Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1911 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

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MIT Item* of Interest Tfi from Surrounding Town. Tendy Told. Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

Wm. Ott has bought a new Ford tonring car. Ur. and Mrs. Lex Fisher were Rensselaer visitors Saturday. Miss Frances Nelson of Delphi visited her brother Bert Nelson and family here last week. Mrs. Jasper Guy and brother, M|ton Roades, • visited relatives in Kempton, HI., last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins were called to Shelbyville last Tuesday by the critical illness of her father. Mrs. Charles A. Baleoin, who has been in critical health for some time, died Thursday at 5:30 a. m. Little Anna Goodrich is suffering with a broken arm. caused -from falling from a cherry tree one day last: week. Mr. and Mrs. Geib of Fairbury, 111., visited here last week with their daughter. Mrs. Harvey Williams, of west of town. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bellows and Mr. j and Mrs. Will Beal attended the wedding at rvenssei-: aer last week. . j Lex Fisher, proprietor o f the j Remington ■ and Wolcott cream stations, has been doing an excellent! growing business all season. ;ae stockholders Oi .u* Farmers’ Elevator Co., have declared a - peri cent, dividend for the first ■.■six’ months of its bu.-iness. Not so bad.! is it? 1 - A. G. Edvard fell from a cherry: tree Tuesday morning and broke 1 both "bones of his right leg above: the ankle, the bones protrude through the flesh. Recent births: June 17, to Mr.: and Mrs, Sanford Casey, a dughter;j June 1. to Joe Blanehett and wife,! a daughter: June 37. to 11. B. Robins and wife, a son.

Trustee Bonner of the C*. A. Ba-1-com bankrupt estate, has asked for an order from the federal court to sell the goeery stock which .has lately .been invoiced. The 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Rhoades fell from a fence last Monday while picking cherries and broke his right arm just below the elbow. J. M. Ott and daughter, Miss Daisy Ott, and Misses Margaret Johnston and Gertrude Besse went to Rensselaer Sunday and there joined The Democrat's' party on its eastern tour. Miss Eva Rodman, the 19-year-old daughter of Mrs. J. W. Rodman of West Lafayette, died in a hospital in that city June 24, following an operation for appendicitis. She and her mother resided with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Marquess of West Lafayette. She was a neiee of Mrs. W. H. Broadie of Remington and was well known here. The funeral was held the following Monday from the Marquess home in Lafayette.

GOODLAND \ (From the Herald.) Several from here attended the band concert at Remington Tuesday evening. Chas. Spinney is expected home from the Dakotas this Friday or Saturday. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Treanor at Wolcott last Saturday. Paul Scheutte unloaded a self feeder Thursday. Same is to be attached to his threshing separator. Mass Gertrude Capes went Tuesday to Monticello to visit with her sister, Mrs. Frank Wafson and family. - ■ ,t - ' Miss Lottie Johnston of Knightsville, Ind., will make her home for the present at least, with Mrs. B. F. Butler. Vesta and Ralph Thompson, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., visited this week with their brother, Earil and family oast of town. Mrs. J. B. Johnson came up from Tuscola, 111., for a few weeks visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hall. Dr. S. K. Avery has purchased the Cat Nicholson lots on Jasper street and will erect a modern house during the summer. 'Mrs. Claude Humston and little daughter of Pieasantville, Ky., came Saturday to visit with Dr. M. L. Humston and family. James Babcock, student at Lake Forest College at Lake Forest, came home Saturday afternoon to spend a fe% weeks with home folks. Mrs. John Hinchman and little daughter Eva of Craig, Colo., are the guests of her mother, Mrs. Z. F. Little, and brother, Harry Little, and family. , Dare Condon of Grand Rapids, Mich., was down looking after his interests here the first of the week. Dare has a good position at Grand and is enjoying the best of Lcalth. The old Spinney store room which was Closed by Win. Eikenberry is to

be opened to'tjie public again about the middle of July with a complete stock of goods, under the firm name of Rich & Tedford.

Mrs. J. W. Baer was operated on for gall stones at the St. Luke's hospital in Chicago Saturday. Mr.,' Baer returned to Goodland Tuesday j and reports Mts. Baer to be getting along as well as could be expected. Samuef Little, who has been in the St. Elizabeth hospital at Lafay-, eue for two weeks taking treatment' for his wounds inflicted on the morning of June eighth, was taken to an insane asylum at Indianapolis Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hawn and two children and A. J. Spinney, who have been at Selby, So. Dak.,j> re-j turned to Goodland Saturday after-] noon. It has not rained there for some time and they began to get prtty much discouraged. Miss Helen Gasparo of Austin, 111., visited last week and this with her aunt, Mrs. Henry Butler, and husband. Miss Gasparo vi&itei Mrs. Harry Butler who is taking treatment at Hunters Springs, near Attica for rhemuatism. Mrs. Butler is reported to be making marked improvements. On Thursday of last week Madison James received a telegram call-; ing him to the bedside of his father living at West Union, 111., who was not expected to live. He is eighty-! seven years of age. In the early] days of Goodland he, ran a grist i mill which stood on tire lot now occupied by Peter Brook s fine residence. I

