Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

Ai Fumished by Our Regular Correspondents

of Interest fro* uniting Towns Terrely Told Chronicling the Happening* ■ the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

MILROY. —IMr. Blair of Piper City spent Su<nday with G. L. Parks. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Parks were Rensselaer visitors Monday. Edmond Meyers of Rensselaer is visiting the Chapman family. Charles and James Wood called on Earl Foulks Monday evening. Charles Wood, who has been working near Chalmers, came home Saturday. Mrs. Mary McCashen and Miss Ettie spent Wednesday with Mrs. J. R. Clark. Paul Johnson, son of Tffomas Johnson, was sick the first of the week, but is better at this writing. Lone Star school will be taught by Martha Clark; Center, Ara Griswold and Banner by Earl Foulks. Jean Marchand has recently reshingled the roof on the house on the farm, he recently purchased of Richard Foulks.

Mr. and Mrs. Perny Caster and son Omar of Steger,* 111., spent Saturday night and Sunday with his brother George and family. School began Monday except the Queen City, which will begin as soon as the house ’is completed, and will be taught by Lural Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCashen and daughter Thelma and A. J. McCashen spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Mary McCashen. Mr. and Mrs. Wall are visiting this week with relatives in Hamilton county and Indianapolis. Mrs. Robinson is stayng with the family at home. Mrs. Anna Chapman fell and injured her knee by cutting it on something, and it became very painful this week. Dr. Clayton was caUed Tuesday. Mrs. Wan. Garvin entertained the Larkin Club at her home last Tuesday afternoon. Refreshments were served and a pleasant time in general was had.

IROQUOIS VALLEY. | —I 1— Perry Marlatt spent Monday at his farm. Emmet Pullins spent Saturday in Rensselaer. Flora Pullins spent Tuesday with her mother. Phillip Durant was a Rensselaer goer Tuesday. W. A. Green called on George McElfresh Sunday. Vic Walker was in our vicinity Tuesday evening. Charles Grant and wife were in Renssselaer Saturday. Ross Grant of Rensselaer was in this vicinity Tuesday. ' Charles Grant was a Rensselaer business goer Monday. Emmet Pullins lost a valuable horse Sunday morning. n Otto Adams and brother were in our locality Sunday evening. Bessie and Jennie McElfresh were Rensselaer visitors Saturday. Mrs. K. Zillhart and son Louie were Rensselaer goers Saturday. George McElfresh has been- on the sick list for the past two weeks. Ethel Marlatt called on Charles Reed and family Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John Moore spent Sunday with friends in Rensselaer. Frank Brown spent Sunday with his sister, LHlie, at John Moore’s. Leo and Andrew Kolhoff were Rensselaer goers Saturday evening. J. W. Marlatt and family spent Sunday with Charles Reed and family. Leo Kolhoff is hauling gravel at their farm northwest of Reneeelaer. Quite a crowd of our young folks attended church at Aix Sunday evening. 1

Mrs. Parkison of Rensselaer called at her farm in our vicinity recently. Grover Brown and Anna Richmond were in our vicinity Sunday evening. Lester Schreiner of southwest of Rensselaer spent Sunday with Geo. McElfresh and family. Frank Brown and Alpha McElfresh spent Tuesday evening with Everett Greenlee and family. M. Tudor has the contract for hauling the sohobl children 'from Smith to Burns, district No. 5. Mrs. George McElfresh went Monday to spend a few days with her brother Lester, south of Rensselaer. Mrs. William Whitaker and two children, Thelma and Glenn, are visiting with her relatives in Delphi this week.

—] j I LEE. ‘i Several from here attended Chas. Lowe’s sale Wednesday. School began here Monday with Miss Fern Morris as teacher. Mrs. Ephriam Gilmore of Monon came Tuesday to visit her children. Mrs. H. C. Anderson went to Monon Wednesday evening to visit relatives.

Mrs. C. A. Holeman spent this week here with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Overton. G. A. and S. M. Jacks and their families visited last Sunday at Hoy Rishling’s, north of Rensselaer. Miss Kate Wood of Monon attended church here Sunday and she and J. W. Rishling and wife took dinner at Joseph dark’s. •Mrs. Mary Jacks and daughter Dollie and Mrs. Dora Jacks and two sons visited last week at Remington with their brother, J. B. Lewis, and family.

—I : | FAIR OAKS. Thomas Parks and F. R. Erwin threshed Wednesday. Wednesday night was quite cool. Pretty close to frost again. Born, Sept. 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCay, a boy. All doing well. Considerable oats were taken in at the local market here this week. Rev. Downey filled his regular appointment in the M. E. church here Sunday evening. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Sam Potts’ Wednesday evening with a good turnout. L. Moffitt has been having a slight attack of malaria the past week, but is better at this writing. Dr. Rice of Roselawn was called Monday to see’ Fonda Clifton’s babe and Mrs. Bozell, who Were quite ill.

