Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1911 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

A* Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

f7T Item* of Interest jj from Surrounding Town* Tertely Told. Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropoli*

GOODLAND

(From the Herald.) Dr. and Mrs. Robinson were over from Remington over Tuesday evening. Vera Spinney visited with Dr. and Mrs. Robinson at Remington this week. The carnival at Remington drew •well from this section. Everything was good. G. D. Clymer accompanied; his son to _ r Marion where the latter entered Yhe Marion Normal. Frances Shand and Laura Warnock spent Saturday and Sunday at their homes in Remington. Mrs. Joe Ford and little son are here the guests of the former’s aunt, Mrs. John Sage, and family. Sadie Siekinger, who is a nurse in the Lutheran hospital at Ft. Wayne, is home for a two weeks visit. W. E. Rich returned Sunday evening from Crookston, Minn., where he had been looking after his farming interests. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Harrington of Crothersville, Ind., are here visiting the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harrington. Attorney J. R. Reidelback and wife of Winamac, Ind., were the guests of their cousin, Mrs. John Stack, and family Sunday, Miss Lottie Kitt returned Wednesday afternoon from a two weeks, visit with friends and relatives at Topeka and Lawrence, Kan. Word was received this wpek that Mrs. Harvey Currens, a former citizen, had passed away last Wednesday of cancer, at her home in South Berkley, Cal. Madison James, B. F. Butler ano Elliott Burr went to Indianapolis Wednesday morning as delegates from the local I. O. 0. F. lodge to attend the Grand lodge. Mrs. J. J. Ulm and little son Floyd left Tuesday morning for Decatur, Ind., where she will spend a week visiting with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Rosa Alberding. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pierce left Tuesday evening for Winfield, Kan., where they will spend a week or ten days visiting with the former’s father, who is in poor health. Samuel Wing has purchased a 40-acre farm near Idaville and has also rented forty acres adjoining. He will move onto his new possessions the first of next March.

Rpbert Wampsher and family of Fowler and Lewis Wampsher and family of Seafield spent Saturday and Sunday here the guests of their mother, Mrs. Mary Wampsher. E. A. Perkins is looking after his farming interests near Electra, Tex. Prospectors are locating oil around Ed’s farm and he went down to take a good look at one of the wells. F. D. Gilman left Tuesday morning for Mellville, N. D., where he will look over the farming district. Fred has sold several good farms there and is right at home in the Dakotas. He was accompanied to Chicago by Mrs. Gilman, who spent a few days visiting. Elmore Barce, attorney for Bert Ford, Esq., was over last Saturday and said that his client was unable to be present at the v trial, which was set for last Saturday afternoon, and asked for a change of venue. The case was sent to Brook and will be heard Wednesday, the 27th. A. P. Hawn returned from Selby, N. D., Tuesday afternoon where-he loaded his Rumley engine and mammoth plows on two cars and shipped them to San Acacio, Col., where the Hoosier Improvement Co. will do sod plowing on a large scale. Mr. Hawn expects follow the first of next week.

MEDARYVILLE.

(From the Advertiser.) John Parker of Wabash is the guest of his son, Charles C. Parker, and family. Miss Mabel King, of Laporte is the guest of her friend, Mrs. Theodore Bremer, and family since Saturday last. Lewis Sexton and wife of Wolcott were ’the guests of the former’s brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sexton, Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Middlestadt were here from Mqiioe Wednesday for a short visit with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bunnell, east of town. They made the trip in their auto. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Knotts, Mr. and Mrs. Salem Long and Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Lefever attended the County Sunday School Convention at Monterey last week. They report a good and profitable time. James JL Cruild, Charles H. Guild, John Bush, Theodore Phillips and

