Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

A* Fumuhed by Our Regular CorreipondenU

flteun of Interest ’ from Surrounding Towns Tersely Told Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to th« Jasper County Metropolis

WOLCOTT.

(From the Enterprise.) Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Duff, Monday. September 23, a son. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Jarrett, Monday, September 16, a soil. Charles Kendall shipped his household goods to Conrad Monday where he will work on a ranch. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles A Ison, Wednesday, September 25, an eight pound daughter. Misses Angella Kolhoff and Edna Robinson of Rensselaer are visiting Theresa and Rose Wagner. , Mrs. John Greisner of Reynolds,' anl Mrs. Frank Fleeger of Lafayette, spent Wednesday with their aunt,' Mrs. Amanda Kerlin. Mrt. and Miss Viola Goodacre went to Kentland Thursday morning to begin a protracted meeting with the Pleasant Grove church. Miss Helen Eck went to Remington Tuesday evening tb spend the rest of the week with her parents l , Mr. and Mrs. George Eck. M>r. and Mrs. Robert Conn and children of Delphi, who have been visiting Mr. Conn’s sister, Mrs. Minnie Parsons; returned home Wednesday. Joseph Brenner, a brother of Mrs. Ed. Blume, accompanied by his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burt of' Cisna Park, drove over in their automobile Wednesday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Blume.

MEDARYVILLE.

(From the Advertiser.) Johin Lanam, of York, Nob., is here on a visit with his phrents, Mr. ana Mrs. Brooks Lanam. Dr. D. F. Moss died at his home in Wjnamac, Wednesday, Sept. 18th. at the age of 66 iyears. Heart trouble was the cause of death. iMiss Martha Kennedy a graduate nurse from the Home Hospital at Lafayette.* is attending Mrs. Frank Rowe in her very serious illness. Mrs. Olive Kain and little son have returned from Evansville after a several weeks visit with Mr. Kain, who is employed on a dredge in that locality.

Two harvesting machines. idf-n* : cal in all respect®, manufacture! by -the C hicago Harvester Company, are on exhibition in. Texas; one bought in Germany for SBO and the other in Illinois for $125. There will be reams of “explanations”—and just one reason.

When Mrs. H. G. Farnsley returned from church last Sunday she j found the house occupied by her children and grandchildren and the table loaded with all kinds of good things to eat. No need of saying that she was agreeably surprised. The occasion was her birthday anniversary. Mrs. Ella Knotts and daughter Susan, wife and daughter of Mayor Tom Knotts of G-any, In'd., visited with the former’s sister, Mrs. Charles E. Robinson, and family, recently. They were accompanied on their return home by their relative, Mrs. W. S. Stevens, who was their guest for a week. Charles E. Robinson has been confined to his home this week with illness. While on ore of bis trips through the hay region north of San Pierre last Monday, lie was suddenly taken with chills, which compelled him to return homeward. Arriving at the neighborhood of K. B. Clark's he became so bad that he had to turn at that hospitable home, where he was taken care of over night. Next i morning he had sufficiently recovered so that he could be removed to his own home. At this writing lie is reported to be considerably better.

GOODLANI)

(From the Herald.) Mrs. George Johnson is reported very low, being a sufferer of dropsy. Mrs. John Frohreieh and children returned Monday evening from a visit at Mishawaka, Ir.d. Harold Dickinson left Monday morning for Franklin, Ind., where he will enter Franklin college. Miss Ella Brook and Katie Hogan attended the close _ of the Forty hour devotion at Kentland Tuesday evening. Isabella King, who has been employed at the George O. Bales home for several months, returned to her home in Winamac, Ind., Monday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Bittinger returned to their home in Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday, after a short visit with their daughter, Mrs. Warren Wilson, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gaston and children of Wakita, Okla., came Tuesday for a short visit here with Mrs. Gaston’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wilson, and family. Mrs. Harold Minaker, nee May Skiff, came Tuesday afternoon for a two week’si visit herb with her mother, Mrs. Skiff, who has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. L. Houk, for several weeks. Mrs- Josephine Weidenbaker, who has been taking treatment at a Chicago hospital, returned to Goodiara last Friday. She was~ accompanied home hy her daughter, Mrs. Fred Lupien, ,of Kankakee, 111., who visited her until Tuesday morning. Mrs. Albert Pugh, of Rochester, Ind., and Mrs. Delia Davis, of Michigan City, Ind., came Wednesday to help the former’s mother, Grandma Kitt, celebrate her eighty-eighth birthday on Thursday. A birthday dinner was given at the home oi Mtb. Henry Downing in honor of the occasion.

Mrs. M. R. Carlock returned to her home in North Vernon Saturday morning after a short visit here with her son, T. C. Carlock, and family. Her daughter, Miss Iva, who Has been here during the summer, and Mrs. T. C. Carlock and baby returned home with her to be present at the Fall Festival at North Vernon during this week.