Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1911 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. Addie French came yesterday from Goodland to spend a few days with Mrs. Hester Hoyes of this place. Ralph Johnson of near Foresman has bought of Mrs. E. E. Powelll the former John Renicker fruit farm of 80 acres in Barkley tp., now occupied by George Tullis, the consideration being $82.50 per acre, or $7.50 per acre more than she paid to Frank Kresler for the farm about a year ago. Grant Davisson has also sold to Elliott W. Burr of near Foresman the 40 acres just north of the Renicker farm (the former Abraham Miller 40) at SBS per acre. Mr. Burr is a brother-in-law of Mr. Johnson’s. Miss Cecil Esty, aged 22, daughter of H. M. Esty of Creston, Lake county, despondent because her efforts to reform the levee district of Chicago were unavailing, after another visit through the vice district Saturday night, tried to commit suicide Sunday morning by throwing herself in Lake Michigan. The girl belongs to the White Cross society, and went to Chicago a short time ago after graduating from the Valparaiso University. She lost her handbag in the lake and begged .’her rescuers not to make any search for it. The police believe she was despondent over a love affair, and that letters were in the handbag which would disclose the fact. Miss Nina Pool, a beautiful white girl of Blanton, Neb., aged 18, is to marry a notorious Gary negro, aged 47, who is an exconvict and has served the Crown Point jail for (attempted murder and beating pis present white wife, as soon as the negro can get freed from the present wife. Strangely enough the parents of the girl, who are very wealthy, encourage the union, the negro, who poses as a spiritualist, claravoyant, chiropodist, etc,, having won them with his shrewd scheme of fortelling the future. The girl is nearly insane in her love for the negro, and despite all the protests of the sensible people of her home town the parents can not be changed from lending their aid and wealth to the marriage.