Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1909 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

First Oysters of the Season, New York Counts, at Fate’s restaurant. J. H. Dunlap of Mt. Ayr took the train here for Monon yesterday to transact business. Mrs. Wade Loop and two children of Marion are visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Travis. Miss Mattie Faris of Medaryville, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Gray, returned home yesterday. Vern Hopkins, wife and baby of Greensburg, Kan., are here visiting his parents, George Hopkins and wife. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Nichols ! of Monticello came yesterday for a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Floyd. Mrs. Vernon Nowels and son Harold went to Chicago yesterday to purchase a pair of braces for Harold’s limbs. Mrs. Jesse Nichols returned home yesterday from a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. Alva Nichols, at Patterson, Mo. Mrs. Chas. Hill, who has been visiting with John Poole and family, went to Francesville yesterday for a few days visit. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Parks or Milroy township, went to Chicago Thursday to visit with friends and relatives a few days. Mrs. Carl Beaver and two daughters went to Delphi yesterday to visit a few days with her sister, Mrs. Della Robinson. Miss E. Harland of Chicago, who had been visiting with Miss Ollie Tanner of northeast of town, returned home yesterday. Mrs. H. A. Fleming and daughter went to Monon yesterday for a days visit with friends, day’s visit with friends Chris Grinery of Daviess county, who had been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller, for a few days, returned home yesterday. Mrs. James Gibson of Marion, who had been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Mack Sullivan for three weeks, returned home yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jacks came yesterday to spend the day with J. W- Ward and family. They left today for a visit at Tipton. A heavy rain fell Thursday night which again, put a stop to threshing, of which there is considerable yet to be done in this vicinity. Mrs. Thomas Randle of Hope, Kan., who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Randle and others here for some time, left yesterday for her home. Osborne, who was recently npnrried to Miss Crowder of southeast of town, is now running an engine on the Lafayette-New Albany division of the Monon. XlMiss lone Zimmerman had the misffHune to fall in the back yard of her home Thursday afternoon and break radius bone of her right hand. She is recovering nicely under the doctor’s care. Several of the male teachers in attendance at the county institute played a pick-up base ball team at the ball park Thursday afternoon, who defeated the pedagogues by a score of 12 to 2. Mrs. Jesse Ball of Mitchell, S- D., who has been visiting near here for three weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harrington, and also Charles Harrington of Michigan City, left Wednesday for her home. William Ralph, a former resident I of Rensselaer oi a quarter of a cen- ■ tury ago, was here Wednesday from i Indianapolis, where he now resides and is engaged in the manufacture of artificial ice. He was here looking at the former S. B. Moffitt land in Union tp., with a view of purchasing same. \Mr. and Mrs. Ed Floyd and childneh, Mrs. Laura Michaels, Misses i Chrrie Welsh, Mary Putts, Eva Hop--1 kins, Mrs. Kent Blankenship, O. H. McKay, Paul Norgor and Jasper Smith went to Monon Thursday afternoon to attend the home-coming. The two latter went on to Lafayette yesterday to visit the fair. Sj Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Chales Schleman, Mrs. BJ. Moore and daughter, Miss Margaret Gleason, George Kepner, Allie Fletcher. Pierre Thompson, Mrs. C. B. Reprogle and son John, Lagoar Harmon, James Overton, Harry Morehouse and Mrs. Joe Hallagan went to Monon Thursday to attend the home-coming. Brookston la to have an old settlers’ meeting to-day. These annual meetings are the biggest days of the year in White, Carroll and many other Indiana counties, and might be made so here if the people would show the proper spirit. It Is to be regretted that the matter was allowed to drop here after we had one or two gatherings of the kind, owing to lack of Interest.