Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1910 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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.