Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Harry Watson was in Chicago on business Monday.

Mrs. Ord Yeoman visited Mr. and Mrs. Roe Yeoman in Chicago Sunday. ,'y ‘ :

Miss Sarah Walford of Danville, 111., came Saturday to visit Mrs. H. R. Kurrie a few days.

Mrs. M. E. Spitler returned Monday from an extended visit in Massachusetts, her old home.

Elmer Gwin has just completed a 5-inch well 300 feet in depth, for Robert May at near Remington.

Miss Ethel Jacks of Lee went to Kankakee, 111., Monday where she lias a position in Clif Beaver’s candy factory.' ,

Virgil Robinson, who is attending Purdue this year, spent Sunday here with this parents. Mr. and Mrs. A: C. Robinson. ...

C. P. Moody of Barkley tp., has traded in his old Marion touring car for a fine new Marion Roadster, a $1,750 car.

Miss Myrtle Oram of Chicago, returned home Monday afer a couple of days visit here with her aunt, Mrs. Leslie Clark.

Mrs. J. W. Childers was in Chicago Monday to meet her son Parker, who is returning home from an extended visit in the west

A. L. Moorhead and family of Limon, Colo., who have been visiting here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Nevil, for a couple of weeks, left for their home Monday.

The Watson Plumbing Co., and Gwin & Watson well drillers, have moved their place of business across moved their place of business to across the street from the postoffice, phone 204. o-l

Among those from here who attended the annual tank scrap at Purdue University this year, held on Friday night, were W. D. Bringle and Son, Mrs. W. F. Smith and son Millard and Harry English.

Lloyd Jessen is here from Wellton, Arizona, where he has been employed for some time, to visit his mother, Mrs. Jennie Jessen. He will go from here to Chicago to work in the Western Union offices. -

Rev. J. L. Brady returned home from his trip through the Dakotas, Washington and California the latter part off last week. He is well pleased with the eastern portion of California and may decide to locate there.

Thomas H. Davis, a Chicago wrestler, shot and killed Miss Lucille May, an actress aged 17, in a Vincennes restaurant Saturday night and after his arreet hung himself ini his cell. The girl, who played in Rensselaer and surrounding towns last winter with the Gordon Stock Co., had repulsed Davis’ attentions after learning that he had a wife and family.

Mrs. Martha J. Wood, aged about 85 years, died at 11:30 Sunday night the home off her grand-dau-ghter, Mrs. Osa Ritchey, Jr. She has a daughter in Chicago, and Mrs. Charles Kessinger of near Rensselaer is another grand-daughterr, and and the old lady divided her residence between them. The body was shipped to North Vernon on No. 3 last where burial ,'be made.

The Kentland Enterprise says that James E. Watson was “in on the ground floor” in the Chicago contest cases and so is in a position to defend the Taf nomination. Mr!

Watson iig clever, but so far as Indiana voters are concerned he is not convincing. The fact that he regards a defense of the Taft nomination as necessary demonstrates to he average man that Mr. Watson's “ground floor” knowledge must must weigh heavily ion his conscience.—lndianapolis Star.

Mrs. O. J. Kenton and Mrs. Dan Lakin of Surrey were hurt in a near runaway accident. Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Kenton receiving a fracture of the left ankle and was somewhat cut and bruised. Mrs. Lakin was Cut and bruised about the head. Each of the ladies* had a small child in the buggy with them, but they were not seriously injured. The two ladies were riding in the buggy together, their husbands riding in another buggy, and the Shafts of their buggy came down and struck tlje horse’s heels, causing It to become frightened and overturn the buggy. It did not run far, and the ladies were soon extricated from the wreckage by their husbands.