Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1914 — Page 5

CLOSING SUNDAY AT Fountain Park. Program for Sunday, Aug. 30 9:30 a. m. Sunday School. 10.30 a. m. Music. 10:40 a. m. Communion Service. 11:00 a. m. Sermon, Dr. G. R. Grose, President of DePauw University. 2:15 p. m. Music. 2:30 p. m. Lecture, “Why God Made a Woman.” Clinton N. Howard 3:30 p.m. Concert, - Williams’Jubilee Co. 7:30 p.m. Music. 7:45 p.m. Concert, r. Williams’Jubilee Co. There will be some additional features including an Arab Sheik in a most beautiful qostume of the Orient. COME, We Expect a Great Day

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Lincoln Chautauqua at Rensselaer, Sept. 12 to 17, inclusive. Wagons, buggies and carriages for sale by HAMILTON & KELLNER. Mr. and Mrs. McKeller of Newland, werq in Rensselaer Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pox and little son of Chicago, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fell. John Deere spreader has no chain hut the beater is on the axle. It is sold by HAMILTON &KELLNER. Miss Helen Murray will leave next week for Centralia, 111., where she will teach domestic science in the schools there this year. Rev. J. C. Parrett writes The Democrat a card from Winona, saying that he will be at home and preach as usual at the Presbyterian church tomorrow. Miss Madeline Ramp will leave Monday for Kentland to attend Institute for a week and from there she will go to Brook where she will again teach this year. Miss Selma Leopold left Thursday morning for Crystal Falls, Minn.,, where she will teach music and English in the high school there. Her father, Simon Leopold, accompanied her as far as Chicago. Miss Linda Langwith of Davenport, la., came Supday to spend a couple of weeks of her month’s vacation with the family of W. D. Bringle. She spent two weeks at Petosky, Mich., before coming here. Mr. and Mrs. K. Zillhart of Barkley tp., have been entertaining their daughter, Mrs. John H. Resser of Sheridan, 111., also Miss Smith 0 f Chicago. Mrs. Resser returned to her home at Sheridan the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Howell of near Remington, and their son-in-law and wife, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Bennett of Sharpsville, Tipton county, were Rensselaer visitors Tuesday afternoon, making the trip in Mr. Bennett’s auto. Dr. Rose M. Remmek, in her office over Jessen’s jewelry store, correctly fits all defects of eyesight, making this her specialty. The glasses she furnishes are made by specialists in the making of glasses. Ask her to tell you the difference.-— Advt. The Fowler Tribune of last week was issued as 1 a historical number of 16 pages and contained much interesting early and present day history bf Benton county. The paper was very nicely gotten up indeed and will be highly treasured by the pioneer residents of that county as well as those of today. William Burch, a blacksmith from Reynolds, has rented the J. p. Warner blacksmith shop on Front street and will do a general blacksmithing business therein. He has moved his family here. Mr. Burch is a brother of Ed Burch, the painter and paper hanger, who lately moved here from Wolcott.

Josiah Davisson went to Quincy, 111., on business Tuesday. Lincoln Chautauqua at Rensselaer, Sept. 12 to 17, inclusive. Walter Crampton of Chicago, is visiting here this week with his uncle, C. E. Prior. Mr. and Mrs. William Shirer, formerly of north Jesper but now of Valparaiso, visited here this week with his brother, L. I’. Shir >r Miss Opal Sharp went to Chicago yesterday for a week’s visit with Mrs. M illiam G.. Richardson, formerly Miss Mildred Halleek of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Proctor of Terre Haute, returned home T .esday after a couple of weeks’ visit with the family of Newton Sunderiand. J. H. S. Ellis has put in a new stairway on the east side of the Kiplinger cgar store, thus furnishing an additional exit from the theater above. Alex Jensen, Mrs. George O Stembel and son, Albert and Oscar, and Mrs. Simon Fendig and mother, Mrs. E. W. Allen, were down froih Wheatfield Tuesday. t Mrs. Ida Pierce and daughters left this week for Greencastle, where they will reside temporarily while the daughters, Mary and Gladys, attend the university there. Mrs. Carrie Phelps and children of Oklahoma City, came Thursday to visit her aunt, Mrs. E. L. Clark, and other relatives and friends. She will be remembered here as Miss Carrie Warren. George A. Chappell was over Tuesday afternoon from Remington, where he is again permanently located, he having bought back his old insurance and real estatb business from Mr. Cornwell, to whom it sold it several months ago. W. D. Bringle expects to get moved into his handsome new home on College avenue about the middle of the coming month. Mr. Bringle will have one of the prettiest and most convenient of the many new dwellings erected in Rensselaer this season. The Northern Indiana Editorial Association will hold its annual meeting in Ft. Wayne on Sept. 17 and 18. A fine time is promised the newspaper men. Senator McCormick, of the North Judson News, is secretary of the association, and Harry B. Darling of Laporte, is president. Rev. Sutton and wife, pastor of the Barkley M. E. church, will leave for Kansas, their former home, Monday. He is leaving a month before the conference year closes in order to reach his home conference in time to receive an appointment. Mrs. A. A. Fell will finish out the conference year for him. The M. E. class, that Rev. Sutton assisted in organizing at Newland, is starting off nicely, having organized a Ladies’ Aid society and a mid-week prayer meeting on Wednesday evening. There will be preaching there Sunday afternoon at 2:30 by Mrs. Fell.

