Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1910 — Page 3

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Ed Oliver of Newland was a Chicago goer Saturday. Miss Nellie Grant spent Sunday in Monon with friends. ?G. E. Murray male.a business trip to Wheatfield Monday. John Finn was down from Kankakee tp., on business Monday. Leo Reeve and wife went to Bass Lake Monday for a few days outing. Miss Floy McColly spent Sunday with relatives in Chicago Heights. Mrs. W. N. Scott and daughter of Monticello were in town on business a short time Monday. Mrs. T. W. Grant an 1 daughter Hazel spent Saturday with Mrs. Theodore Warne at Parr. Mrs. A. M. Grisbold of near Rensselaer returned home Saturday from a week’s visit in Chicago); < Mrs. H. Purcupile went to Chicago Monday to studv fall styles in millinery and buy new stock. Mrs. Wm. Irwin of Monon snent Sundav with her mother, Mrs. Sarah Irwin, of near Rensselaer. Miss Francis Martin of near Pleasant Ridge went to Brookston Monday to visit relatives a few days. Wm. Roth and wife of Monticello spent Sunday here with the latter’s parents, Wm. Rayhen, and family. Mrs. Chas. Robinson, on the F. A. Turfler farm, went to Monticello Saturday to visit relatives a few days. Goodland’s horse show will be held Sept. 7,8, 9, 10. Several free attractions have been engaged for the show. Mrs. Horace Daniels and son Omar spent Sunday with the former’s mother, Mrs. Sarah Ginn in Barkley tp. ...

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Jerry Healy was in Chicago on business yesterday. Remember the horse next Wednesday, Sept. 7. F. B. Ham went to Logansport on business yesterday. To-day’s markets: Corn, 55c; Oats, 29c ; Rye, 65c ; Wheat, 90c. Charlie Mann, the mail clerk, b is spending his vacation visiting relatives in Denver, Colo. Paul Sollenberger of Kokomo was in the city on business Monday, returning home yesterday. 1 1 ■- ■■ Mrs. Mary Lowe returned Saturday from an extended visit at Koss, Mich., and also at different points in Wisconsin. Miss Mamie Hauter of Blue Island, 111., returned home Saturday after a ten days visit with Miss Elsie Augspurger. Mrs. Caroline Green of Tipton came Saturday to be with her neice, Mrs. Carrie Porter, whose condition is very bad. •> A. A. Fell of Car ffehter tp., and William Sigman, also of Carpenter, were buisness visitors in the city Monday. Mrs. Nettie Woodin of Hammond returned home Saturday after a four weeks visit with relatives and friends near Rensselaer. Mrs. Clara L. Hagins of Chicago came down Monday to help her father, Capt. J. L. Hagins, ceebrate his 65th birthday anniversary. Mrs. David McConahay and daughter and the former’s sister, Miss Ruby Huffman, attended old settlers day at Monticello Saturday. 1 Oscar Phegley of Monticello returned home Saturday after a two weeks visit with his uncles, Charles and Ed Phegley of near Rfensselaer. Mrs. Jene Crowell went to Kentland Monday to attend the teachers’ institute. She expects to teach in Newton county the coming year. Mrs. Boyd Hufty of Remington left here Monday for Des Moines, la., where she with her husband, who preceded her, will] make their home.

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I. D. Dunn of Tefft 'wjas a business visitor in the city Monday. The regular monthly horse sale in Rensselaer will be on Wednesdav of next week, Sept. 7. , ' Mrs. John Merritt and sons returned Monday from a week’s visit with relatives at Latham, Ill? . : Jay W. Stockton has had the Makever bank block repainted throughout, which improves its appearance greatly. C. A. Radcliffe of Louisville, Ky., spent Sunday here, with Mrs. Radcliffe’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Rhoades. Pearl Nelson of Lake Forest, 111., who has been visiting a few days with the family of E. O. Gunyon, returned home yesterday. .. -■ .jL'< ; ■ Mr. and Mrs. Dean Merica, the “newlyweds,” are boarding for the present with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Brown on McCoy avenue. Jerry Tullis left yesterday for Denver, Colo., to stay for a few weeks. If he likes the country he expects to take up a claim in Colorado. Misses Catharine and Marie Arnold of Barkley tp., went to Menomonie, Wis.. Friday to visit Uncle Jake Lesh and Dan Lesh and family.