Mr. Speck left Tuesday morning on a trip into Canada. How long they’ll be gone-is a matter of circumstances. Some of the men may invest in some land there. The Misses Dell M. Foltz, Vida Wentz, Mary Blew and Wm. Bennett, teachers of the Medaryville schools, spent Saturday and some of them Sunday, with the home folks. Supt. A. T. Patty visited friends at his former home in Kewanna, Ind., during the same period. News received from them since conveyed the fact that they were settled very satisfactorily and that they liked their new home very much. Like lightning from a clear sky therefore came the news Wednesday of the awful tragedy. Mrs. Wayne was a neice of Thomas and Alex McGinnis. The bodies were shipped here for burial and left Colorado Springs Thursday morning at 11 o’clock. Frank Wayne went to the Modern Woodmen Sanitarium at Colorado Springs about nine months ago, he being threatened with tuberculosis. From the very beginning the treatment and the climate seemed to benefit him and he gained steadily in weight. Being warned by his physicians that a return to Indiana might again bring on his ailment, he instructed his wife, who had been living here all this time, to sell their at public sale, which she did. Frank arrived here unexpectedly about five weeks ago to help make arrangements for the removal of his wife and baby to Colorado Springs and about four’;,weeks ago left for that place with the intention of making their permanent home there.

REMINGTON.

Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Walker have gone to Winipeg, Canada, to spend the winter with their daughter. ; Misses Laura Peck and Irene Balcom went to Greencastle last week to enter DePauw university. Mr. Ray Atkinson and Miss Alta Busey, the latter a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Busey, will be married today (Wednesday). The Mike Kuboski farm of 120 acres northwest of town, has been sold to an Illinois man, but we did not learn the price paid. Fred Berger, accompanied by Timothy Harrington of Lafayette, left last week on a few weeks prospecting trip up through Canada. Mrs. Ed Hughes of Newark, 111., Mrs. Levi Rood and Ervin Abel of Sheridan, 111., who were called here by the death of J. H. Whitehead, returned” home last week.

Fowler Leader; Mr. Hal Mavity and Miss Sara Carpenter of Goodland were married Wednesday at Detroit. Miss Carpenter is w r ell known in Fowler where she is very popular. Mrs. Isaac Westfall returned last week from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Ellis, at Stone Bluff. Misses Gertrude Besse and Murtie Ford visited the Fred Griffin family in Monticello a few days last week. , Remington’s first carnival and horse show was quite well attended, there being an especially large crowd here Saturday. The exhibit of horses was much better than they had at Rensselaer, many people said who saw both. There were a number of drunks Saturday night and some open gambling is said to have been going on. It seems that such affairs are taken advantage of by the tougher element and little effort to enforce the law is usually made. While they bring many people to a town—and some very undesirable ones, too—they are not money-makers in any sense of the word for the general business of a town. On this proposition we think the business men of Remington will agree.

FRANCESVILLE.

(Front 1 the Tribune.) Mrs. Oscar Boulden and daughter cisited in Rensselaer last week.< Albert Gudeman is at Attica where he is taking the baths at Mudlavia. i Miss Virgie Tillett was in Medaryville Sunday the guest of Miss Fern Parker. Miss Delia Nelson was here from Monticello -a -o? this* week, the guest of her parents.

• The mother of Mrs. Henry Pike died a few days ago at her home in Paxton, 114. Her age was 87 years. j ■ Mr.! and Mrs. James Lowe from Las Vegas, New Mexico, are here the guests of her father, Robert Carnes. , ! Mr. and Mrs.'- W. R. Jones returned Tuesday from a several days visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Jones at Knox. Misses Amelia and Hulda Kietzmann came from Plymouth Tuesday and will visit their sister, Mrs. C M, Hublbell. Mr. and Mrs. Harper Rees, who have been here several weeks the guests of his mother, returned to their home in Brazil Monday! Thomas Manion returned Friday from Yellow Grass, Canada, where he has real estate interests. He also spent a few days with U. S. Grant, David Hazen and John Combs,*’ former. residents of this community. > Mr. 2 and Mrs. William Schleman and MiW Florence Hollett were called to Sunday to attend the funeral of little Ralph Nicholas, aged 3 years, whose death occurred after a few days illness from bowel complaint. The parents of the child are Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nicholas, the latter formerly being Miss Laura Hollett of this place.

