Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1911 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

As Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

MIT Item* of Interest □I from Surrounding Town* Tersely Told. Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to -the Jasper County Metropolis

~i ——!~ | NEW CENTER. —i : -I Chas. Beaver delivered a load of oats at Wolcott last Monday. ■William Harwell and daughter Etta were Rensselaer goers Monday. . ' Miss Bertha Short took dinner Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Will Vanatta ate Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Will Harris. Misses Iva and Ethel English of Black Oak called on Mary Miles Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Kendall of Wolcott was called out to Joseph Grauns’ Sunday to see a sick horse. Mrs. Will Vanatta and Miss Etta Harwell called on Mrs. John Southard Tuesday afternoon. Vennie Sanders returned from Frankfort last Wednesday after a few days visit with relatives. Carrie Anderson returned to her home at Mt. Zion Wednesday to spend the remainder of the week. Miss Bertha Short returned to her home at Knox Wednesday after a short visit with Belle Southard. Wiley Latta and family and Miss Carrie Anderson ate watermelon with John Southard and family Friday evening. Scott Brenner of Mt. Ayr and Mrs. Ray Adams of south of Rensselaer called on Mr. and Mrs. Will Vanatta Monday. Grandma Caster returned to her home at Brookston Friday after an extended visit here with her son George and family. Earl Foulks, Walter Gilmore, Vern Culp, Bertha Short, Belle and Jessie Southard, " Charles Harwell, Richard and Oscar Hanna were among those attending Fountain Park from here Sunday.

LEE. —1 T 1— Some from here attended the Lafayette fair Thursday. The trustee is having the school buildings repainted here. J. H. Culp made a business trip to Rensselaer Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Hughes attended Fountain Park Assembly Sunday. The Ladies’ Aid did sewing at Mrs. H. C. Anderson’s Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Eva McCashen and daughter Velma visited her mother, Mrs. Alvin Clark Wednesday. 1 Frank Overton and family visit-, ed at George Holeman's in Monticello Saturday and Sunday. David Culp took a wagon load of watermelons to Rensselaer last Saturday for one of his neighbors. S. W. Noland has his cellar completed now for his new house ana has up the frame of the house also. Harley Clark, Glenn Culp, Ernest Mellender and John Osborne, Jr., took dinner Sunday with Orval Holeman and his mother. Mrs. S. M. Jacks, who has been sick with rheumatism for a long time, has been improving but was worse again during the past week. Mrs. Blanch Mann and baby, who have made a lengthy visit here with her parents, Mr. ajid Mrs. Fred Stiers, returned to her home in Kankakee, 111., Wednesday. Benjamin Lovess, the old gent!eman who bought the Carrothers farm south of here last spring, has been sick all summer and died on Friday of last week. Tne funeral was held at his home Sunday. The body was taken to his old home near Frankfort for burial. More people, men and women, are suffering from kidney and bladder trouble than ever before, and each year more of them turn for quick relief and permanent benefit to Foley’s Kidney Remedy, which has proven itself to be one of the most effective remedies for kidney and bladder ailments, that medical science has devised.—A. F. Long.

WHEATFIELD. - | —t ; 1_ Miss Laura Miller is visiting friends at Kankakee. R. A. Mannan was in Rensselaer on business Wednesday. ■Mrs. Steve Hili' of Indianapolis came .Tuesday for a visit with Mrs. F. H. Scott. John Schatzley of Martinsville is visiting his parents, Charles Schatzley and wife. Miss Clara Hoehn of Kankakee is spending the week with Albert and Otto on the farm. MrsJ E. W. Allen returned Tuesday from a two days visit with her son John at Kankakee Lem Pinter went to Petrosky, Mich., Sunday to. spend a few weeks for his hay fever. Mrs. Simon Fendig returned Saturday from a two days visit wi»» relatives at Rensselaer. Miss Emma Clager of Ohio is spending a few days with her parents, John Clager and wife.

