Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

A« Furaiihed by Our Regular Correspondents

<]T Iteau of Interes jj frca Surrounding Town* Tersely Told Chronicling the Happening* in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

| IROQUOIS VALLEY, I “i — iEthel Marlatt spent Sunday with Gladys Groom. Rebecca Green is on the sick list at this writing. Leo Kolhoff was a Rensselaer goer Saturday Mrs. Lizzie Marlatt spent Sunday with Luella Green. Mrs. Mollie Vance is spending a few days with home folks. M. Tutor and Bud Lewis are working on the roads. George McElfresh took dinner with K. Zellhart Sunday. J. W. Marlatt sold some stock to Emmet Eldredge Tuesday. Luella Green called on Mrs. Geo. McElfresh Tuesday afternoon. Walter Brown and Sim Wells were Rensselaer goers Saturday evening.

Farmers in our locality are all Eaniling, they finished thrashing le onlay. Mrs. ** Iva and Flora Pullins assisted Mrs Gilmore ndok for threshers, Monday. Mt. and Mrs. Chas. Grant went Tuesday to help his brother Garland, thresh. Louis ZUlhart and sister, Pauline, attended the party at John Linback's Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. John Schroer and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schroer autoed to Francisville Sunday. Grover Brown and Anna Richmond attended the concert in Rensselaer Thursday evening. „ Mrs. Fred Schreiner and Mrs. Clyde Burris spent Sunday "with the former's father, W. A. Green. Mt. and Mrs. John Newcome are the happy parents of a big ten pound boy, born Saturday evening. Mrs. Myrtle Cox and daughter, Lillis, are spending a few days with Mrs. J. W. Marlatt and family. Frank Brown and sister, Lillie, and Bessie McElfresh. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schreiner in Chicago. Lillie Brown, who has been working for Mrs. John Modre, went to her home west of Rensselaer Tuesday to spend a few days.

T FOUR CORNERS. Cyrus Asher fell from a fruit tree one day last week and broke his arm. Mrs. F. W. Fisher returned home Thursday after a few days visit with her people at Lee. Hay making has been resumed this week. The weather has a tendency to go dry awhile. Wm. Fitzgerald, Thos. Maloney and F. W. Fisher all have a mild attack of the automobile fever.

Our regular mail carrier is taking his vacation and his sub., Jerome Nelson, is delivering the mail. L. C. A-her, we are informed, has purchased the N. E. M of section 32, known as the Vanpatton farm. Sheriff Hoover and three of his friends from Rensselaer attended the ball game at Wheatfield Sunday. Walter Welker, who lives on the farm lately purchased by L. C. Asher, will seek a new location soon. Henry Hunsicker has his new barn near completion which adds reatly to the appearance of his farm. Frank Cones and family of Fowler, who have been taking on ouxiihg at Dunn’s bridge, returned, home Monday. Miss Effie Fisher of Laporte is now taking her vacation, visiting her brother Lee at Otterbein, and home folks at Tefft. Philip White and family, who have been living for the past few years in a foreign land, are visiting relatives and friends until some time next month. P. G. Barnard returned to Loohiel with his wife Sunday. They were visiting Mrs. Barnard’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hixon, and enjoying life at tihe river. The Bull Moosers are numerous in Railroad tp„ Starke county. They have it, bad, but Dr. Solt will see that none lack for medicinal care, his donation to the Bull Moose campaign fund. Some grain merchant should come

to the front now with a car of good seed wheat to supply the farmers with seed, and at a price that would convince them that they were interested in having a Large acreage to seeded this fall. Wheatfield and Hebron crossed bats at Wheatfield Sunday. The visiting team lost by a score of 6 to The first game of the season the Hebron team shut out Wheatfield 3 to 0. While the Regulars made countless errors in their game here Sunday and handed the game to the visitors on a platter, yet, they were unable to hold the lead given them when the boys got down to playing real ball. Jensen pitched a good game, but it took "Ty Cobb” Jensem to steal bases in spite of the catcher and the quick delivery pitcher of the Hebron team. Taking all in all the team that plays the Regulars to a winning score will be compelled to play real ball to the end of the 9th inning. They pllay Monon Sunday, Sept. 1.

