Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1911 — Page 3

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. ■' - Brief Items of Interest tp City and Country Readers. . \ ' Sept. 2, to Mr, ,and Mrs. N. , C. Shafer, a son. R. B Harris was in Roselawn on business Saturday. ' Today’s markets; Corn, 60c; Oats, 40c; Wehat, 80c. John Lyons made a business trip to Monon Monday. Jay'Stockton made a business trip to Lafayette Monday. J. F. Irwin was in Monticeilo on business on business Monday. —r • ... / E .A. Fisher went to Chicago Mohday to witness the wrestling match. Orie Ohupp went to Cedar Lake Monday where he has a position. Lee Adams spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Waymire'vjit Demotte. E. J. Casey was down from Lowell on business Monday and yesterday. C. A. Roberts went to Indianapolis Monday to take in the state fair. Miss Maude, Day returned Friday from a several weeks visit in Chicago. Mrs. Joseph Thornton returned home Saturday after a short visit with relatives at Lafayette) See those ammonia-proof shoes, with two full soles, for barnyard wear, at Rowles & Parker’s. Lem Huston is subbing for Frank Critser this week as nightwatch, this being Frank’s week . off duty.

A local freight wreck at Monticello delayed the “Hoosier Limited” about four hours Friday evening. Miss Mae Rowley came Friday evening from Mtichell, So. Dak., and will spend a few days . with friends here. Miss Joe Miller came Saturday to take up her work as teacher here She had been attending school at Bloomington. Mrs. L. E. Lyons of Brook took the train here Saturday for Bloomington where she will visit with relatives for a few days. John Remley and Reat and Nim Hopkins and John Strods went to the Kankakee river yes- * terday for a few days fishing. Miss Eva Clark returned home Sunday evening from a week’s visit with, her sister, Mrs. James Mead, and family in Hammond. Paul Glazebrook goes to Lafayette today to make arrangements for re-entering Purdue University to complete his course. Charles Hacklenburg returned to Lafayette Monday after a two weeks visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Macklenburg. Better shoes for less money, our motto. We do not fear contradiction as we have the goods. Come in and let us prove it.— VanArsdel’s.

.|§|- jjpp. IS ANYTHING WRONG 1 WltH YOUR TEETH? Whatever be the trouble come and consult me about it, and I will demonstrate to you my ability to preserve the teeth in spit of de- \ cay, or substitute new ones of natural beauty. One year’s /guarantee in crown and bridge work? in cap- ~ pfng and filling. Extracting without pain a specialty. Higih-class work at really low-clas price. J. W. HORTON Opp. Courthouse

A fine rain fell in Rensselaer Monday night. The state fair - is in full swing at Indianapolis this week. - Have you seen those new* dress goods all new fall shades* at Rowles & Parker’s rr J/ The Rensselaer ball team suffered defeat by a score of 8 to 4 at Goodland Sunday. Miss Ethel Myers of Kentland is clerking in Rowles & Parker’s department store. Miss Maribell Kays left Friday for Oklahoma City and begun her school near Yukon Monday. —• We can fit any boy with a good school suit. A large line just received at Rowles & Parker’s. M. L. Sterret of Wheatfield, was in the city on business Monday. He stated that his school would begin next Monday. Miss Mary Childers returned home Friday, evening from La-* fayette and Delphi where she has been spending the summer. Jacob Eimhoff and brother Peter returned to their home in Hamilton, Ohio, Saturday after a visit here with relatives and friends. Better shoes for less money than anywhere in the county. If you are “from Missouri,” come in and we will show you.—VanArsdel’s. W Editor and Mrs. McCullough and C. W. Merritt, wife and daughter and Mrs. Ranier, all of Remington, were Rensselaer visitors Monday.