■ Mr. and Mrs. Herman- Langdon returned Wednesday from their honeymoon trip to Colorado. Misses Mary and Katie Kline of Valparaiso spent the week with Mrs. John Pinter and family. The Keen children went to Goodland Friday to visit their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gushwa. Miss Bessie Lockwood of Sheridan, Wyo., came Tuesday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. John Biggs. Mrs. Maud Kepperling and son of Thayer came Saturday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Swisher. Lillie Langdon and Merle Minor went to Rensselaer Tuesday to visit with the former’s sister, Mrs. Thomas Jensen. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Whited and children have moved back from Rensselaer and are occupying the Dittman cottage in the east end Miss Minnie. Tinkham, who has teen spending her vacation with friends at Bloomington, Indianapolis and Angola, returned home Monday. Misses Clara Enzweiler of Chicago and Minnie Pinter of Valparaiso and Mrs. Colb of Sherrarville, Ind., were guests of the Pinter family this week. * Mrs. R. M. Biggs, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs? John M. Helmick, the past month, left here Monday for her home at Crystal Springs, Miss. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pickner were in Niles, Mich., the first of the week, and the former securing work they moved their household goods there Thursday. Dr. E. Salisbury has received an appointment as third lieutenant, cavalry, Philippine Islands. He left here to sail from San Francisco the last of the month. Mrs. Harry Brown and baby ofLisbon, No. Dak., who hove been vistiing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Clager for a few weeks, went to Rensselaer Monday to visit relatives. Ted Biggs, Chester Nelson, Ernest Asher, Charles Jensen and Edna Gulbrajison, who have been attending Valparaiso University the past term, returned to their homes Saturday. Olovia and Paul Evans of Springfield, Mo., who have been visiting their uncle, Ward Hamilton, and aunt, Mrs. George Ferguson, went to Foresman Monday for a visit with relatives.Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Seitz and son Marion of Columbus Grove, Ohio, and Lew Funk of Rye, Ind., spent a couple of days last week with the laser’s sister, Mrs. Harry Remley, who accompanied them to Walkerton on Thursday.

MILROY. “I 1— Lud Clark was a Wolcott visitor Saturday. Mrs. Ludd Clark was a Lee visitor Tuesday. Richard Foulks called in this vicinity Monday. Mr .and Mrs. W. I. Bivans went to Monon Monday. Glen McKinley attended camp at Fairmont over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saltwell spent Sunday with Fay Lear and family. T. A. Spencer and family attended the funeral of Mr. Lovess Sunday. Branson Clark and faihily attended services at Rankin Sunday afternoon. Choir practice next Wednesday evening. New song books will be on hand. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks ate dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ludd Clark. Mr. and Mrs. John Woosley and children took dinner Sunday with George Kaufman. Mrs. Frank May and Mrs. Jos. Clark visited- Mrs. Homer ftogers in Wolcott Tuesday. Mrs. ...Mary Johnson, who has been visiting in Monon for some time, came home Monday. Mrs* Creighton Clark and daughters spent Monday and Tuesday with Mrs. George Foulks. i Mrs. Effie Underwood and Miss Bessie Schofield of Monon spent Monday with Mrs. George Foulks. Two of James Blankenship’s sisters visited him this week. One of them he had * not seen for 20 years. ' <■ Mrs. T. A. Spencer and children went to Monticello Saturday. Little Marion remained for a week’s visit with relatives. ' Mrs. Zard of Francesville, who has been visiting Mrs. Fred saitwell and other relatives here, returned home Saturday. Quite a number from here attended services at Rankin Sunday night. The tabernacle will remain over Sunday, Aug. 27. ■ Mrs.. E. Johns, whose illness has been mentioned so many times, was suffering intensely Tuesday and her physician. Dr. Clayton, was callee Ito administer t© her.

Several teams and two hay presses are working in the Blue Sea community. Some are hauling hay to Wolcott and others <o Lee. Misses Ural Anderson of Lee and Martha ■ Clark attended the Chautauqua at Remington Sunday with Mrs. Frank Msy.

