Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Today is Old Settlers’ day at Delphi. John Eger was a Chicago visitor Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Babcock were Lafayette visitors Wednesday. , To Mr. and Mrs: Lee Myers, four miles northwest of Aix, Aug. 8, a girl. Mrs. W. C. Babcock and daughter Margaret spent Wednesday in Chicago. . H. M. Purcupile went to Lafayette Wednesday to visit relatives a few days. F. M. Welsh is building a large new barn on one of his farms in Jordan township. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Knox of Chicago came Wednesday to visit relatives a few days. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Harmon returned home from Chatsworth, 111., the first of the week. The Rensselaer band will play at Lowell next Saturday, August 17, for an Odd Fellows picnic. 1 Miss Loretta Putts of southeast of Rensselaer spent a few days this week with Miss Olga Schreeg of Parr Frost Sunday night done considerable damage to crops on the’ low lands in Starke county, says the Knox Republican. Mr 3. Chas. Davis and children of ißrook took the train here Wednesday for Lafayette to visit her sister, Mrs. M. C. Rentz. Mrs.- Sylvester Gray and cousin, Mrs. Jones and children of Belle Vernon, Pa., went to Chicago Thursday to visit a few days. ———. r - W. T. Davenport returned to his home in Louisville Thursday after a several weeks visit here with his son, William and family. Misses Rose and Catherine Luers went to Wabash Wednesday to visit friends. They will also visit at Lagro before returning home. Mrs. Ross Dean returned home yesterday from Springfield, Ohio, where she had been visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Hume, for several weeks.

John J. Borntrager has purchased a new R+C-H touring car of the local agent, John M. Knapp. W. H. Dexter of Union tp., has also purchased an R-C-H. Among tiie Indiana people registered at Washington, D. C., hotels this week we notice the names of Mrs. J. G. Morris and Miss Pearl Morris of Remington. Mrs. M. Dickinson of Fair Oaks came down Wednesday for a few days visit with Rensselaer friends and will go frotn here tQ Carpenter tp., for a visit with A. Dickinson and family. Lightning struck “one of the large barns on ex-congressman Charles B. Landis’ big farms west of Delphi. Tuesday afternoon and burne4 it to the ground, together with contents. The Delphi fire department went out and managed to save the other large barn. There was no insurance carried.