Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1911 — Page 3

IBE JI3PER GOfllffY BMOGIRT f.EBBCIICI.EjMiIDPOBIIMtL OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF r JASPER COUNTY. Entered as Second Class Matter June 8, 1908, at the post office at Rensselaer. Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879." Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. Long Distance Telephones Office 315. - Residence 311. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 30, 1911.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Today’s markets: Corn, 58c; Oats, 37c; Wheat, 80c. C. B. Steward was a Chicago business visitor Monday. Len Lefler motored here from Lafayette Monday on business. F. W. Tobias and Richard Dixey spent Monday in Chicago. A. Halleck and family took in the Crown Point fair Friday afternoon. , Peter Shide went to Lafayette yesterday to spend a few days with relatives.

Marshal Mustard was in Remington a short time Saturday and Sunday on business. Mathew Nessius returned home Monday from a week’s business trip to Chicago. Junior Benjamin and Fred Kullas went to Chicago Monday afternoon on a short pleasure trip, Mrs. J. W. Mauck returned l;ome Saturday from Gillman, 111., after spending a week there with relatives. Mrs. Jesse Miller of Delphi came Saturday to spend a few days with Eli Arnold and family of Barkley tp. W. F. Smith and wife returned home Saturday from Elgin, 111., where they attended the automobile races. Russell McGuire, who is one of the head moguls at the match factory, was joined by his wife from Elkhart Monday.

Mrs. L. W. Shafner of Kouts, formerly Miss Anna Erwin, and daughter are spending a few days with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. William Daugherty left Saturday for a\ visit of a few days with relatives at Monticello and Delphi. Several fine automobiles passed through here Saturday and Sunday afternoon and their way hbme from the Elgin races. Mrs. Moses Chupp, daughter and granddaughter, returned home Saturday week’s visit with relatives Mrs. M. Thomas of Foresman, who has been visiting here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Williams, returned home Saturday. A gang of Monon railway painters were in the city Saturday and renewed the color of some of the railroad’s property here.

Mrs. Gus Grant is visiting her parents at Franklin and taking treatment at Indianapolis. Gus returned Sunday afternoon frdm a visit with her there. Richard Burton (colored), who was formerly employed at the Makeever House as porter, returned here Monday to take up his old position again. Mr. and Mrs. L. Weil of New Orleans,’ La.who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Fendig, and family here for some, left Saturday for their home. Joe Jackson’s new bus arrived Friday but •up to date he has not put it in operation, owing, no doubt, to the lack of proper horseflesh, for which he has been looking for some time. Arvel Bringle and Mr. Frair came down from Fair Oaks Monday with the intention of securing a job on the match factory, but, owing to the scarcity of .material, they were unable to do so and returned home in the afternoon. /

Miss Agnes Platt spent Sunday with her brother Will, at Lafayette. . * Elmer Wilcox spent Sunday in Lafayette. J. C. Passons and son Charles spent Monday with friends at Monon., ■ . Mrs. C. C. Bowman went to Frankfort Monday to spend several days with relatives. Miss Pearl Comer returned home Saturday after a visit with relatives at Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Biggs of Indianapolis are spending the week with relatives here. Samuel Duvall, Sr., went to Momence, 111., Saturday to spend a few days with relatives. Mrs. James Drake of Chicago came Sunday to visit with Mrs. Mary Drake, south of town. Elmer Wilcox has given up his position at Winona and is again working at the Monon depot. ( Fred Schultz was called to Broadripple Monday by the serious illness of his sister, Mrs. A. Hall. John Sullivan and son-in-law, Ross Goble, went to Lafayette Monday to spend the day with friends. Anti-Phymin cures Tuberculosis. Give it a trial and be convinced. Sold and recommended by A. F. Long. Mr. and Mrs. E. Condra of Lafayette came Saturday to spend a few days with his sister, Mrs. C. Ramey. Thomas Thornton returned to the soldiers’ home at Lafayette Monday after a visit here with relatives and friends. Misses Gertrude and May Courtney of Campus, Ill.,’returned home Monday after a visit here with Miss Charlotte Kanne. Miss Grace Thompson of Winchester, who is employed by A. J. Brenner in his hotel there, is* spending a few d'ays with friends here. Mrs. J. D. Allman was called to Crawfordsville Monday by the serious illness of her father, who was not expected to live many Hours. Mrs. Kate Lee and daughter Vera, who have been visiting in Pekin and Peoria, 111., the past few weeks, returned home Saturday. Mrs. Fred Schultz went to Indianapolis yesterday morning to join her husband who was called there by the illness of his sister, Mrs. A. Hall. Miss Anna Radermachen, a sister of Mrs. Alfred Donnelly, who has been visiting her here for some time, returned to Chicago Monday. - Levi Hawkins and wife, formerly of Remington but now df Lafayette, came Monday to spend a few days with J. D. Allman and family. Mrs. Bert Demoss and son Ferrill, who have been visaing here with her father, E. D. Britton, returned to their home in Demotte Saturday. Mrs. Ellen Oram returned to her home in Chicago Saturday after a visit here with her brothHarrison Warren, whose health is quite poor.