Wednesday evening, up to the present, we are still having very warm weather, and Some pastures are needing rain very bad. Anna Gilmore is quite poorly nowdays, and Dr. Kresler was called to see her Monday. Fish is talking of placing her in a sanitarium. The pickle season has about closed again. This has been a very poor season, and only about 1,500 bushels have been taken In this year. Mr. Bozell win probably ship his last carload of melons this week, but he expects to have melons until frost, enough to supply the home market. Our schools opened up Monday with Mr. Johnson in charge of the advanced room and Mias Grace Peyton Primary and Miss Mcßallard in the intermediate. About six or eight weeks ago a fire got started at the Rafert farm, 4 miles west of here, in the muck and is burning yet, over an area of about 40 acres. Mrs. Leonard Kester and grand-

daughter went to Hammond last week to keep house for her cousin, Bert Hudson, who a number of years ago was a resident of Rensselaer, but whose wife died a few years ago. The Harriman stone road work is moving right along. They have the coarse stone on about three quarters of a mile, but owing to the hot weather it was too hard on the teams to put in more than two thirds time each day. The joke is on Uncle Charles Harrington of Virgie. He was here last week on the registration board and and after they got through he went to F. R. Erwin’s store and bought a pair of shoes. He picked l out what he wanted and told Mr. Erwin to lay them aside and when he got ready to go home he would get them. So in due time he came ini and put them on and walked home, about five or six miles. The next morning he discovered he had one black shoe and one tan shoe, so to even up matters he came back the next day and purchased the mates for the ones he had on.

The writer- and family autoed to Hanna Saturday to see his sister, Mrs. F. L. Yeomani, and family. Had a delightful trip and saw a 160 orj m’ore acre field of onions near Han-) na. We also saw some fine fields of corn and oats. We passed through LaCross and Kouts, both of which are beautiful places and look to be prosperous, and have some modern- ’ ized streets and nice cement side-! walks all over the town. Hanna is' a very prosperous place, with eight or ten stores, fine new bank, and one lumber, coal, cement, lime and brick yard, all of which seem to be doing a good business. There is a great number of fine and expensive residence buildings in the place.

_| : | UNION. Miss Marie Corner called on Lena Schultz Sunday. The writer made a flying trip to Kentland Wednesday. Tom Murphy helped build a ii'.o this week at Lornlgan’s. When a man talks too much people begin to realize how little he really knows. Mr. Meader and daughters Lois and Helen and Wallace Miller were Rensselaer goers Saturday. • The agency for selling nose and mouth muzzles has been filled; it sure pays to advertise in The Democrat. I. F. Meader and family and Mrs. Craw motored to Fowler Sunday and spent the day, Mrs. Craw remaining for a longer visit with her brother. R. H. Edits and, family, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ritter, Robert Ott, Johnnie Geesa and Raymond Faylor

took in the excursion to Chicago last Sunday and they report a fine time. How was “shoot the shoots,” Ritter? Don’t forget to register, next time at least, so you can vote this fall; happy is he who has reached his majority so that he can be in the great fight. Now, brother Democrats, do your best for a democratic victory. It may ndt be long until we are no more, Women will step ahead of us and we must stay at home amd mind /Uhe house 'while tihey are lat the polls casting their ballot. Oh! woeful day, pray, democrats, pray that it never will come.

| PINE GROVE. Mrs. Jamie Woulden spent Sunday with James Torbet and family. Independence school opened Monday with Thomas Forgey as teacher. Mrs. James Torbet and daughter Creola were Rensselaer goers Friday. Mr. and Mrs. George Daniels called on James Torbet, Tuesday afternoon. Newton Jenkins of south of town spent Wednesday night with John and Bluford Torbet. Messrs Leighton and Gerald Gifford. Returned home Tuesday from Kankakee where they attended the fair Mr. and Mrs. John Baker and family spent Sunday with the latter’s mother, Mrs. Rachel Price, and family Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hale and son Paul and Miss* Rosie Lemons Called on James Torbet and family Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beck and baby returned home Monday after a few weeks visit with relatives in Boone and Marion counties. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ropp and Mr. and Mrs. Edwards of Chicago came via automobile Saturday evening to visit over Sunday with the. former s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ropp. James Torbet returned home Sunday after a near two weeks treatment at the Wesley hospital in Chicago. He is feeling very good and is able to be up and about the bouse part of the time.