Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1914 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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.