i"- - r The Minimum of Pain or an entire absence of it, goes with our system of high class Dentistry. For young or old there is no fear, no matter what the process. We are exceedingly carbful in every branch of our work and particularly with the extraction of teeth. You will go away happily after a visit to us. We will satisfy you that we are experts in Dentistry. ' J. W. HORTON Opp. Courthouse

J W? R. Shesler was a Monon visitor Saturday. Charles Baldwin went to Terre Haute on business Saturday. ’ .. ■ ", ' . Mike Kuboski was a Fair Oaks business visitor Saturday afternoon. - Hay Fever is positively cured by Anti-Phymin. For sale by A. F. Long. Miss Ruth Parkison went to Fair Oaks Saturday to spend a few days with friends there. Miss Ruth Ames went to Richmond Saturday to spend a few days with relatives and friends. H. F. King now has a force of men thoroughly remodeling his residence property on Elm street. z Ethel and May Clarke went to Lowell Saturday to spend a few days With relatives and friends there. Jesse Fox and family returned to their home at Compston, 111., Saturday afternoon after a visit here with his father, “Comrade” Fox. Elizabeth Wheeler of Colfax, who has been visiting here the past few days with her cousin, Mrs. L. B, McKay, returned home Saturday. Stewart Moore has purchased Frank Kresler’s Buick automobile and will engage in the auto livery business. The consideration was S4OO. 1 Mrs. A. B. Russell of Battle Ground stopped off here Monday to visit a few hours with Mike Kuboski and family. She was on her way to Chicago. Ralph Rollins, who has been employed at the tile mill north of town for several weeks, went to Coalmont Saturday for a short visit with his parents. Miss Helen Bennett of Indianapolis, who has been engaged by Rowles & Parker in their millinery department, came Monday to assume her position * • Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hurley, accompanied by her two brothers, Robert and Henry Platt, went to Monticello Saturday to attend old settlers’ meeting. Charles Nelson of Tefft, who came here Saturday to take teachers’ examination, went to Chicago Monday afternoon to spend a few days with friends. Mrs. H. W. Kiplinger and two daughters, Misses Helen and Inez, returned home Monday afternoon from Muncie where they have been visiting with relatives. Mrs. Lucy Malone and daughter of Chicago, who have been here visiting with the former’s mother, Mrs. E. H. Shields, went to Monticello Saturday to attend old settler’s meeting. Bert Amsler recently turned some of his horses into an orchard and they ate so many apples that their teeth became very sore and were unable to eat corn for several days. Jacob Openheimer came Sunday from New Orleans, La., to join his wife who has been visiting with B. S. Fendig and family. They will stay here about a week' before returning home. ’ Ferd Hamilton returned home Monday afternoon from Kokomo and Muncie where he.has been visiting with friends. At the former place he attended a convention of the Delta Phi Sigma fraternity. For the laborers and the farmer we have the Barnyard shoe, unequaled as a durable, pliable and value-giving shoe. Every pair is warranted by the manufacturers. Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera . House Block. Judge Hanley and family attended the Crown Point fair Friday afternoon, and Saturday they went to Ridge Farm, HL, to spend Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. Hinshaw. > Mrs. Hinshaw' is a daughter of T. J. Robinson! of Gjllam tp. The Elizur . Sage family re- 1 turned home Snnday evening from Payne, Ohio, yv-hefe they have been visiting relatiyes and since last Wednesday. They made the trip in their new Overland auto, with “Cholly”i Spaiq at the wheek

