade LaidloW of Elkhart.

Goodland Herald: Trustee Wiles informs us that the fourth and last dividend of the Home Bank has been declared and that the checks are now ready for the creditors at the Goodland Bank. This dividend is 4.78 per cent, making a total of 22.78 per cent. John Farrel and J. J. Stanfield of southwest Carpenter were in the city oil business Monday. A few farmers in their locality have threshed their oats and the yield is poor, from 20 to 25 bushels to the acre only, and light in weight. This is in the beat section of Jasper county, too.