Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1911 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

Ai Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

<]T Items of interest □J from Surrounding Towns TokL Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

i J WHEATFIELD. 1 Charles and John Myers went to Lake Maxinkuckee Sunday. H. W. Marble and Simon Fendig were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. > -tJohn Bowie autoed home from Thayer Friday via the Hamilton machine. Father Hordeman conducted services at the Catholic church Sunday morning. Attorney G. A. Williams and wife of Rensselaer were business visitors here Tuesday. Mrs. Jay Thompson of Hebron spent a few days with friends and relatives here this week. Miss Nelda -Hendrickson and Pearl Keene and Will Asher visited relatives at Mt. Ayr this week. Misses Iva and Mary Poisel went to Kewanna Sunday for a visit with their sister, Mrs. Harry Swayzee. Mrs. George Hoehn of Kankakee came Monday for a visit with her sons, Otto and Albert, on the farm. Mrs. Maggie Hamilton of Westville spent a few- days this week with her neice, Mrs. Minerva Swisher.

Mrs. C. O. Miller and baby of Logansport came Tuesday for. a visit with her uncle, S. A. Austin, and family. ’ Grandma Hamilton of Medaryville is visitng her son Ward and daughter, Mrs. George Ferguson, and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Brown of Harvey, 111., are visiting the latter’s brother, Louis Paulsen and family. Miss Dollie Kellerman of North Judson visited her sisters, Mesdames W. J. Weese and Wm. Tinkham this week. Mrs. Carl Mattock and children of Kankakee came Sunday for a visit with her parents, Henry Miller and wife. S. D. Clark and family have moved back from Oklahoma and row live on the Barnard farm northeast of town. Rev. Appleton, a former pastor of the Christian church, but now living in Illinois, conducted services here Sunday, iMjss Minnie Tinkham left here Thursday for an extended visit with friends at Bloomington, Angola and Indianapolis. Charles Jensen and Ernest Asher, who are attending the Valparaiso University, visited from Friday till Sunday witih home folks. ■Mr. and Mrs. O 1 Jumper and daughter of Lacross visited over Sunday with Mrs. Jumper’s parents, Gird Hendrickson and wife. Mrs. Wm. Schultz and son, Joe Rogers, returned to their home in Chicago Friday after a visit with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Melser, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Biggs ’of Crystal Springs, Miss., came Thursday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. J. M. Helmick, and other relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jensen, ■who have been visiting their parents here for ten days, returned to their home at Rensselaer last Thursday. The South Bend Homing Club sent four baskets of pigeons-—prob-ably 150 birds —to the C. & I. S. agent Saturday, the baskets to be opened at 6 a. m., Sunday. 'Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Helmick and daughter, Essie and Miss Laura Anderson of Groveton, Texas, came Wednesday for an extended visit with F. H Scott and Jdhn M. Helmick’s. iMisses Freda and Nettie Ferguson entertained a number of little girl friends Tuesday afternoon in honor of their birthday anniversaries, one being on July 16 and the other July 19. A pleasant family gathering occurred Sunday afternoon when the children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren of Nathan Keene and wife met with them at their home south of town. Those present were Gird Hendrickson, wife and daughter, Nelda; L. Asher, wife and five children; Mr. and Mrs. James Keen and little daughter; Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Keen and children; Mel Hendrickson, wife and son; Ambrose Hendrickson and family; O. Jumper, wife and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gulbranson and children, and Mrs. W. O. Nelson and daughter, Ota.

| MILROY. | *“ i ————————— i James Brown threshed Monday afternoon. Mrs. Ed Johnson and Ina Becker were in Lee Monday. Rev. McCorkle called on Mrs. E. Johns Sunday evening. W, I. Bivans was a Wolcott visitor Monday afternoon. Miss, Ettle McCashen called on Hrs. Thos. Spencer Monday. Mr. and Mrs. James Brown took, dinner Sunday with Ed McKinley's. Mr. Mattox brought the minister ©ver from Mt. Ayr Sunday afternoon. - Thos. Johnson and family spent . 7 - , ... .