Ldneoln Chautauqua at Rensselaer, Sept. 12 to 17, inclusive. Arthur O’Dell of Champaign, 111., visited here this week with Cope Hanley. Michael Kanne returned Wednesday from a visit with his sons over in Illinois. Miss Marie Hamilton returned Wednesday from a couple of weeks visit with friends in Frankfort. About 25 tickets were sold here Thursday for the Lafayette fair. Several others went down Wednesday. The baby of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ranton, reside on the Maines farm, is suffering from summer complaint. ~t— Charles Finglemeyer and sister, Mrs. Peter Van Lear, and son. went to Chicago Thursday to visit relatives. Mrs. A, Luers and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Sperry of Mt. Ayr, went to Allentown, 111., Wednesday to visit relatives. F. P. Wright of Alva, Okla visited here a few days this week with his aged mother, at the home of his brother, Rev. R. B. Wright. Mrs. David Shumaker and son of south of town, left Wednesday for a couple of weeks’ visit with relatives at Marion and Portland, Ind. Frank Kresler is now shipping in ice from Frankfort to supply his customers, the local supply put up last winter having been exhausted. Mrs. H. L. Barnes and baby returned to her home in Oskosh, Wis., \\ ednesday after a few weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Airs. O. K. Rainier. The Monon News states that it is rumored that the Monon railway company will bnild a new depot at that place, something that is badly needed. A. C. Robinson and family have moved to West Lafayette, and Tom Hoyes has moved into the former J. C. Chilcote property on Weston street, which they vacated.

Judge Clark 1 Price of Ashland, Kan., came Tuesday for a short visit with his brother aryl sister here, M B. and Miss Nettie Price, and his brother, Corah, of Carpenter tp. -Mrs. Ellsworth Ilifif and sen and daughter, who have been visiting here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kohler, went to Hoopeston, 111., Wednesday where they have just moved from Chicago Heights. The new Pooring on the Washington street bridge is certainly a great improvement, and when the structure is repainted it will make a nice looking bridge. Perhaps those south River street people who insisted on having a brand new bridge at Work street will then stump us for a trade. Former postmaster, W. E. Peck of Remington, expects to leave about the middle of next week for New \ ork state on business connected with the farm which he recently bargained for near Binghamton. Mr. Peck expects to move there with his family about the 25th of September, if there is no hitch in the deal. St. Edward’s Catholic church at Lowell was totally destroyed by fire 1 hursday morning and the rectory badly damaged. The fire is believed to have started from spontaneous combustion in the basement about 8:30 o’clock. The loss on the church edifice is $15,000 with $5,000 insurance, and on the rectory nearly $3,500. V The Red Men went out on an advertising trip Wednesday for their doings here next week. There were six automobiles in the bunch, two from the Central Garage, W. O. Rowles, George Reed, Ed Waling and Shelby Comer. They went froih here to Mt. Ayr, Morocco, Brook, boresman, ooodland, (one car went from Goodland to Kentland), Remington, Wolcott, Reynolds, Monon, Francesville, Medaryville, Gifford, Newland and thence home, a distance of about 150 miles. A very large number of automobile tourists pass through Rensselaer now each day, a larger number perhaps than ever before. Probably from fifty to seventy-five and perhaps some days an even larger number of machines go through here, many of them stopping for lunch, regular meals or remaining over night. It is nothing unusual to see from a dozen different states go'through in a single day'. A great many dollars are left hei'e in the course of the season by these tourists.