| MILROY. Wm. Halstead spent Sunday with James Boone. R. Foulks of Monon called on Wtm. Bivans Tuesday. Mr. Blair of Piper City, 111., visited G. L. Parks last week. Mrs. Anna Chapman and family ate dinner Sunday with Thos. Johnson. Mt. and Mrs. G. L. Parks entertained relatives from Chicago last week. Earl Foulkis and Martha Clark visited Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark this week. T. A. Spencer and family attended church at Lee Sunday and took dinner with Sam Jacks. Mr. and Mrs. G Foulks attended church at Lee Sunday and ate dinner with Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Jacks. Dan and Lon Chapman have a very sick horse at this writing, and Dr. Maxwell of Monon has been in attendance. Mass Edna Wood of Parr, returned to her home Monday after a visit with her aunt, Mrs. Anna Chapman and family.

Mrs. A. E. Abersol and sisters, Mirs. Carter and Skinner, visited thefir brother, Wim. Demoss and family Monday. A. E. Abersol’s attended the reunion at the Tippecanoe Saturday. Mrs. Skinner and Mrs. Carter returning home with them for a fisit. Miss Ethel Darrow, Martha and Letiha Clark, Mrs. G. L. Parks, Mrs. Howard Stewart and Mrs. G. Foulks assisted Mrs. Frank May with threshing cooking.

i FAIR OAKS. With but a few exceptions, health is very good in our town. Mrs. J. M. Allen had visitors from Newton, 111., a few days last week. Mt. and Mrs. Abe Bringle and daughter Annie, were Rensselaer visitors Tuesday. A. D. Wakhburn and children of Kentland were in town a short time the first of the week. We have been having about one week of fine weather for threshing andi corn is growing rapidly. Rev. Downey and family of Roselawn enjoyed tihe hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Eggleston, Tuesday. Gladys, Baby, and Mary Halleck drove to Delmotte Saturday evening to visit with relatives over Sunday. Mr. Bozell shipped; another carload of watermelons ahd several barrels of muskmelons the first of the week. Charles Marlatt, of Michigan City, dropped in here the first of the week for a couple of days visit with his father. * It is reported that Can Manderville is at Lowell running a retail watermelon business, getting his supply l from Mr. Bozell. Mr. Jolen completed the concrete

walls of his new cement block house, and the laying of the blocks will be begun in a few days. Miss Harper, the music teacher, came up Thursday to give Misses Dottie Thompson and Arnie Bringle their regular instructions in music. James Williams’ boys, Carry, Earl and Winnie, are batching in their house here and hauling stone on the new road 4 miles west of here for Mr. Harrington. A large number of our young people, at Mr. Bozell’s invitation, made a raid on his watermelon patch Saturday evening, reducing his supply a great deal. Mrs. H. M. Stanley, who lives over west of here in Newton county, was summoned to Watseka Wednesday evening to the bedside of her sister, whose health is very poor.

Mattie McCay, who has been working near Kirklin, came home Saturday, bringing with her, her grandmother, who will spend several weeks here visiting relatives. Carl Carpenter, the third trick man at the Monon station, was called to his home west of Indianapolis Tuesday by the serious condition of his brother Paul, who is suffering with typhoid fever. Roy Casey’s baby, which has been very sick with spinal meningitis for some time, continues in a rather critical condition. The little Walter McConnell babe is reported somewhat better at this writing. Uncle Joe Gaines expects to leave in a few days for Wisconsin, where he will make his home with his daughter, Maggie, Who offers him a home for the rest of his days at the large hotel Which she runs there. Rev. Q. S. Harden, formerly of Rosebud, but now of Dunkirk, stopped off here Tuesday evening for a short visit with 'hje son and daughter at Parr. He ‘ was on his way home from attending the conference and while here he made a short call on the writer.