Sunday with Mrs. Anna Chapman and family. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saltwell spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. "Fay Lear, who was sick. D. Z, Clark and daughter Martha called on Mrs. Mary McCashen and daughter. Miss Ettie, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clell . Clark and little son visited relatives here Sunday and attended church in the afternoon. ' 5 ' Mr. and Mrs. O. A, Jacks and Misses Dollie and Agnes Stiers of Lee attended preaching here Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meadows of Watseka. 111., and Mrs. Louisa Foulks of Monon visited George Foulks’ 'over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McCashen and little daughter Velma, Miss Odia My res and Thomas Clark attended church here Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Howard’ Stewart served ice-cream Tuesday evening to a number of friends in honor of Mr. Stewarts, and Mrs. Belle Parks’ birthday anniversaries. Rev. McCorkle preached a most interesting and helpful sermon Sunday afternoon to a large and attentive audience. We hope to have the pleasure of having him come again at an early date. Misses Jessie and Belle Southard, Walter Gilmore. ■ Venn Culp, Glen McKinley and Earl Foulks attended preaching services at Palestine Sunday evening at the Baptist churph. Mrs. W. I. Bivans and little grandson Harold visited in Rossville. 111., over Sunday. Mrs. B. going to consult the specialist at Hoopeston who has been treating her for Some months past.

PLEASANT RIDGE. __ J_ — • —■ .■. 1—■ iTlmer Umphrey is cutting his oats this week. The farmers in these parts are all busy cutting oats. „ Mr. Henson helped Philip Henson with his oats Tuesday. Russell Prince and mother were in Rensselaer Monday. Some of the farmers broke the Sabbath day by cutting oats. Mr. and Mrs. Berry were in Rensselaer Tuesday evening. James Robert-,on is helping Geo. Parkinson with his hay this week. Misses Martha and Leota Robertson were Rensselaer goers Wednesday. Quite a few from here attended the Rensselaer band concert Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Heuson and son Herald called on the latter’s parents Sunday. Say, Pleasant Ridge, talk about your hearty singers, there are a few gentlemen that drive through our settlement frequently with very strong voices. No matter how’ hard the wind blow’s, whether it rains or hails, you can hear their voices very clearly and distinctly. How about it, boys?

j LEE. | Mr. Gilmore has bought a new hay press. J. H. Culp is building a milk house for Elmer Gilmore. H. C. Anderson and wife visited relatives in Monon Sunday. Mrs. S. M, Jacks, who has sciatic rheumatism, does not gain very fast. The trustee is having the school building and coal house; Repaired. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and Miss Tillie Kupka visited friends in Rensselaer Saturday and Sunday. Miss Calhoun of Lafayette, a cousin gT Miss Dollie Jacks, has been visiting with her at this place. Mrs. Jenkins of Greencastle and her sister, Mrs. Hoover of Monon, visited last week with H. C. Anderson’s. W. R. Shoemaker of Indianapolis visited ait Mrs. Holeman’s and -John Osborne’s during the past week. The Ladies’ Aid did quitting at Mrs. G. A. Jacks’ Wednesday afternoon. The quilt is for Rev. and Mrs Kuonen. Mr. and Mrs. John Mellender of Francesville visited" "■"■’bis mother, Grandma Mellender, last week at John Osborne’s. Mrs. Nellie Lewis and .children of Remington visited her mother. Mrs. Ann Rishling, and other relatives here during the past week. Len iLefler and wife of Lafayette came up _ia their auto Wednesday to see her parents here. G. A. Jacks and the men went On to Mr. Lefler’s farm near Kniman. Mr. and Mrs. Lefler returned home in the evening.