Joseph Reeve and George M| Babcock spent Sunday in Chicago and made the lake trip over to St. Joe, Mich., returning home Monday morning. ' 1 "*> Rue Parcel? returned to Chicago Saturday after a short visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E M. Parcels. Rue is now studying dentistry in Chicago. D. M.- Worland returned Friday afternoon from a ten days’ sojourn at the Martinsville mineral springs, feeling greatly improved by the treatment received there. W. (b. Baker of Chicago came Saturday evening to spend Labor day wtih his father, John N. Baker and family of Barkley tp., returning to the city Monday evening. Mrs. Nannie Slathour of Lafayette, who had been visiting in Chicago, stopped off here Monday night to visit her brother, H. C. Hoshaw, until after Sunday. ■ - - ■ I. ■ 'v Mrs. H. M. Purcupile has sold an interest in her millinery business to Mrs. J. K. Smith, and the business will hereafter be conducted under the name of Purcupile & Smith. F. C Williams, who, teaches short-hand in the Metropolitan Business College, at Englewood, 111., came down Saturday and remained with home folks north of town until Monday. In renewing his subscription to Th£ Democrat, C. D. Nowels Kan., sends best regards to all old Jasper county friends. Mr. Nowels’ letterhead states that he is engaged in the real estate, loan and exchange business. _ Quite,, a number__of motorcyclists, members of the South Chicago Motorcycle Club, .passed through here Sunday on an endurance run to Logansport, where they were given a reception by members of a motorcycle club of that city.

Cleve Eger has secured the contract for the plumbing’ work on the Monon’s new station and also the sewer which they began Monday afternoon. He gets the contract for re-roofing the . library, the party to whom it.tyas first let failing to go ahead with the work. The Michigan City “plug” train now leaves Lafayette ten minutes earlier than formerly, or at 4:20 p. m. This train connects with the “Hoosier Lim! ited” at Monon, and people from this vicinity visiting Lafayette and expecting to return home on the “plug” should bear this change in mind. j

School shoes of all kinds for girls and boys, £t Rowles & Parker’s. The twenty-fifth annual meeting of Carroll county soldiers and sailors will be held in Delphi tomorrow. * Mrs. Delos Thompson and ; children returned home Saturday afternoon from an extended outing in Wisconsin. Mrs. Vincent Eisele, who was recently operated on at Chicago and who returned home Sunday, is slowly recovering. Ray Yeoman of Valparaiso and Mr. ,and Mrs. Devere Yeoman of Gary visited Andy Yeoman and family Sunday. Excursion to Chicago next Sunday—-only 75c for the round trip from Rensselaer, which is the only stop north of Monon. The Crown Point Fair, which has been a losing game for the past few years, is likely to face another small deficit this season. Given away absolutely free, a beautiful 41-piece dinner set, Saturday afternoon, Sept. 16. Get your coupons now at VanArsdel’s. Malcom Clark of Wheatfield, spent a few hours here Sunday with friends. He expects to attend Indiana University a part of this year. Wanted —Middie-aged lady for housekeeper, small family; steady position for good woman. Apply at Democrat office for name of party.

W. rs. and C. P. Snedeker and families and Robert Drake and family motored to Knox Sunday to spend the day with F. M. Quick and family. Better quality, better work-, manship, better wear, better prices, better shoes for less money, / our hobby. Come in and see us.—VanArsdel’s. Thomas Coopet;, a 15-year-old Barkley tp. lad, was kicked in the face a colt Sunday and one tooth knocked out and one lip and his chin quite badly cut. .. a Mr. and Mrs. Harry Biggs of Indianapolis who have been spending the past week here with his parents, ** Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Biggs, returned home Sunday. James- H. Gray, former principal of the Rensselaer schools, was here Saturday and over Sunday. Mr. Gray has been holding a position in the Huntington city schools since leaving here, but will attend Chicago University this year, we understand. W. R. Lee has traded the shoq, and furnishing stock which he had in a room near the depot, to James N. Hayworth of Logansport, for the former Alf Jacks property in the west part of town. Mr. Hayworth is shipping the stock to Logansport where he is running a store. Some of the weather prognosticators are now claiming that we are going to have a very cold winter, because of the excessive hot summer. They say that one extreme follows another, and if this is to apply to the weather we may expect the mercury to reach a very low point the coming winter. The Tippecanoe County Fair was a financial failure again this year, the defiicit being $1,700. The days of the county fair seem to be over, and there is scarcely a one in the entire state that pays expenses. Even the Allen County Fair at Ft. Wayne, it is reported, will quit because of its failure to pay out. Mlrs. E. P. Honan accompanied Dr. and Mrs. Corcoran, who had been guests at the Honan horn* for a week, to Chicago Saturday in their automobile, and went from there to St. Cloud, Minn., where she met her son Edward and Monday entered him in St. John’s University at Collegeville, which is located about twelve miles from St. Cloud. W. F. Gilmore and daughter Fern of Macon, 111., came last Wednesday for a week’s visit with relatives at Parr. Mr. Gilmore used to reside in Jasper ! county, but has been living in Illinois for about twenty-one years. While in town Saturday he subscribed for The Democrat to keep posted on the Jiappeni ings in his old home county.

