Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Seventy-five cents for the round trip to Chicago next Sunday.

Miss Tillie Malchow went to Chicago Thursday for a week’s visit with relatives and friends.

Miss Ethel Yluff of Indianajyolis came Wednesday for a few days visit here with her friend, Miss Belle Laßue. Joseph Nessius returned Wednesday from Plainfield, 111., where he had been to attend the funeral of a relative.

Mrs. A. M. Andrews and children of Shawnee, Mich., are spending the week here as the guests of Mrs. Mary D. Eger.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brenner and son Ralph, and Boyd Porter left Wednesday’ morning for a week’s outing at Dowagiac, Mich.

G. P. Daugherty, aged 85, who has beet 1 suffering for some time, with a hardening of the arteries, seems to be gradually failing.

Mrs. Jane Panemann and Mrs. R. R. Wadley of Chicago, who had been visiting with Mrs. Sarah E-. - Flynn and family, returned home Thursday.

Henry Nevill took his peanut and popcorn machine to Lowell Thursday to lurnish some goodies for the Sunday School picnic held there t-hat day.

Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jackson left Wednesday for their home in Mackinaw, 111., after attending the funeral of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joseph Jackson.

Mrs. Thomas Callahan is reported to be improving slowly at the Rockville sanitarium, where she has been for some time taking treatment for consumption. Mrs. Kate Watson and daughter Myra left yesterday for the home of the former’s brother, Omar Ritchie* at Monona plantation in Louisiana, for an extended visit. Van Norman, who has been associated with a dairy concern at Detroit, Mich., the past few months, came Wednesday to attend the funeral of his grandfather, J. C. Norman.

. W. L. Wood was called to Harrison county, 0., Wednesday by’ the death of an aunt, Mrs. Margaret Hines, 73 years of age, an old resident of that county, having been born and raised there.

Mrs. Carl Hamacher of near Foresman came down from Hammond Tuesday where she had been visiting her sister, Mrs. A. 0. Garriott, who has been seriously ill for several weeks, but is now improving. Henry Grow, Nathan Eldredge, S. R. Nichols, C. B. Steward, John Lesh, Miss Mabel Nowels, Cleve Eger, John M. Knapp, L. S. Mauck and F, E. Babcock took the early morning train to Chicago on business Wednesday.

W. E. Overton and wife of Rockford, 111., stopped off here Tuesday, enroute from Lafayette to their home, to visit with J. W. Childers and family and Mrs. O. K. Rainier. Elmer is now employed as a blockman for the International Harvester Co.

A. W. Sawin and J. W. Bozell have J a number of acres of melons near Fair Oaks which were badly cut to pieces Monday afternoon by hail. The muskmelons will be ready for market in a couple of weeks and will probably be shipped to Indianapolis. J .. “h.".. ■ . . ~ i ■■'ll The dance given by Messrs. Robinson, Thompson ard Hamilton at the armory Tuesday evening was not very well attended, owing to the inclemency of the weatehr. The music was furnished by the Italian orchestra that played on the street here in the afternoon.

J. P. Simons and daughter, Miss Cora, left Wednesday morning, the former for a visit in Argo, 111., and the latter for a three weeks visit with relatives in Wichita and other points in Kansas. Miss Cora has resigned her position as saleslady in the G. E. Murray Co. store. Wallace Ward, who some time ago lived in a portion of the Mr®. Shields home here, and who underwent an operation for gallstones and was later taken by his to their former home in Brookston, died Sunday at the Home hospital in Lafayette where he had been taken a few days prior for treatment.