Willis Lutz made a business trip to Sheridan Monday. : -- Miss Byrd Barker went to Demotte Saturday for a visit with relatives; Frank Bundy and Simeon McCloud were Monon business visitors Saturday. .' Miss Bessie Grant went to Chicago Saturday to spend a few days with relatives. B. J. Moore and son Stewart were in Monon and Lee on business Monday, making the trip in their auto. Herman Hordeman is “subbing” at the light plant while the regular employes are taking their annual vacation. Mrs. George Riggins returned to her home at Crawfordsville Saturday after a visit here with her sister, Mrs. L. B. McKay. Miss Hester and Jesse Miller returned yesterday morning to their home at Rossville after a visit here with Eli Arnold and family. The Domestic Science Club will meet Saturday afternoon at the library auditorium. Subject: “A Week’s Work at the Farm, and Round Table talk.” John Merritt has been on the sick list since Sunday evening with cramps of the stomach and bowels. Mr. .Merritt is a clerk in the G. E. Murray Co. grocery. This year we feature boy’s tan or black button shoes in the new lasts. We want every boy in Rensselaer to see them before buying, his fall and winter shoes. —Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera House Block. The “Hoosier Limited” is certainly. starting off well. Sunday it left Indianapolis with 92 passengers aboard for Chicago, and left Chicago with 70 passengers for Indianapolis. Monday the train from Chicago carried over one hundred passengers. Nineteen novices of the Community of the Most Precious Blood, arrived here Saturday evening from the Noviate of the C. PP. S., at Burkettsville, Ohio, to begin their classical course preparatory to the Catholic Priesthood at St. Joseph’s College. Rev. Father Daniel, returned Friday from a three weeks visit at Sedalia, Mo. where he was pastor of the Sacred Heart Catholic church for eight years before coming to Rensselaer. He also visited St. Louis, Kansas City and several smaller places while away.

Mr. Shriner, the Elkhart man who had the misfortune to have his touring car go to the bad With him near the Burke bridge recently and who left it here to be repaired, came Saturday to look after the machine, and, if possible take it home with him, but he was unable to do so and teturned home via train. E. M. Timmons and wife oi Plymouth came last week for a visit with relatives and old friends here and at Remington. The latter has returned home, but’ Mr. Timmohs, who has been troubled with rheumatism considerably of late, is remaining for a longer visit, in the hop,e that a rest and change of scene may drive out the rheumatic pains. Roy who is employed by the Gary Telephone Co. as lineman, and who has been spending a couple of weeks vacation here and at Fair Oaks with parents, went to Fair Oaks Saturday afternoon to accompany his sister, Miss Ruth\ to Monon where she will spend 'the winter with her brother, Cl\nt Gundy, and wife. Roy returned to his job at Gary Sunday evening after a short stop at Michigan City. Miss Maribell Kays leaves Friday for Oklahoma, where she will teach the coming school year near Yukon. Miss Kays is and has been from the very start the leading candidate in The Democrat’s piano contest, and her enforced absence while teaching in Oklahoma does not mean that she will give up the race by any, .means. Her mother, lister, other relatives and friends will endeavor to keep up for her the pace she has set, and she expects to be back here for . the closing of the contest.

Ward Sinclair made a business trip to Crawfordsville yesterday. F. W\ Fisher of Kankakee tp,; was in the city on business yesterday. Brook Reporter : Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Barce of Rensselaer were in town a few hours Tuesday. Wm. Shirer, wife and daughter of Valparaiso are visiting the Misch family near Wheatfield. Mrs. A. Eib attended a megt-t ing of the Conn’s Creek Primitive Baptist Association at Sheridan a few days last week. Charles Passons and family of Chicago Heights, 111., are spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Passons. Mr. and Mrs. William Wasson of Union City came Monday evening to spend a few days here with their son Harrison and ilyMrs. Harry Thewlius of Three Fork, Mont*, left for her home yesterday after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Jordan. Mrs. Everett Leech and mother, Mrs. Ross, of East Chicago, .are visiting here with Mrs. Alex Leech and family. Everett joined them here yesterday. Bert Laßoche has moved here from Kankakee and will have charge of the cigar factory which J. J. Weast is starting in the room occupied by him as a pool hall. ' ” Mr. and Mrs. Alva Simpson, who have been visiting his father at Sheridan for the past week, returned home Sunday. Mr. Simpson, Sr.-, is in very poor health. Henry Pruett of Sheldon, 111., returned home yesterday morning after a visit here with Mrs. Sarah Pruett. He stopped off at Iroquois to attend the Woodmen picnic .on his way home.

