Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

As Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

<TT Ite n» of Interest JJ frcm Surrounding Towns Tersely Told Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

| MILROY. | Mr. Abersoll went to Monon Tuesday., Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank May April 30, a son. Martha j Clark called on Mrs. Frank May Monday afternoon. Thos. Johnson is working on the Gifford railroad this week.

Jas. Blankenship went to Lee and bought a new corn planter. Elmer Johnson had the misfortune of losing a horse last week. Miss Lillie Sommers of Remington is spending a few days at home. Mra. Burlington spent Sunday with her parents, Mt. and Mrs. W. I. Bivans. Mrs. Geo. Foulks attended the baccalaureate service’s at Monon Sunday evening. Chas. Clark and Miss Pearl Abersoll attended church in Monon Sunday evening. Don’t fprget Sunday school is at 9:30 a. m. each Sunday, and you are urged to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gilmore visited the former’s parents, Mr. and •Xnpuns ‘pjeqinos uqop -saw Miss Belle Southard, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Walter Gilmore, a few weeks, came home Sunday.

Rev. F. A. Morrow will preach at the church immediately after Sunray school, May 19. Everyone invited. Word has been received from the Salvation Army people, who have been in Rensselaer for some time, that they will come to the Milroy church and hold a series of meetings, commencing next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. There will be five people in the bunch. Everybody invited to attend the meetings.

—I 1— ( IROQUOIS VALLEY. Gladys Grooms spent Sunday with Ethel Marlatt. Bessie McElfresh was a Rensselaer goer Monday. Joe Grooms spent Sunday eve with Ike Walker’s. Opal Schreiner spent Wednesday with Jennie McElfresh. Frank Foltz visited his farm ih this vicinity this week. Ffed Schreiner is doing carpenter work for Frank Foltz. Mrs. Joe Pullins and sons were Rensselaer goers Monday. K. Zillhart and son Louis were Rensselaer goers Monday. Fred Schriener and family spent Sunday with Wm. Green and family. Anna Richmond of Rensselaer is working for Mrs. J. W. Marlatt. Katie Ropp spent Saturday night with Marie Barkley in Rensselaer.

George Ott and wife spent Sunday with Chris Morgenegg and family. Opal Schreiner called on. Mrs. Will Whittaker one day this week. Mr. and Mrs. M. Tudor spent Sunday with his parents in Rensselaer. Gertrude Kolhoff attended band concept at Rensselaer ‘Thursday evening. M. X. Jenkins of McCoysburg spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Sam Price. Mrs. Milt Roth of Rensselaer spent Thursday witn her brother, J. W. Marlatt and family. Grandma Lowery, who has been very poorly for some time, is gradually growing worse.

Quite a few from our vicinity attended the" party at Mr. Swin’s near Aix Friday evening, and all report a fine time. Katie Morgenegg, Bessie McElfresh and Frank Brown spent Saturday night and Sunday with Lester Schreiner and family. J. A. Shanks, Lewisburg, Ind., enjoyed a visit from his grandchildren. Both suffered from a severe cold and coughed at night. The medicine prescribed failed to stop their coughing so Mr. Shanks took the matter into his own hands and says: “I got a bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound and after a few doses they went to sleep and slept throughout the night without coughing.”—A. F. Long.

I , FAIR OAKS. Health is good in our vicinity nowadays. Weather is. fine and everybody is busy. Mr. Bozell has been planting his watermelons this week. Postmaster Thompson is just about able to go about, but is very weak yet. Ben Zellers went up to the Stover farm Wednesday to shred some fodder. Mrs. Shehan of Lafayette came up Tuesday to visit home folks a few days. Rev. Downey filled Ihis regular appointment in the M. E. church Sunday. Lou Moff|t went up about Shelby Monday to press hay for the next month or two. Hannah Culp’s sister of near Lee came Monday and visited her until Tuesday evening. Floyd Baxter, on the Otis ranch, got through shucking his crop of corn a few days.