Saturday evening J. H. Calp and son Glen and a friend, Orlando Vanderver of Indianapolis, who was Visaing them, were putting in the barn and had just driven in with a load and their friend’ went to get down off the load on the doubletrees, when he slipped and j fell and caught on the tongue and doubletrees. It scared horses and they started to run and the! boy clung on till they ran around the barn and upset the load. He ; was not hurt, but Glen was on the load when they started and struck his head and ear on upper, part of the door as the horses went which knocked him senseless and he fell off the load just before it upset. He did not regain his senses for some time. The doctor took four stitches to sew up his ear which was cut entirely in two.] His temple was also cut and he ( was bruised all over but he is get-; ting along nicely at this writing. The boys were very lucky indeed that they were not both killed. 1 he horses-were unhurt.

ROSEBUD. 1- | Lewis Davisson of Rensselaer visited with his son Amos Sunday. L. W. Benbow and family called on Dave Alter and family Sunday. Kate and Floss Smith spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Andy Myres of Kniman. Rev. Rardin will fill his ap-‘ pointment at Rosebud next Sunday night at 7:30. I Mrs. Charles Pullins of Renssel-; aer called on Mr. and Mrs. Will' Florence Sunday. Misses Luvde and Goldie Gunyonattended Sunday school at Rosebud Sunday morning. Margie Rardin visited with her sister, Mrs. James Hopkins, thei first of the week. George Hammerton filled Rev. I Shaeffer’s appointment, at Brushwood Sunday night. Mrs. Dave Alter and little grandson called on Mrs. J. W. Smith Wednesday afternoon. j “Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins of Parr spent Sunday with the latter’s patents, Rev. and Mrs. Rardin., Mr. and Mrs. Victor Yeonlan called on John Jones and family of near Mt. Ayr Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. James Burns’ grand-, daughter of Wisconsin is visiting ( with her aunt, Mrs. Lee Mauck, of Surrey. Jacob Wilcox of Rensselaer was out helping Mr. Harmon put up hay the latter part of last and the first of this week. | Mr. and Mrs. Sol Norman and family called on Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gorham of Rensselaer Saturday evening and Sunday. /. | There will be baptizing on Saturday afternoon, July 22, in the John Alter pond, and on the following Sunday there will be a basket meeting held in John Alter’s grove. Everybody invited to attend these meetings.

—I FAIR OAKS. 1 —j ■— 1 — Mrs. Cottingham, after a few days visit with relatives about Brookston, came home Monday. .Chas. Halleck has been picking an putting on the market some early pears and applies this week. J. M. Allen returned Sunday from his western trip and reports a good time and everybody" getting along fine. Lawernce Halleck, went to Hammond Saturday to put in an application for a job as brakeman on the railroad. ) There has been a few pickles marketed here t)he last few days and the recent rain will be a great booster to the vines. Mrs. Ed Kesler went with her camera down to Fred Iliff’s on the Thompson farm near Parr Monday to take a few pictures. Mr. Bozell’s 40 acre watermelon patch is doing fine, and it won't be long till he will begin to put them on the market by the carload. There has been several went from here to the Kankakee this week, fishing, and most "a'll came, back with but few fish and some with none.

Rev. Rardin and wife were entertained at Abe Bringle’s Wednesday night. He expects to leave this country .after the conference in August. Some time during Saturday night or Sunday, somebody picked a watch off of a nail in Cottingham’s pool room where he had it hanging. Who it was is the question. F. M. Goff and Jack Umfrees have put in the past week or ten 'days at Demotte and other stations

re-hooping and putting the pickle tanks in readiness for the new crop. Our much needed rain came Tuesday night, and was quite We have been having a shower about every week, but they were light. The sun was so hot it would soon disappear. Rev. Rardin of Rosebud preached an excellent sermon Wednesday evening in the Christian church

to a good-sized audience. Those who were not out surely missed a treat. Come again, brother. The man who is alleged to have sold a wagon load of booze during the 4th of July celebrat.ion here two or three years ago was killed last week at Thayer while trying to board a moving freight train. Jap Warbritton, who has occupied the Munden property for over a year, packed and loaded- up “his

household goods and family and moved down on one of Joe Kosta’s farms Monday. He goes there to work for Joe. Threshing .wheat and rye has been going on east of here this week, and the yield on some fields has been fairly good. Cutting oats will be just about cleaned up this week in these parts, and the hay harvest is being pushed along very rapidly.