MT. AYR.

(From the Pilot.) Born to Mr. and Mrs. D. Scnanlaub, Sept. 19, a daughter. Dr. Merry and family drove over to his farm in Jasper county Sun- * " Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sullivan, Wednesday, Sept, 20, a nine pound son. Mr. and Mrs. L. Haskell of Chicago are here visiting the Siglers and other friends in Mt. Ayr. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stucker took their departure Sunday for a visit at Brooksjon with the Mt. Ayr colony. J. Misses Blanche and Jessie Merry came out from Chicago Friday to sppnd a day or two with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. Merry. Mrs. Woolley, who has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. H. A. Ashby, for several weeks, has gone out to her son’s, B. G., for an indefinite time. A party from near Fair Oaks purloined a bicycle at Rensselaer, rode it to Mt. Ayr, sold same to Joe Long—-Sunday the owner came over, and got the wheel. George Arnold and Lawson Ponsler left Sunday for Chicago to buy goods for the restaurant they expect to open up in the Old Fellows’ building, as soon as the furnishings and goods arrive. __ Little Paul Schryver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schryver, died at their home in Chicago Saturday, Sept. 10. Mrs. John Barton and Mrs. Charles Bengston went to Chicago Saturday afternoon and Sunday Mesdames H. G. Clark and Carter went to attend the funeral that was held Monday. Mrs. Barton will remain a few days and on her return trip will be accompanied by Mrs. Schryver for an indefinite visit. .....

WOLCOTT.

(From the Enterprise.) Mrs. J. E. Shields went to Remington Wednesday evening to visit Mrs. James Fitzgerald. Mrs. Gross, mother of Mrs. Rachel Gross, is very ill at the home of her daughter with pneumonia. Mrs. E. B. Dibell was called to Fairbury, 111., Wednesday by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Elliott. Mrs. Jacob Diemer and Mrs. Amil Diemer left Tuesday evening for a visit with relatives in Kansas, lowa and Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Boulden went to Detroit, Mich., Wednesday morning to attend the State Fair and to visit relatives. Miss Dora Gabriel of Clinton, 111., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Chas. Timmons, returned to her home Tuesday evening. Misses Minnie, Cora and Clara Verkler of Chicago, who have been visiting Misses Leah and Gladys Dixson, returned home Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. August Emond entertained at dinner Sunday Joseph Emond and family and Mr. and Mrs. Dumack and daughter. The occasion being the fortieth anniversary of Mr. Emond’s birth.

VIRGIE. J

John Cooper has been working for William Petty for the past week. Mrs. Joe Lncas has returned frpm her week's visit at Indianapolis. The ball game at Virgie Sunday was a failure on account of the bad weather. Waitman Reeder and wife have been visiting with his parents, Mr. and" Mrs. Jack Reeder. The Misses Esther, Etta and Harriet Mellon were out from Chicago to attend the dance at Virgie one night last week. The free dance given by Mr. Reed Saturday night in honor of his wife's 39th birthday anniversary, was a great success and Mrs. Reed received many costly presents. The attendance was large and everybody seemed to enjay themselves. Mr. Reed was floor manager and had splendid order. The crowd left wishing Mrs. Reed many more such birthdays. Mrs. John Reed entertained a number of friends Sunday evening, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. John Brooks, Miss Loretta O’Connor, Gaylord Brown, Miss Sabina and Alwistns Hart of Kniman, William Brook and Miss Emma Cooper of Demotte, Miss Fay Bradford, Mis 6 Maria Ott and Miss Francis Petty of Virgie, the Misses. Etta, Esther and Harriet Mellon of Chicago. A fine dinner was served at 5 p. m., after which a pleasant evening was spent in music and singing, Miss Loretta O’Connor playing the violin and Miss Sabina Hart the organ.