Wert Fair of Weit Virginia arrived here Friday eve to visit old friends a few days. Charles Platt of Rensselaer was here a few days ago and did some cement work for Sam Potts. Supervisor Goff Just received a carload of sewer pipe to be used in building culverts in his district. F. R. Erwin is having his building treated to a new coat of paint Bert Warren weilding the brush. Chas. Bowers and Miss Rose Thompson from Rensselaer were ih our town between trains Tuesday. ~ Preparations are being made to raise the Allen hotel and put a foundation of cement blocks under James Clifton is now engaged at carpenter work for Mike Duffy, on his ranch about 7 miles west ot here. Miss Sink, who taught the intermediate school here, with her sister moved back to Lafayette this week. Miss Pansy Bozell went to Rensselaer Tuesday evening to act as nurse for Stewart Hammond, who is very old and feeble. Mr. Allen, the hotel man, received a car. load of gravel Wednesday to make cement blocks for

the foundation of the building. John Cooper's condition is growing quire serious. The doctor was railed Wednesday and injected stimulant into his arm to give him a to rest. '• » Joe Clouse, the interlock and signal man while alighting from the door of the*'baggage car a few days ago. suffered a very severe sprained ankle and is now laid up for repairs. X. A. McCay. who has been at work with a bridge gang bn the Monon for about a year, came home a few days ago very much under the weather. His heart has been trying to balk on him.

The trees are leafing out very fast the past few days, the w eather having heen quite warm. Fruit trees, such as apple, plum, cherry and pear, are blooming Very* heavy, but there won’t be a peach. We are expecting a bumper apple crop if it don't turn cold and freeze, Chas. Halleck and men. who have been.up on the Kankakee for about a week taking up shrubbery for supplying their trade, got through Tuesday. Tliey went to Gary Wednesday to unload and deliver a carload of stuff, and then they will go to Indiana Harbor to deliver several carloads also. Mrs. F. L. Yeoman and children of Hibbard, and Mrs. Sam Yeoman of Panama, who had been visiting the former's brother. W. D. Bringle, of , Jordan tp . came up Saturday to visit her brother Abe. They left for home Tuesday. They reported having had a good time and enjoyed the auto rides very much.

| EAST JORDAN. Theo. Roy west to Goodland Sunday evening. Tern Bice spent Sunday with Frank Britzinger. Chas. Hall is sick with rheumatisn; at this writing. Raymond Roy spent Tuesday evening with Leonard Bice. . Margarei Shide is- able to be out again after her long ii'mess. Mr. and Mrs. Sigman did 1 shopping in Rensselaer Saturday. Miss Price of Parr is visiting this week with Mrs. Jchn Shide. Fred Wagner and John Shide took dinner with Leonard Bice Sunday. Frank Britzinger and Ethel Swartz attended the dance Saturday night. - ' “ '" . Mr. and Mrs. RishHng visited with Mt. and Mrs. Joe Sigman Sunday.

Mrs. John Shide spent Saturday ami Sunday wi.h hdnje folks, nd.-t i of town. Mrs. M. E. Babe and son Hershel visited wi-h.' '.Mary Bice, Wednes-' day afternoon. I Mary Bice. Edith Wenrick and Hazel £ . . "_ak*-r called on Estella Bristow Sunday. Mr. and. Mrs. Tobin and daughter Katie visited with Mr. Bristow's Silt day afternoon, Tom Stine and Haz- . Siiiu.ak : spent Saturday nigh: and Sunday with Mary and Leonard Bice.

LEE. j Ray Hoieman and family visited Sunday . at Walter Jordan’s. O. A. Jacks and family took dinner Sunday at Alvin {.'lark's. Charles Jacks anti family and Elmer Hamemrbacker visited Sunday at L. M. Jacks’. O. A. Jacks and wife are planning to leave here Friday for Keokuk. lowa, to make a visit with O. C. Hughes and wife. Mrs. Mary Ann Smith went to Fair Oaks Monday to visit her sister. Miss Hannah Culp. The minister preached here Sunday morning as usual, and again in the' evening, to a large crowd. Mrs. Becky Noland, widow of the late James Noland of Fair Oaks, visited here with relatives the past week.