Morocco Courier: Miss Virginia Kessler has as her guest this week a Northwestern University class mate, Miss Martha Parkison of Rensselaer. Misses Minnie Tompkins and Carrie Faris of Indianapolis returned . home Saturday after a few days visit here with the family of Rev. Harper. Mrs.’ F. J. Smith of Medaryville, who had been visiting at Mt. Ayr, Morocco and Kentland” the past few days, took the train here for home Monday. We understand that John Eger has put in an order for a Model 17 Buick, for which he will pay considerably less than those who bought earlier in the season. Harry Morehouse of the grocery department of the Rowles & Parker store, is taking his vacation this week, going first to Monon for a couple of days visit.

Misses Anna Hoagland and Hattie Neibert of Blue Island, 111., who had been the guests of Miss Edith Gangloff, the past several days, returned home Monday. There were 84 tickets sold from this station to Chicago on the excursion train Sunday, Aug. 21, and 135 tickets were sold from here to the same place last Sunday. Miss Pearl Comer of Rensselaer came Tuesday for a little visit with A. B. Scott and family, arrived at 2 and left at 5. Autoirig to Pine ' Village.—Oxford Gazette. Brook Reporter: Mrs. B. Forsythe- is slowly improving from her recent severe spell of sickness and it is thought that she will be able to be out in the next few days. • Miss Grace Warren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Warren formerly of Rensselaer but now of Lawton, Okla., was married last Thursday to Charles A. Wolverton of Lawton. Mrs. M. E. Corliss, who went to Gettysburg, So. Dak., several months ago, returned Suriday with her little grand-daughter and will again take up her residence in Rensselaer. P. K. Kline, who had been employed at the county farm, went to his home at Demotte Monday for a few days visit. He also expects to make a visit in Chicago in the next few days. MMiss Grace Chapman qf St. Joseph, Mich., who has been visiting her brother, James H. Chapman and wife for a few days, returned hope yesterday, accompanied as far as Chicago by Mrs. Chapman. Alva Brouhard of Fair Oaks was lodged in jail here Saturday night on the charge of intoxication. Sunday morning he was arraigned before Squire Irwin and on a plea of guilty was assessed the regular ‘‘dollar and,” $4.85 all told. , ! • “* * .

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The Monticello Baptist Association meets this week, Wednesday, with the Morocco Baptist church. Pastor Green and some of his good people will be in attendance. James Brenner, who is attending the naval academy at Annapolis, Md., expects to arrive home to-night from the summer cruise for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Carrie Brenner. ' Mrs. James R. Baker and two little daughters,, Vera and Mildred of Pontiac, 111., came Saturday to visit at the home of John N, Baker in Barkley tp., for two or three weeks. Miss Georgia Harris went to Detroit, Mich., Saturday to attend the national convention of the Apha Chi Omega, a girls’ fraternity. The convention will last about a week. Goodland Herald: Tuesday W. W. Washburn and brother-in-law, Dr. John Kennedy. lef»for the northwest on an extended trip. They will visit Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash. '\xMrs. F. M. Hunt of Lowell spent a few hours here Saturday with the family of J. J. Hunt, going on in the afternoon to Michigan City to attend the fun-, eral of Mrs. Charles Ohdy. pFeter May has sold his 160 acre, farm four miles east of flown to Lafayette Birket of Washington. 111., consideration 816.000, cash. The sale was made through C. P. Wright & Son’s agency. ? Mrs. Wm. Oeschgerkof Lincoln, Nebr., left Monday for home after a few days vim herewith her grandfather, p. C. Hopkins. Mrs. Oeschger had just returned from a three and'a half months visit in Europe. Miss Maude Atkins, daughter of County Clerk Wallace Atkins of Monticello, died Friday evening from consumption. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon and was attended by some of the friends of deceased from this city. L. E. Connor of Cleveland, Ohio, who preached both morning and evening at the Church 6f God here Sunday, left Monday for Waterloo. lowa, to spend a few days. His wife, who accompanied him here, went to Macy, Ind.., Monday to visit. Miss Marian Robinson of lola, Kan., who has been visiting the family of her uncle, Warren Robinson, for the past few weeks, started for home yesterday. Mrs. Robinson and daughter accompanied her as far as Chicago, where they will visit a few days before returning” home. There is an excellent opening in Rensselaer for another barbel shop, a first class shop of three or four chairs. One that will re main outside the trust and charge only the customary prices ol barbering in other towns. A big patronage awaits the establish merit of such a shop here.