PINE GROVE. Charles Walker threshed Tuesday and Wednesday. Andy Ropp started out with his threshing machine Thursday. Celine' Cragun helped Mrs. Walker cook for threshers Wednesday. We had a fine rain Tuesday night, but it stopped threshing Wednesday morning. Mrs. Lizzie Cooper and daughter Bertha and Gusta McCleary picked blackberries at Long’s Tuesday. Mrs. Clint Beck and children returned Tuesday after a few weeks visit with relatives near Sheridan. Chloae Torbet and neice, Celine Cragun, spent Saturday night and Sunday with’ the former’s sister, Mrs. Harry Beck and family. Fifty friends and relatives drove up to the home of J. M. Torbet Friday rioon with well filled baskets and proceeded to give him the surprise of his life, It being his 60th birthday anniversary. Mr. Torbet was" certainly taken by surprise but was not so much overcome that he did not have as good a time as any present. A bountiful dinner was spread in the grove to which all did ample justice. The afternoon was delightfully spent, and the surprisers left for their homes in the evening wishing Mr. Torbet many more such happy events.

I SOUTH NEWTON. | -I Carey Carr returned home last week after several weeks spent in the Dakotas. Mrs. Chas. Waling and son Ed of Brook were visiting in this vicinity Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Powell and daughter Alice visited in this Vicinity several •days this week. \ - Mrs. Arthur Powell and Miss Ada Yeoman called on Mrs. Robert Overton Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pruett were visitors at the former’s parents near Ade Wednesday.

Mrs. Chas. Weiss and two children spent Saturday night and Sunday with relatives at Goodland. Misses Della Leek and Mary Daniels of Rensselaer were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leek Thursday. Mr. and Mirs. Otto Bengston of Mt. Ayr spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Earl Leek, and husband. Clarence Pruett and wife visited with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Joseph Sommers/ of Goodland Saturday. A Mr. Dawson of near Kentland was looking at the Ade farm Monday with a view to buying it, but was not pleased with it, we understand. The threshing machine started to work at Whited’s Wednesday afternoon on the wheat. Everett Halstead’s machine is doing the work this year. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Paulus visited with their daughter, Mrs. .Tames Reed, Sunday. Mrs. Reed went to the ‘Wesley hospital Tuesday and was operated on Wednesday. She stood the operation fine and is getting along as well as could be expected.

| SCHULTZ SETTLEMENT. | Wm. Schultz was in Rensselaer Monday. We had a fine rain in our locality Tuesday. Fred Krueger was in Parr on business Friday. Amzie Schultz helped Joe Brown thresh Thursday. Rinehold Schultz spent Sunday with home folks. < A. R. Schultz was in Rensselaer on business Tuesday. - Paul Schultz and son Albert were

■ Parr goers Tuesday evening. Adolfe Schultz and son Walter I were Rensselaer goers Thursday. | Emiel Schultz helped Paul Schultz ' finish haying Tuesday and Wednesday. iMr. and Mrs. Emiel Stibbe dined with Paul Schultz and family Sunday. Mrs. Win. Schultz called on her daughter, Mrs. Fred Krueger, Thursday. Mr. and Mb?. John Stibbe and Bertha Stibbe attended church at Kniman Sunday afternoon. Paul Makus and family, Ernest Sti/b't>e and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Emiel Schultz, Mrs. Teska and son Will called on Paul Schultz and family one day this week. A. R. Schultz went to Shelby Wednesday to meet Peter Wolfe and wife, Louis Roth, son and daughter. Will and Martha, who have come to spend a few days with them. Those that dined with W. Schultz and family Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krueger and little daughter, Adolfe Schultz and family, Mr. and Mrs. August Makus, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Steinke.