Little Cora Noland stepped on a nail Sunday and run it through her shoe sole arid into her foot. The found is getting along nicely now. While S. W. Noland was moving ills summer kitchen Saturday, some of the bricks fell from the flue' and cut and bruised his head quite badly, but he is getting along all i right at this writing. On Thursday of last week, during the hard rain.- lightning struck i the house of Fred Stiers at thisj place. None of the family were at home at the time. It did some damage to the house but the damage was covered by insurance.

| PARR. Mrs. Dean Merica of Rensselaer fepent Wednesday with Ocie Wood. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Alva Potts Tuesday, May 7. a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Plaugjeck went to LoWell Tuesday to consult a doctor about the former's health. Addie Warne and family, who have been living near Surrey, have moved in the house with Mr. Warne's father for the coming year. Miss Ocie Wood spent Tuesday in Chicago where she is taking a course in music at the Moody Bible Institute. Misses Blanche Babcock, Clara Brusnahan and Ocie Wood attended band concert in Rensselaer Thursday evening. OtM> Schreeg and Frank McCuruux have rented the hall at Virghe and will give a dance on Saturday ulgfct, May 18. At* Myres returned home Wed-

inesuay. evening from Hpoj-eston. 1.'.. where he has been working on a dredge tor Clyde Gunyor. Perry Griffith, ore of the losers in the fire last Sunday morning, has opened, his barber shop in Wood's hall, and is ready for business again. Millie, the six-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. L L. McCurtain, r-ttirned home Thursday af?er a t- weeks visit with her grandma, Mrs. Isabelle Price, near Pleasant Grove.

Everybody please remember the announcements for next Sunday, May 12. at the church. Sunday school at 10 a. m.y preaching by Rev. Samsel of Lucerne. Ind., at 11; Christian Endeavor at 7 p. m.. and : reaching immediately following. Es;al Price and Goldie Gunyon le.t Monday a. in.. lor Lafayette where they were married. They returned Monday evening and went to the home of the groom near Pleasant Grove. Both parties are highly esteemed young people, and we a l join in congratulating them. Mr. and Mrs. Denni- Healy, two v 1 : ims of rhe cyclone.ywo weeks age. were in Parr Wednesday, This ~ Mrs, Healy's first trip to Parr -.n ■ the cyclone. She is improving'. very nic-ely. but it will be -Onu time Le;<<re she .s entirely v ell. IL’, Healy is feeling very well, ■ j Miss Ellzabe h Lonn.-tn h is helping' - in Wood s a " few' days, as Earl Bruner; wku ha- been working : r them the last two ... • ars, -- felt, -.f.dr Hamii* tfh. N. ■ I).. Sat it lay and they • yet se-‘ cured another clerk. Miss Edna Babcock, ope or the •K - graduating class of Rensselaer. Wednesday with home folks. ■ ' ■ • - i

There will be a ’’calico carnival”, a; Wood’s hall on Friday night. May 17, for the benefit of . the Chri-'ian Endeavor. La diets'are expeered to wear a calico dress, or' pay ten cents fine, also to bring' one-half pound of carefully cut carpet rags or pay 5 cents fine. Gen-' tiemen are to wear a calico tie Or pay 'en cents fine. al?o requested to bring a thimble or pay 5 cents fine. Articles made of calico will be for sale. Everybody come and have a good time. Parr was the scene of a very destructive fire about 4 a. m. last Sunday. The creamery, a coiifec- 1 tionery store and barber shop of Perry Griffith, and a pool room belonging to Ed Gilmore. were en-' tireiy destroyed. Some small articles were taken out of the confectionery store, but there being so manyloaded shells in the building and also a tank of gasoline just outside.- made it dangerous for people to go close to the fire. The cause of the fire is hot definitely known. The owners, we understand, had some insurance, but the loss will be about $7,000. The creamery will be re-built as soon as the insurance is settled. They are still aking cream; so all people desiring to sell cream, p.ease bring it to Wood's store.