Who Did It. Oh! was it a reptile, a fish, or a bird Whose bosom was first with such vanity stirred? An Eocene mare or a she Diplodocus. A female Pteranodon’s queer hocuspocuis? Or was it the work of a post-glacial cat Who saddled on man the original hat? The lady Iguanodon went without cover, And Miss Cetasaurus had blue sky ■above her. The wife of the primate, Grandmother Gorilla, Had neither a bonnet, a hat, nor mantilla; And as for Neanderthal women, they wore The lid that grew on—and desired nothing more. But somebody, somewhere, at some time or other, Got square with a husband, a dad, or a brother, By merrily, sweetly, adroitly creating Some sort of a headgear, and then boldly stating That men, for all time, must put up for the women The frame for a hat, likewise linings and “trimming’.’

) , UNION. “Huhlj What’s the matter?” Helen? Meader was a Parr goer Wednesday. Duke Miller is working for Jack Reader now-a-days. H. J. Dexter and family went to Fountain Park Friday. J. F. Meader made a flying trip to Chicago Wednesday. Dr. Hanson called on B. D. Comers’ Wednesday morning Buying pickles and selling coal is the main business done at Parr these days. Mrs. Millspaugh helped Mrs. Todd cook for threshers the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schultz have relatives visiting them from Chicago this week. A. R. Schultz and family attended, the Fair at Crown Point on Friday. They report a fine time, good roads and dandy’ trip. Warned—An agent to come thru this district with nose and mouth muzzles, to sell to rhe men working near threshing machines. Peter Wolf and family, Frank and Margaret Wolf and Mr. and Mrs. Brady o. Nebraska called on their sister, M.s. A. R. Schultz, Sunday.

| PINE GROVE. | |. . i We are having some chilly weather again. Mrs. Harry Gifford was taken to Chicago Saturday for hay fever. Mrs. James Torbet and son John were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet spent Sunday with Frank Vest and family A of north of Aix. Miss May Gifford of Chicago spent Saturday night and Sunday with her nephew, Harry Gifford and family, of near Gifford. Mr. and Mrs. Harny Beck and baby went to Mechanicsburg, Boone county; Saturday for a few weeks visit wdth relatives near that place. James Torbet was taken to the Wesley hospital in Chicago for hemortaage of the bowels. He was accompanied by his wife and Dr. of Rensselaer. The surprise on Elmer Shroyer Sunday afternoon, Aug. 25, was well attended. The guests afll departed at a late evening hour reporting that they had a fine time and wishing him many more happy birthdays. The afternoon was spent in playing games, and afterwards ice cream and cake were served.

I | REMINGTON. a The Remington schools open Monday Sept. 2. A son was born Tuesday to W. H. Zimmerman and wife. Miss Myrtle Ford is visiting her brother Lewis at Newport, Ky. Miss Maggie is visiting Mrs. Mary Clowery, at Champaign, 111. A sister of J. H. Gilbert, from Chicago, is visiting him at this writing. Miss Hermansen of Gillam tp.,, visited last week with Miss Wilda 'Green. Dr. Besser went to Harper; lowa. Sunday for a few days vist with his parents. Mrs. Rainier of Brookston visited last week with her son, Dr. A. P. Rainier, and family. Geo. Daffer and family of Wabash county were guests of Bert Cowgill and family over Sunday. Mieses Hazel and Nina Gray visited this week with their aunt, ,Mrs. George Vorhis, at Wolcott. Misses Anna Harper and Chloe Doblins are attending the millinery opening in Indianapolis this week. Walter Roads and family of Los Angeles, Calif., are vsiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Roads. Mrs. Catherine Wright of Mason City, lowa, visited last w’eek with James Gray and family of north of town.

