Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Dr. M. D. Gwin made a profeagional trip to Chicago yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. James H. Honan left Saturday for their winter home at Augusta, Ga. Mrs. Zelma Roth and baby of Fowler are visiting here with her sister, Mrs. Lester Speaks. She and her husband spent Thanksgiving at Forest, Ind., with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rayher. Rice Porter has moved into his new cottage on the corner of Angelica and Division streets, and William Traub, of Traub & Selig, will occupy the Leopold cottage on Front street vacated by Mt. Porter. The burning out of a chimney at W. F. Frye’s residence Friday evening, caused an alarm of fire to be sect in, but the fire, which had caught in the roof near the chimney, was soon put out with a bucket of water and the fire company did not make a run. F. M. Haskell, the barber, was the lucky one to get the first turkey given away by Traub & Selig, the clothiers, just in time for Thanksgiving. This enterprising firm will give away a turkey to their customers each Saturday until New Year’s, beginning with Saturday, Dec. 7. November closed Saturday with as fine weather as one could wish for. In fact the entire month has been exceptionally good. Saturday and Sunday nights we had some rain and a little rain fell Monday. Colder weather is now promised by the weather bureau, yet it was still pleasant yesterday. George Plunkett, the blacksmith, was called to Lafayette Saturday night by the death of his sister, Miss Ella Plunkett, of Kentland, who died in St. Elizabeth’s hospital there, folfollowing an operation for appendicitis. The young lady was 28 years of age and a member of St. Joseph's Catholic church of Kentland.

Miss Hilda McMillan, who has been teaching in the Bluegrass school in Newton tp., took advantage of the Thanksgiving vacation to get married, and Carl Hollett of Lafountaine has been secured to teach the remainder of the term. Miss McMillan was married last Thursday to Mt. Harmon -Crouch of Whfte county.

Prof. Ben Coen of Ft. Collins, Colo., and brother, Jesse Coen of Chicago spent Sunday here with their father, W. S. Coen, and sister, Mrs. Judson Maines. Ben is row instructor in the state agricultural college in Colorado, and had to to Chicago on business and decided to make a short visit here while in the east.

W. R. Nowels, who has been classed by the Republican as one of the candidates seeking the Rensselaer postmastership, informs The Democrat that he is not a candidate in any sense of the word. N. S. Bates says likewise. Several others classed by the Republican as postoffice seekers, no doubt, deem denial unnecessary.

A reunion of the Leopold family was held Sunday at the home of A. Leopold in horor of his 79th birthday anniversary, which, occurred Monday. In addition to all the children and grandchildren being present, Mr. Leopold’s aged sister, Mrs. Mary Fendig and daughter Rebekah and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon. Nowels participated in the happy gathering.

Mrs. Frank Leach of near Remington visited here Sunday with her father, Eli Critser, who is in very poor health. Morday she went to Chicago to try to dispose of several pearls and “slugs” Mr. Critser found in the Iroquois west of town some time ago. There were two large pearls and eight small one in the lot, and Mr. Critser claims to have been offered $450 for the largest one.

Mayor George F. Meyers, who some time ago received a net reward of $42.23 from B. Forsythe for his part in tracing down Eddie Karnatz, the young tailor who attempted by black-hand methods to force Mt. Forsythe to leave a large sum of money aft a certain place under threat of death if he failed to do so, last week turned over the reward money to a charity fund of the various churches of the city.

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