' NOR*TH UNION. I —I 1— Louis Miller, went to Aix Thursday afternoon. Mrs. J. W. Faylor was in Parr Friday forenoon. L. Todd and family spent Sunday with A. Millspaugh’s. George Cover and family were in Rensselaer Monday. Mrs. Ogle went to Rensselaer the first of the week. Titos. McGowan went to Parr Wednesday on business. Mrs. A. Millspaugh went to Rensselaer Friday,' shopping. Mrs. Will Faylor went to Virgie Thursday afternoon shopping. Helen Meader is visiting Wilma Peyton at Rensselaer this week. A. R. Schultz and fa ~ily went to Hammond the first of the week. | Lorene Schultz spent Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. Fred Krueger. Fred Schultz and Swaims went to the marsh Tuesday to make hay. Steve -Comer was in this part of the country buying sheep this week. A. R. Schultz and daughter Lena went to Rensselaer Friday forenoon. Mrs. Will Faylor spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Earl Leech, of Fair Oaks. Mrs. Pearl Kight of Indianapolis spent Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. Will Faylor. Will Faylor came home from the marsh Monday evening, returning Wednesday morning. I. F. Meader, A. Millspaugh, L. Todd and Wallace Miller are hauling gravel nowadays. Mrs. Will Faylor spent Wednesday night with her mother and sisters at Fair Oaks. Mrs. J. W. and Mrs. ’Will Faylor attended aid society at Brushwood Wednesday afternoon. Thrashing is about a thing of the past in this part of the country. This week will finish it. Mrs. Will and Mrs. J. W. Faylor and son and Mr. and Mrs, J. E. Ogle went to Rensselaer Monday Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wilcox went Sunday to the hay marsh to cook for J. W. Faylor and J. E. Ogle’s hired men. Mrs. Ogle went up to the hay Tharsh Wednesday where her husband is working and spenj Tuesday with him. Mrs. Swankey of near Kniman and Mrs. E. Eldridge of Blanchard, Mich., spent Thursday with Mrs, J. W. Faylor. The latter formerly lived near Dewdrop* church before going to Michigan. W. C. and J. W. Faylor, J. E. Ogle, Will ’Weston, John Torbet, Otto Ritter and Rover, Rinehold Schultz, Jasper Williams, Walter Schultz are all working up on the Elk ranch, putting up hay. Wanted— Local and traveling salesmen representing our reliable goods. Any man of good appearance who is not afraid of work can make this a satisfactory and permanent business. Write at once for terms. Outfit free. Territory unlimited. Big money can be made. Apply quick.—ALLEN NURSERY CO., Rochester, N. Y. —I i—- | SOUTH NEWTON. | —1 ’— Ade’s - were looking after their farm in this vicinity last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Francis, Sr., took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Doan. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waling spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Waling near Brook. Philip Pqjilus took a wagon load of apples up north of Mt. Ayr Tuesday and had 150 gallons of cider made. Ralph Zeigler and wife and Ed Grant were guests of the latter’s sister, Mrs. Allie Francis and husband one day this week. Mrs. Arthur Powell and two children accompanied Miss Ada Yeoman .to her home near Columbia City Friday for an extended visit. Mrs. David Bare and sister, Mrs. George, of Illinois, Mrs. Clarence Pruett and sister, Miss Emma Sommers and Mrs. Ross Reed visited with Mrs. Philip Paulus last Thursday afternoon. ' j Mrs. Roy Flanders accompanied her brother, Bela Roberts, home from Chicago the latter part of the week after attending the aviatioh meet. She visited several days with her parents before returning to her home near Pierceton, Ind.

FAIR OAKS. | Mrs. Leslie Warren remains abdut the same. Health is still generally good in our little burg. Mrs. Pearl Kight is visiting J. R. Kight at Thayer this week. Charles Harris shipped a bunch of cattle from here to Chicago Sunday. Miss Edna Moffitt went to Chicago Heights Wednesday to visit friends for a few days. The Bell Telephone Co. has several men on their line through this vicinity the past ten days repairing it. Fish Gilmore is gravel spreader ou.t on the grade along F. M. Lakin’s place, where gravel is being hauled. Arvel Bringle autoed F. R. Erwin and family to Morocco Sunday afternoon and took supper with Mr. Graves, returning before night. Enos Moffitt, who has been helping harvest and thrash on the Tolin ranch the past two months, got through and returned home Wednesday. Aunt Hannah Culp went to Rensselaer Friday to take the place of Mrs. Dickinson who was away, nursing Mrs. Kennedy, who is an invalid. She returned home Wednesday. . At the time of writing this we are having a fine'ran which begun early last evening and has kept up all night and today. The pastures and corn and late potatoes will be benefitted very much by it. Uncle John Casey and sister, Mrs. Dickinson, went to Chicago Saturday to attend church and also sight-seeing. They returned home the first of the week reporting a good time. They witnessed the airship-flights. Rev. Rardin of Rosebud will preach here Sunday in the Christian church at 3 p. m., which will probably be his last sermon in these parts. They will move to Dunkint soon to take up his work there. An are invited to come out and heai him. The writer received a letter from S. B. Thornton in Washington, stating that a fire of which the origin was unknown had destroyed the house and other buildings belonging to his brother VCrnon, and also damaged them to the amount of about SIOO. Vern’s loss was abou' SBOO. His house .was unoccupied. Sam was away helping thresh at the time. Barker Crawford, who farmed the Hpl'le farm east of town this summer, moved into town Sunday. They occupy Grandma Hall’s property in the west part of town. He and Lou Moffitt have a job of pressing hay out on the Lawler ranch, so he moved to town ■ temporarily' and thus will be closer to his work.' On Monday the stork visited them and left a fine baby boy. Bark 1 is highly delighted, and all are* getting along fine. I