Wm. Fitzgerald of Kankakee tp., has sold to a Chicagoan the 100 acre farm known as the Oscar Graves farm south of Teqt, which he has owned but a few months, cleaning up about sl,000 on ths deal. John Wilkens, who lives on Frank Fisher’s farm in Hanging Grove tp., has been down with typhoid fever for the past week. He is apparently doing as well as can be expected. Dr. Clayton of Monon is attending him. F. X. Busche moved his goods from the Nowels tenant house, just south of the depot, yesterday morning and will store them and live with his father-in-law, W. H. Beam, until the return of Mrs. Beam from the west. Word comes from Las Vegas, New Mexico, of the marriage there on August 19 of Miss Katie Marlatt, daughter of Perry Marlatt of this city, who went west some three years ago for the benefit of her health, to Mr. Isaac Hooker of that city. The Democrat was a little premature in saying that Mrs. Cripps had moved her millinery store up town from Mrs. Shields’ residence She is preparing the rooms over the Trust & Savings bank this week and will move into them next week. The 12-year-old son of John F. Pettei of Walker tp., was kicked in the head by a horse Saturday and the frontal bone of the skull fractured- and a gash cut five inches long. The boy was unconscious for some time and was unable to explain how the accident happened when he regained his senses. Mrs. Gaylord Michael of south of town is a sister of the lad and she was summoned his bedside.

OFFICIAL COUPON ’ The Jasper County Democrat’s Great Piano Contest One $350.00 Piano to be given away : Good for 5 votes fori- • Street and No.! : Town . One Banner Upright-Grand Piano will be awarded to the person living in Jasper or adjacent counties receiving the greatest number of votes.

W. H. Chappell of Upland, Ind., was in Rensselaer and Remington the first of the week on business. - | Tt Samuel Zard of Mitchell, So. Dak., formerly of north of town, arrived here Friday afternoon for a several weeks visit with relatives, . Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Fritts and daughter came up Friday evening from Delphi for a week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Alter. Fashion at present decrees tan button shoes. We have them in the new styles for men, women and children.—Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. ■ Charles Phegley and sister* Mrs. Nettie Hoover, of south of town, have bought a fine new Overland touring car of Dr. Hansoon, the local agent. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Albin and daughters, Grace and May, were down from Kankakee tp., Saturday. Miss Grace was taking teachers’ examination. The easiest shoe in the world is the Dr. Reed’s Cushion shoe. A broad statement. Make us prove it.—Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera House Block. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan and their guests, Dr. and Mrs. Corcoran of Chicago, spent Sunday with friends in Delphi, making the trip in Dr. Corcoran’s auto. Mrs. Harry Brown returned to Buttzville, No. Dak., Saturday after an extended visit with her parents, Mr. arid Mrs. John Clager of Wheatfield, and other relatives near Rensselaer. A. H. Dickinson of Carpenter tp., was over Saturday with his daughters, Misses Georgia and Alberta, who went to Chicago where the former is employed in a candy factory. Miss Alberta accompanied her home for a brief visit.

Mrs. Mary E. Lowe and neice. Miss Mary Jacks, returned Friday evening from an extended western trip, having been gone about three months and visited most of the points of interest in California, Colorado, Washington, Utah and Montana. They also visited relatives in North Dakota. Mt. Cleve Stalbaum of Kankakee tp., a former teacher in the Jasper county schools but for the last three years a teacher in the Leporte county schools, was married Sunday, August 20, at South Bend to Miss Hazel White of Waterford, Laporte county, where Mr. Stalbaum will teach the coming, year. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schroer returned Friday evening from a ten days visit with the latter’s relatives at Amboy, Lee county, 111., making the trip in his fine new Apperson auto. They encountered some bad roads over in western Illinois, where they had a very big rain on Friday of last week, but got through all right. Mrs. Henrietta Zable, aged 8Z years, 9 months, and 3 days, died at the home of her son, William Zable in Hanging Grove tp., Saturday night. She was born in Germany Nov. 23, 1823. The futieral was held at 2 p. m., yesterday from the house, conducted by a Lutheran minister from Reynolds, and burial made in the Osborne cemetery.

Birth Announcements. Aug. 28, to Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Turfler, a son. ' -Aug. 23, to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Moorhead of Limon, Colo., a 10 pound son. Mrs. Moorhead is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nevil of this place.