At the meeting of the National League of American Municipalities at St. Paul last week, Thomas E. Knotts, the democratic mayor of Gary, was elected vicepresident of the League. Miss Clara L. Hagins of Chicago spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hagins, it being the 65th birthday anniversary of her father and also the 49th anniversity of his enlistment in the Bth Indiana Cavalry at Camp Morton, Inidanapolis. / Mrs. Roy Donnelly of Rensselaer who submitted to operation and who has been very ill at the University Hospital in Chicago for two weeks is improving nicely. Mrs. Donnelly was formerly Miss Grace Stevens of Hammond and she has a number of friends here.—Lake County Times. The other day a fellow was telling us about another fellow over near Goodland who recently lost something like seven thousand dollars in bucket shop gambling and another couple “of fellows that lost that' much more at the same place, and yet some would have you believe that a bucket shop was the salt of the earth.—Brook Reporter. >~S. 11. Hopkins of Barkley tp., returned Sunday from a week’s auto trip up in the northeast part of the state. Eli Arnold accompanied hitn a part of the time. They visited Wabash, North Manchester, Ft. Wayne, Auburn and other points. Mr. Hopkins says he saw much poor corn in that section of the state where the drouth seems to have? done considerable damage. Dr. Hansson, the veterinary, has rented the old McCoy homestead on McCoy avenue, and will move his family here this week from Monon. Walter Porter has not yet moved out, but Mr. Hans-’ son was anxious to get moved so his children could start in to school at the beginning, and Mr. Porter lets him have half of the house until he moves into his own property on Division street, t .... . • —'■ . ■ and Mrs. I. A. Leavel oF U abash county came Monday for a visit with their son Hugh and family. Mr. Leave! will probably return home in a day or two but Mrs. Leavel will visit here and in Remington for ten days or two weeks. Mr. Leavel informs us that he has disposed of his farm in Wabash county, taking in the deal a large brick block in the town of Andrews, Huntington county. X W. H. Parkison of Indianapolis returned to that place Monday after spending a few days with his father, H. E. Parkison, of near Rensselaer. He Fiis automobile company has got out a good machine, but he don't know how- they will come out on it. He admits the auto business is “on the bum” at present, that it is apparently overdone, and says the Buick people have -8,000 unsold rnachines on hand, and other companies lesser numbers.

Geo. T. Gillan, the Remington liveryman, was over yesterday on business. Mr. Glilan has traded his livery business for a 181 acre farm five miles southwest of Bloomington, Ind., and will move thereon next week. „ Arthur Fendig of Bloomington, 111., came Saturday’ to attend the reunion of the Fendig children and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Fendig. There are eight children, namely: Solomon, Robert, Benhart, Arthur, Edna, Tillie, Clara and Belle, all of whom, were at home the first time Sunday in fifteen years. Arthur and Sol went to Chicago Monday where the latter will visit a few days. He is thinking of going to New Orleans Saturday for a visit with relatives.

SHE’S TAKING IT OFF. Along about 9 o’clock every night, and continuing till 12, a great sigh is heard, as if from many who have suffered long and have at last found relief. Some times it comes from many throats, and sometimes, as the hour grows later, not from so many throats, but the sigh is louder, t indicating that the relief is greater. What does it mean? It is a sigh of relief from women all over the world taking off their corsets at the close of a hot day.. --Ex. t ,

Change in Horse Show Program No. 8 on Friday, Sept. 9th, should reAd: “Mare or Gelding, any breed, 1 year and under 4, first premium $5 ; second premium, S 3. The management has secured - both the north and south livery barns of August Elbert for the accommodation of the horses and all stalls are free including straw for the show horses. The Goodland Horse Show and Streit Carnival, September 7,8, 9 and 10.

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