Ask to see our celebrated Rochester dress shoes for ladies, at Rowles & Parker’s. Tomorrow the old soldiers’ state wide reunion will be. held at the Soldiers’ Home at Lafayette. • Rev. Winn, wife and two daughters, arrived here Saturday afternoon. He is the new pastor of the Christian church. Mrs. Charles Champion and two daughters of Chicago are visiting with' the former’s mother, Mrs. Philip McElfresh, here. Monday being Labor day no local freights were run over the Mo'non road, but an extra freight trom each way took the place of same. Mrs. Bruce, Banta and children of Valparaiso, who have be6n visiting here with James Overton and family, returned home Saturday.

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 Murfitt and granddaughter, Miss Leone Bowman, went to their home at Orland, 111., Saturday after a vsiit with his son John near Mt. Ayr. Mrs. Mathew Nessius and little child returned home Monday afternoon from a two weeks visit with relatives and friends in Chicago and Hammond. Charles Harmon returned to Greencastle Monday after spending a short time here with hisi wife, who is visitng with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Brown.

Miss Ella Welsh left Saturday for Bakersville, Cal., where she will teach this year. She spent the summer here with her brothers Ben and Lewis Welsh, and sister, Miss Agnes Welsh. Lem Hammerton takes the place of Charles Mann, who was a mail clerk on the Monon, but who has been transferred to the Big Four road at Cincinnati. He started on the run Monday on M.ionon train No. 37. ‘ About thirty neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Frye gathered at their residence Saturday evening to remind the latter that it was her 42d birthday anniversary A very pleasant evening was spent. The condition of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Sands is still quite critical with chances for his recovery discouraging, he being unconscious most of the time since he was taken sick, a few days ago with cholera infantum. Omar Osborne who has been for the past few years been employed in an engine works at Schenectady, N. Y., is spending a few weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Osborne and family, this being his first visit here for three years. • Mrs. Martha Brookshire, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Smith*, and husband, went to Rossville Saturday where the former will spend the coming winter with another daughter. Mrs. Brookshire is an invalid and about 85 years of age. I see by the Mt. Ayr Pilot that property values are advancing in Roselawn and Thayer and vicinity by reason of the construction of the Purtelle railroad, I have a house and two lots in Roselawn for sale, and now is an opportunity for someone to get in before the. advance. —J. T. Huston, RenSselaer, Ind. The county council met yesterday and will be in session at least today yet to pass on the estimates for county expenditures for the next calendar year to make the 1911 tax hevy. Councilmna John Martindale, who has been in very poor health all summer was on hand to attend the meeting and is looking quite strong once more. Mrs. W. W; Merrill and daughter Ina and son-in-law, R. M. Bennett, of Chicago aird he~ brother, S. B. Woods, of Crown Point, came Sunday to settle ut> the affairs of her late husband and to get things in shape for moving. Joe Jackson has the house occupied by the Merrills already rented and* will soon occupy same. w. , '

G. J. Jessen Was in Chicago on business yesterday. / Charles Baldwin made a business trip to Frankfort Monday.. An air brake inspection car passed through Rensselaer Monday attached to train No. 32. Pants 50c> waists 25c, for boys’ school wear. Come early and get your pick at Rowles & Parker’s. r~ 1 Mr. and IVJrs. Z. T. Merritt of Remington were over Monday to see their son John who has been confined to the house With sickness for the past ten days. He is improving slowly and sat up awhile Monday. Miss Fame Haas returned home Monday from Chicago where she spent Sunday with Miss Constance Adams, who is studying the millinery styles there preparatory to taking a position at Paris, 111. Kenneth Allman left Monday for Boulder Colo., where he will attend college the coming year. His father accompanied him as far as Chicago where he took in the Gotch-Hackenschmidt wrestling match in the afternoon. vH. W. Kiplinger, Charley Moody, B. N. Fendig and W. I. Hoover also took in the match. Maurice Maloney of Chicago came Saturday to visit with his sister, Mrs. Mary E. Drake. Mr. Maloney and two little daughters appeared at the Princess theater Saturday night in a c Scottish dance, Mr. Maloney, playing the bagpipe and the two little girls dancing. It was enjoyed very much by all who saw it.