—I )- I OAK GROVE. | i.,'|■'■ ?.j-u ” i ' ■» -■ - James Chapman was out to his farm Tuesday. c ' - _ Wayne Call attended the ball at Newland Sunday. Charles Parker helped Eli Merrill put up hay Tuesday. Janies Chapman has carpenters working on his house this week. Frances Marion called John Price Thursday morning. Charles Parker spent Sunday with Jess Walker. Everett Parker attended Sunday school at Oak Grove Sunday. Myrtle Parker helped Mrs. James Davis cook for threshers one day last week. Taylor Wood and family spent Sunday with John Parker and wife of Medaryville. James Davis and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis of near Gifford. T. J. Parker and wife. Mr. and Grover of Liston spent Sunday with- Will Smith and family. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Parker and son Everett spent Monday with John Parker and wife of Medaryville. Taylor Wood and family and James Davis and family spent Sunday evening with T. J. Parker and family.

PARR. I ( , Wayne Call visited with Charles Parker Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Gunyon are now rapidly improving. Mrs. J. Hurley and son are visiting Roy Hurley and family. Harry and Agnes Thomas called on Olga Schreeg Wednesday. Mrs. M. Potts called on her mother, Mrs. B. Myers Wednesday. Mrs. J. Lakin , has been on the sick list, and is a little better at this writing. Miss Alice Healey of Chicago is spending a few days with her sister, Miss Anna. Mrs. George Marion, the newlywed, has been on the sick list for several days this week. w , Mr. and Mrs. Richards of Oklahoma,/who have been guests of the Brusnahan family, returned home Thursday. Clyde and Luvia Gunyon, Otto and Olga Schreeg made a flying trip to Goodland and Brook one day this week. The Billie Boughton Overland Show has been quite an attraction here, and was enjoyed especially by “Daddy” Gaffey. Harvey Meyers, Frank McCurtain and Wm. Stew’art are now working on the block system for the railroad. They thought it advisable to give their muscles a little action.

[ SCIHLTZ SETTLEMENT. | _! ]— Watson Tumes called on Henry Ropp Friday. Miss Elsie Schultz spent Sunday with Antona Schultz. Russell Lesh was in Rensselaer on business Tuesday. Waitman Reeder visited in Remington Sunday evening. Helen Falkenberg spent Thursday with Lena Schultz. Will Teske took dinner with Fermon and Lena Schultz Sunday. Josie Dexter is spending a week with friends in Plainfield, 111. Wm. Schultz went to Medaryville Monday to get some milling done. The dance and ice-cream social at Virgie was well attended Saturday.' Herman Schultz and Will Teska took a job of haying at Gifford Monday. . •' Mrs. Paul Schultz and two children called on Mr. and Mrs. Teska Sunday. Mr. and M>rs. Fred Schultz and two children visited in Demotte Sunday. A. R. Schultz sold a fine bunch of cattle to the Lane Bros, one day this week. Rinehold Teske’s relatives (the Schultzs from Milwaukee) returned home Saturday. Wallace and Duke Miller and Roscoe Reeder were Rensselaer goers Sunday evening. Paul and Paul L. Schultz and Fred Krueger were in Rensselaer on business Tuesday. Emiel Schultz is doing some plowing for his father nowadays, and killing some snakes. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schreeg and daughter Martha went to Chicago Saturday, returning Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Stibbe, Harry Hermanson and’ Bertha Stibbe attended church at Kniman Sunday. Miss Helen Falkenberg returned to her home in Chicago Friday morning after a week’s visit here with friends and relatives. James Lane of Mt. Ayr ..had the misfortune to break his leg at the knee when his team of horses became frightened at an automobile, after the_,car had passed them. Mr. and Mrs. Jphn Stibbe, Bertha and Mrs. Emiel Stibbe, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schultz, Adolfe, Arthur and A. R._ Schultz and daughter, Miss Lena, were in Rensselaer on business f’riday. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Schultz and two sons, Amzi and Floyd, went to Hammond Saturday in their Ov-

egland auto. Sunday ran up to Chicago and saw the airships,and went out to Lincoln park also, returning home Monday afternoon;