Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Malcom Clark of Wheatfield was the guest of friends here Sunday. Hurley Beam was here from Chicago to spend Sunday with his wife. Miss Ethel Jacks spent Sunday in Lafayette with her sister, Mrs. Len Lefler. Misses Tillie Malco and Ethel Sharp are spending a week at Winona Lake. W. R. Shesler went to East Chicago Saturday to spend Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. C. B. Brunsden. Mrs. E. M. Parcels went to Chicago on the excursion Shnday and spent the day with her son Rue and wife. R. D. Thompson and Mr. Sleeper of Fowler drove through to Chicago from here Sunday afternoon in Mr. Sleeper’s Buick. Mrs. B. B. Smith and daughter went to Colburn Saturday for a visit of a few days with her parents and other relatives. Miss Cooper Howe of Wichita, Kan., who has been visiting here a few days with Miss Lizzie Hemphill, left Saturday for her home. The Democrat and Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer or the St. Louis Twice-a-week Republic, only $2.00 per year. This applies to both old and new subscribers. Mrs. F. H. Hemphill and son Byron were called to Roann Monday afternoon by the serious condition of her father, who was expected to live but a few hours. Mrs.- James Mead and children, who have been visiting here since since Wednesday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark, returned to their home in Hammond Monday. James Lester and daughter, Mrs. McDaniels, came down from Chicago Saturday for a few days visit with M. W. Reed and family west of town. Mr. Reed continues very pooily. There were 71 tickets sold from the Rensselaer station for the Chicago excursion Sunday. The train was quite well loaded, yet it was not crowded, there being plenty of room for everyone.

In Saturday’s Democrat we said the Public Library would be closed during the months of July and August, the words ‘‘on Sundays” being omitted. It will be open every day but Sunday during these two months. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Thompson of Gary are moving to Winamaq where Mr. Thompson and Ralph 5 Horner, also of Gary, have located in the practice of law. Mrs. Thompson was formerly Miss Thena Meyer of Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. A. Gangloff went to Plymouth the first of the week for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. Eda Nagel. They intended to go Saturday, but the afternoon train was late on the Monon and they could not make connections. Bryan, the 14-year-old son of W. H. Legg of Monticello, was drowned in the Tippecanoe river near that place Sunday forenoon, w'hile in bathing. Where the lad went down the water is twenty feet deep, and the body had not been recovered at last reports. TFirman Rutherford has been busy the past few days tearing down the old brick smokehouse in the rear of the Jarrette Variety store, and will soon begin the erection of a store room, 22x40, that will occupy the entire lot, and which Mr. Jarrette will make use of for storing stock. The property is owned ny J. H. Chapman. Mrs. Wm. M. Hoover of south of town, who has been ill for a couple of weeks, shows Tittle, if ’any, improvement, and the doctor makes daily trips to the Hoover home to see her and her son, Frank Hoover, who has been in failing health for some time but Whose ailment has not as yet been diagnosed by his physician. 'Miss Fern Osborne is nursing Mrs. Hoover. A drop of over 30 degrees in temperature came Monday. In the morning it was sweltering hot, but towards noon begun to get much cooler, and by night a breeze was blowing as chilly as if it came off ah iceberg. At 6 o’clock yesterday morning the thermometer registered 64, against upwards of 90 only twenty-four hours previous. Rising temperature again yesterday, nowever. •