The Fountain Park Assembly closed Sunday night with S7OO to the good. The lady cottagers felt so happy over the success of the assembly that they gave a hundred more and then the men came across and gave another hundred. And every penny of the money will be spent to the best advantage. The tabernacle is to be rejuvenated and made over again. They have planned to, add electric lights and to fix the automobile road.—Fowler Leader. ...W. r> The home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas WaifeCOt Barkley tp., was the scene of a very pleasant social last Thursday evening, when about 35 couples responded to invitations to spend an evening at their beautiful country home. The evening was devoted to playing cards and dominoes and social chatting. Several out of town people were present. All enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Walter as well as the delightful refreshments which were served at a late hour. %, i > Mrs. L. A. Wiles, wife of the former cashier of. the old defunct and insolvent Balclwin & Dague bank at Goodland, died at her home in Indianapolis Saturday, aged about 40 years. She had been in poor health for some time. A husband and two sons are left. After the failure of the Goodland bank Mr. Wiles was appointed to a position on the staff of the state bank eSram-i iner, and the family moved to Indianapolis, but the vicisitudes of politics let him out some time ago. C. F. Bradshaw, former principal of the Rensselaer high school, and who sometimes poses as an expert authority on the art of printing—especially when the school is letting a contract and a certain bidder wishes to be favored—-was in the city Saturday gathering up a few of his belongings to take toNoblesville with him, where he expects to hold down a similar position this school year. We say a similar position, but it is hoped that he will play a more honorable part in the letting of school annual contracts there than he did while here.

OFFICIAL COUPON The Jasper County Democrat's Great Piano Contest ■7 One $350.00 Piano to be given away Good for 5 votes for«_ . Street and No * -‘f ' . i i Town . . One Banner Upright Grand Piano will be awarded to the person living in Jasper or adjacent conntiea receiving the greatest number of votes. ■ i

Ed Harris and family of Mt. Ayj spent a few hours here Sunday with friends. * . John Poole went to Battle Ground Monday to look after his farm near that place. Carl Duvall and Perry Horton went to Indianapolis yesterday to spend a few days at the state fair. Wallace Murray left yesterday for Drinkwater., Canada, where he wdl visit his sister, Mrs. Jennie English. Miss Merle Ackerman returned to her home in Montieello yesterday after a short visit here with Miss Myrtle York. A 1 Catt went to Wilkinson yesterday morning to attend the reunion of the 99th Indiana, which will last until the first of the week. Rev. Father C. Brey left yesterday for his home at Cloverport, Ky., having come here in company with a student who will attend St. Joseph’s college this year. Joseph Sharp and brother Thorpas of Guthrie, Okla., who has been visiting him here the past few days, went to Burnettsville yesterday to visit with relatives. Walter English went to Lafayette to make preparation for attending Purdue again this year. He stated that the University would begin the term at noon today.

Norman Broschard returned to his studies in the Art Institute at Chicago yesterday after spending a week or two with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig and other re!* atives here. Hugh Kirk passed through here Monday on his way from New Orleans, La., to Chicago, where he took in the wrestling match. He will return here to visit his parents. Smith & Thompson loaded their road roller here Monday after having it thoroughly repaired. The machine will be shipped to Wanatah, near which place they have a road contract. B. S. Fendig and family spent Sunday with friends in Chicago. They went there to accompany Mrs. Max Moss, who has been visiting them here foe the past several days and who left Monday for her home in New Orleans. * ■ - ,— ; ***■■ W. C. Huston of Deedsville, Miami county, came over Monday evening to see his brother, T. J. Huston, who is in poor health. Carey is still engaged in the general merchandise business at Deedsville, but his family is pretty well scattered. Ray is foreman of a big ranch in Kingman county, Kan.; Mabel, who is married, lives at Rock Springs, Wyo.; Glen is a telegraph operator in Colorado; and Charles is engaged in railroad work at Cincinnati, leaving them but two children at home now. We do not believe we are over-estifhating the amount when we say that there is 10,000 bushels of apples on the trees or rotting on the ground under them in the corporate limits of Rensselaer. Never before has anyone ever seen so many apples, pears, plums and cherries in this section of the state as this year. Apples can scarcely be given away at all. Notwithstanding this,' however, in the cities the consumer has to pay from 75 cents to $1.25 a bushel right now for apples, while in South Dakota, where none are grown, letters from former Jasper county people say, they are 50 cents a peck. Evidently the middlemen get a good profit for handling them.