Mrs. Purcupile was a Chicago goer Thursday. Lincoln Chautauqua at Rensselaer, Sept. 12 to 17, inclusive. “"' “: »- 77- — John Carmichael has been quite sick for the past few days, but is now improved. Mrs. Zern Wright went to Remington Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs. D. V. McGlynn. -Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barker of Pawpaw, 111., ar e visiting this week with his brother, James Barber, of north of town. -Mr. and Mrs. Nat Scott went to Franklin, Ind., Wednesday to visit relatives, attend a family reunion and take in the fair. A daughter was born last Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Alf Donnelly, in the Michael Reese hospital in Chicago, where Mrs. Donnelly was taken early last week. L R. Miller and family moved here this week from Kokomo into Chester Zea’s property on the north side of the railroad. Mr. Miller is employed on the new gymnasium at St. Joseph’s college. A nice drizzling rain which had been! threatening all morning, started about noon yesterday and was still continuing up to the hour of going to press. It is announced that the firm of •I. Crouch & Son of Lafayette, have been asked by the French government if they can furnish 15,000 horses for use in the French cavalry. On account of having received the appointment of postmaster at Pleasant Grove, Fred Markin has resigned from the democratic ticket as assessor of Barkley tp., and the precinct committeemen of that township will put another candidate on in his place. Quite a large number of people gathered yesterday afternoon in Rowles & Parker's store to look over their new store and to hear the orchestra which they had securted for their opening yesterday. The orchestra consisted of harp, violin, flute and cello, and played popular music which was greatly appreciated by those present.

Don’t Fail to Hear the Sacred Band Concert on Court House Lawn, Sunday, August 30, 7 to 9 p. m. GRAND CELEBRATION Rensselaer, Indiana AUG. 31 TO SEPT. 5, INCLUSIVE Auspices of Red Men 20 - Shows - 20 Absolutely Guaranteed Clean, Moral and Refined. THE GREAT WM. GAUSE SHOWS Embracing a multitude of fun and mirth making devices ever seen in this section 30 - PIECE ITALIAN BAND - 30 Sacred Concert Sunday Evening on Court House Lawn See the Motordome, the Loop of Death, Ferris Wheel, Plantation Vaudeville, the Educated Baboons, the Crazy House, the Athletic Exhibition, Merry-go-round, and a host of other attractions. Fun, Pleasure, Marry Making All the Time Join the Crowd and Be Merry Too

Lincoln Chautauqua at Rensselaer, Sept. 12 to 17, inclusive. Miss Ethel Huff of Indianapolis, is the guest of Miss Belle Laßue. Mrs. Jay Lamson went to Bluffton this week to visit her son, Harley, and family. Miss Maude Daugherty and Miss Esther Padgett returned Wednesday from a visit at Bloomington, 111. H. E. Randle is moving to a farm near Menomonie, Wis., where his brother-in-law, D. E. Lesh, is located. Charles Malcow and daugnter. Miss Tillie, returned .Thursday from a visit in Michigan City and Walkerton. Edward M. Honan, who has been attending summer school at Winona is expected home about next Tuesday. Simon Leopold, who accompanied his daughter, Miss Selma, as far as Chicago Thursday on her way to Crystal Falls, Minn., will be examined while in the city for a throat ailment that has been bothering him for some time. The Jasper County Herald, a progressive paper printed at Monticello, where a paper of this political complexion was established several months ago, lias made its appearance here. It will be published during the campaign at least, we understand. While printed in Monticello, the paper is brought here and mailed in the Rensselaer postofliee and po«tago at present paid thereon at third class rates, it not yet having been admitte ’ to the mails here at. the regular r econd-olass rates which apply lo papers of general circulation Among those from Rensselaer and immediate vicinity who took in the Tippecanoe County Fair and visited relatives in Lafayette this week, were: Joseph Nagel, Mr. and Mrs. George Culp, Jerry llealy, A. .1. Biggs, Mrs. Conrad Kellner, Hugh Biff, George Mustard and son, Sam Roth, wife and children, E K. Godslid, Nate and John Welsh, A. W. Pruett, Jay W. Stockton and son, John, Mrs. Charles Porter, Mrs. Win. Daniels, Miss Pearl Daniels, Miss Feme Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Thomas, If. W. Kiplinger and daugh-' ter, Helen.

Mai X W We rather suspect that YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD Something, sometime. Most everybody does. It may be that you are going to build something very soon. If so, come in and tell us the size of it. We’ll make the size of the bill as small as possible. j GRANT-WARNER LUMBER GO. The Newton County Teachers’ Institute is to lie held at Kentland next week. The hand boys went, to Fowler yesterday to ’’cop" that SIOO offered as first prize in the band concert t here. Judge and Mrs. E. P. Ham.uond and daughter, Nina, of Lafayette, were guests of 0 (}. Spitler and wife Tli ursday. Mr. and Mrs. William (’..idwell and three grandchildren left Thursday for a few days’ visit at Delphi ami Camden. M illiam Snyder, former auditor of Benton county and a prominent business man of Fowler for many years, died in that city Sunday. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 78c; oats, 43c; wheat, 92c; rye, 70c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, <l7c; oats, 35c; wheat, 69c; rye, 53c.