] MEDARYVILLE. j .. ■ (From the Advertiser.) Mrs. Charles Yundt is visiting relatives at Mulberry, Ind. Miss Ethel Weymer, living on West Main street, is very ill with appendicitis. Charles C. Parker and family will occupy the building just vacated by the F. D. Baughman family. Miss Alice Hancock, west of town, is ill with lung fever. She is now on the way toward recovery. Mrs. Adams, mother of Mrs. Grant Eldridge, and Mrs. Higgins of Francesville, left last Wednesday for West Baden Springs. Charles B. Foley of Los Angelew. Cal., was here several days'- this week in the interest of his mother, Mrs. Liza Foley, of Danville, Ind., who owns some land in Jasper county. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Reeve and daughter, Miss Clara, of Rensselaer, were the guests of Mrs. Reeve's sisters, Mesdames Sadie Domke and Eva Hunt, and other relatives here, over Sunday. M. C. Comer has packed and shipped his recently acquired general merchandise stock to Roann, Ind., this week. Mr. Comer thinks that the store business is somewhat overdone in this town and thinking that" he saw a good opening at Roann, he concluded to move there. Mrs. Etta Young and daughter Ruby and George Nicols arrived here last Sunday from Oakville, lowa, all looking rather pale and somewhat the worse for wear. They came home to be cured and recuperate from an attack of malarial fever, contracted in that marshy country near the Missouri state line, and where the dredges now are working.

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(From the Tribune.) Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hubbard Friday evening, a son. H. A. Myers and family were enjoying an outing at Bass Lake last week. Mr. and Mirs. Andrew Hufford and son were visiting in Rensselaer Monday. IMr. and Mrs. M. A. Chase and sons of Laporte are the guests of Mrs. J. E. TiHett. Mrs. Sarah Adams gad Mrs. O. T. Higgins went to West Baden yesterday to remain two weeks. Mrs. William Hubbard of Hamlet, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.

Andy Hubbalrd, south of town, over Sunday. Misses Myrtle and Gladys Hudgens left Tuesday for; a two weeks visit with relatives in Lafayette end Stock well.

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Maxwell visited "With Mr. and Mrs. Lon Barkburst at Lafayette from Saturday until’ Monday. Tho marriage of Mr. Joseph R. Fox to Miss Orine Ford took place at the former’e home in * Francesville last night at 7:30. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Myers and family went to Bass Lake Wednesday where they will spend several months in theif summer /home. Misses Vera Hill, Laura Bagwell, Virgie Tillett, Ocie Coffel and Anna Fitzpatrick were the guests of Miss Nell Daly at San Pierre Sunday evening. J. L. Beesley went to Garden City, Kan, the first of the week to negotiate the sale of 160 acres of land which is a part of the Star Cox estate for which he is administrator. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ale and their neighbor, John Passwater, of Noblesville, came up on the excursion Sunday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ale, west of town.

Mesdames C. A. Clark, T. J. Tpmlinson and Misses Myrtle and Gladys Hudgens were attending the Logansport District C. E. convention at Brookston Tuesday and Wednesday, as delegates from the society here.

Frank Nolan was quite badly bruised Saturday afternoon when he fell from a barn on the Joseph Pe’sey farm west of town while working as a carpenter. He is yet very sore and will not be at work for a week or more.

! WOLCOTT. -■ (From the Enterprise.) Mfiss Irene Brirton of Lafayette came Friday to visit Miss Marvel! Clark. Misses Izel and Freda Whitehead of Cromwell came Saturday evening to visit relatives. Misses Marie and Lillian Fisher went to Lapel Saturday morning to visit relatives and friends. Miss Blanche Whitehead went to Logansport S:Vurday morning to visit friends over Sunday. Mrs. D. R. Ivy of Royal Center came Monday evening to visit her parents. Mr. and Mrs. James Blake. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Stanford of Forest. 111., came Tuesday evening to visit their daughter, Mrs. Otis Dart.

Miss McKoen went to Logansport Monday evening to visit her sister, Mrs. Perry Blake, who is in the Plummer Sanitarium. ! Misses Fleta and Mable Delze’.l \ went to Id avi lie Wednesday even-! ing to visit their grandparents, Mr.! and Mrs. Henry Delzell.

Mrs. Jessie Kuns and children W’ent to Medaryville Thursday morning to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and. Mrs. A. B. Schoonover.

Mrs. Groves, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. James Pemberton , for a few days, returned to hej; home in Remington Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Kinney and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kinney attended the wedding of their granddaughter and neice, Miss Bessie Davis, at Rensselaer Wednesday. Frank Peregrine and family, who have been visiting Mrs. Peregrine’s father, Mr. DuCharme, returned to their home in Mitchell, So. Dak,, Tuesday morning, accompanied by Miss Edna DuCharme.

_i — x 1MT. AYR. -i 1(From the Pilot.) Daniel Stutzman has a new Avery threshing outfit. Mrs. Miller of Chicago visited the Miller families in this port during the week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bengston of Foresman visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Makeever, Sunday. D. Guthrie blowed in for a short visit with his family. He is working with a dredging crew near Eldarado, ni. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson of Chicago Heights came down during the week and visited friends and acquaintances. There was a wedding at the parsonage Tuesday evening, when Mr. Coon of Brook and Miss Jenkenson, was united in marriage. J. W. Hammerton returned during the week from Rensselaer where he was doctoring. He has recuperated enough, so as to be on the 'job and officiate asi boss.