Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1914 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Elizur Sage, accompanied by Geo. A. Williams, went to Minnesota on business a few days Mrs. C. B. Brunsden and baby of Hammond, spent the week-end here with her father, W. F. Shesler. The city received about S4O from the Red Men for the light current furnished for the recent carnival. Mrs. Harry Stokes and baby of Hammond, went to Demotte Friday to visit relatives after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor. Mrs. Anna Warner of Kankakee, 111., returned home Friday after having spent a few days looking after her farm in Hanging Grove tp., occupied by A. J. Holeman. Miss Linda Langwitli of Davenport, lowa, who has been spending her three w r eeks’ vacation at the home of W. D. Bringle, returned home yesterday, accompanied as far as Chicago by Mrs. Bringle. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Laßue.and Mr. and Mrs. Abott returned Sunday evening from their auto trip to Ohio. They had no trouble whatever going, but returning had quite a little tire trouble. Otherwise a very fine trip. C. C. Warner and family, accompanied by Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, autoed to Lafayette Sunday and visited Purdue University. Mrs. McCarter had never seen this institution, at least, not for a great many years. Mr. and Mrs. X. C. Shaffer autoed to Logansport Saturday to attend a reunion of Mrs. Shaffer’s family, at w'tfich 130 were present. They returned Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Conrad of Logansport, who will visit them for a few* days. (looldand Saturday Times: “The Lafayette & Northwestern Railroad Co., with headquarters at Remington, has been granted a franchise to build a traction line through Beaver and Jackson townships. This isn’t the company that proposed to collect damages from such men as Charles Welch, John Hudson and others, because they couldn’t see the justice of their proposition.” ,-w= 5> ‘ The Carroll County Citizen-Times w’ill install a new Model B Intertype some time the latter part of this month. This machine is practically the same as the Merganthaler linotype, sueli as The Democrat has had for several years, but is manufactured by another company.* They are a fine machine and w r e congratulate the Citizen-Times op this evidence of progressiveness. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Perrigo drove over by auto from near Donovan, 111., Saturday afternoon to visit the latter’s parents, Mr. and IVJrs. T. A. Crockett. Mr. Perrigo returning the same evening accompanied by his brother-in-law, George Crockett, of southeast of town, who wanted to see what that section of Illinois looked like. Both returned Sunday afternoon and Mrs. Perrigo accompenied her husband home that evening.

Three automobile loads from Rensselaer, Harry and Charles Murray and Mr. Donnelly, with their families, took dinner Sunday on the hanks of the Tippecanoe, near Eli Cowger's. They were airHecendants 6f Wallace Murray, whose father, Daniel Murray, was a pioneer settler of this county. They enjoyed their outing very much and on their return stopped here to visit Mrs. Mary Murray, who has been sick for some tirrte past, but is now on the way to recovery.—Monon News. There was an auto accident at Remington Sunday, which might easily have ended fatally for one or more of the occupants. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kyle of south of Remington, and George Haskell and wife of Remington, were driving in Mr. Kyle s Richmond car, when the steering gear broke and the machine run into a telephone pole, said to have been twelve inches in diameter, and broke off the pole. The automobile was badly wrecked but only Mrs. Kyle and Mr. Haskell were slightly injured. Miss Maggie Halligan, who was taken to Chicago last week to be operated on for a chronic ailment, was operated on Monday at the Mercy hospital. Her sister, Mrs. A. E. Deleoust, who is also in poor health, and her brothers James and Joe Halligan, were with her when the operation was performed, Mrs.. Deleoust having acompgnied her to the city. Joe returned homd Monday night and reports that she underwent the operation successfully and it is thought she will not get along nicely. At this writing James is still in Chicago.