Fred Burger has bought another big farm, the Barrett farm of 240 acres, • southeast of town. Consideration $36,000. Miss Vera Heath, who has 'been visiting relatives and friends here, left last Friday for her home at White Pigeon, Mich. Mrs. Charles Mann and little daughter of Cincinnati, Ohio, visited a few days this "week with the Alvin and Noah Dunn families. Mts. Nova Helvie of Christiarisborg Ohio, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Bowman, and sister, Mrs. Lawrence Peck, who is quite dll. Mrs. Mary Qdigley of Racine, Wis., who has been visiting James Gray and family, went to Winamac

last Friday to visit William Gray and family. Bert Spencer, Luther Brown and Hall Zimmerman left Wednesday' for the Dakotas, where they have ! farms, to look after the harvesting of their grain crop. M. A. Gray's residence in the north part of town was burglarized one day last week during the absence of the family and a gold watch and a few other articles stolen. The Benton county republicans have nominated the following county ticket: Auditor, Elmer McKnight;} treasurer, W. H. Cheadle; sheriff, I Fred R. Gay ; recorder, Ray Jones; i coroner. Dr. Bundy; surveyor, Don! Heaton; commissioners, W. S. Rowe, Gwinn Douglas. j John R. O'Connor of southwest' of town is making extensive im-i improvements on his farm, having just completed a fine large barn 36x60 and is also building a new 52,000 farmhouse. D. V. Me- 1 Glynn of Remington has the con-| tract for each. ( M)rs. Albert Eckman, who has been suffering from consumption' for. some time died Saturday at her! home in Remington and was buried ; Monday in the Remington cemetery, the funeral being held from the house. She leaves a husband, one! son, mother, two brothers and two! sisters. Her age was about 53 years. The failure of S. M. Ralston to fill his lecture engagement at Fountain Park without giving any reason therefor is not relished by the Park management or the people of this viciniy, and is likely to lose him many votes. It would have been only common courtesy for him to have given some excuse for canceling the engagement, even though he bad to invent one. H. K. White, a well known and respected farmer of northeast of town, died last Friday troth typhoid pneumonia, aged about 50 years. A son, Glbert White, died only two weeks before from the same cause. A sample of the well water was sent away and was found to be very bad. Mr. White was a member of the Woodmen order of Remington, a 1 large, robust man and his dath is greatly deplored.,

LEE. “I 1W. E. Culp and family took dinner Sunday at J H. Culp’s. Rev. Quonen and family were here calling on friends Tuesday. Harold LaMar and wife went Monday to go to housekeeping on a farm near Parr. George Culp and family of near Rensselaer visited here with her parents, John Osborne's, over Sunday. Mrs. G A. Jacks Stepped on a nail one day last week and had a very sore foot for several days, but is better now Whn. LaMar and family of Francesville came Sunday to visit their son Harold and wife at her mother’s, Mrs. Lewis’. Mrs. Sherman Lewis and Miss Jennie Parker of near Mitchell, South Dakota, were here Wednesday calling on friends. Mrs. George Holeman and two children of Monticello, have been here visiting for the past two weeks. Her baby took very sick Sunday with summer complaint, while they were visiting at J. H. Culp’s, and Dr. Clayton was called. Early Monday morning Mrs. Holeman also took sick, with heart trouble, and the Dr. was called again. He came four times to see them but they are getting along better now and planning at this writing to go to their home.

Fancy Prices This Week. I will pay 19 cents for strictly fresh clean eggs, 11 cents for good hens, 14 cents for springs two pounds and over.—-FANCY PRODUCE MARKET. C. E. Prior. To Whom It May Concern. Whereas my wfe, Irene Hurley, has left my bed and board without my consetn, alii persons are hereby notified that I will not be responsible for any debts she may have contracted.—.JOHN O. HURLEY. Dated Rensselaer, Ind., August 26, 1912.