Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1914 — Page 3

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Mrs. bor bed w^thsickness. David Hineg was over from Delphi Sunday, visiting his daughters here, Mrs. Sylvester Gray is confined to hflr home with sickness at this writing. Ike Leopold and family of Wol- » cott, were guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Allmari visited relatives in Lafayette last week. Mr. Allman returned Thursday, but Mrs. Allman remained until Friday evening. Mrs., Josiah Davisson and daugh- ■ ter, Fern, and Mrs. Thomas Grant and daughters, Gladys and Hazel, went to Delphi Saturday to visit friends.

In Saturday’s football game at Riverside ball park, between the Rensselaer and Watseka, 111., high school teams, the latter won out by a score of 22 to 7. Mrs. Geo. F. Meyers returned Monday afternoon from Madison, Wis., accompanied by her daughter. Miss Nellie Meyers, who recently underwent an operation there for appendicitis.

Work on Grant Warner's new house on Angelica street, which is to be occupied by his son, Rex Warner, when completed, is being pushed right along and is now ready for the plasterers.

A new plant and a special man to vulcanize tubes, repair casings and cut inner liners. Lowest prices. All work guaranteed, Brine us your work, we do it while you wait.— main Garage. ts

Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan, newlyweds, came Sunday from Mitchell, S. Dak., and will make Rensselaer their home. Or, in fact, will go on one of Simon Thompson’s farms near Parr and work for Mr. Thompson,

The Methodist Sunday school rally proved to be very successful last Sunday. Their aim was to get out 300, their attendance each Sunday being between 225 and 250. The attendance was .352, with a collection of $8.77.

Read the ad in another part of The Democrat of horses wanted for cavalry and artillery purposes. These horses are wanted for service in the European war, and if you have any extra animals to dispose of, it will pay you to bring them in next Friday.—Advt.

Mr. and Mrs. Newt Pumphrey and children of near Columbia City, are visiting here this week with Mrs. Pumphrey’s mother, Mrs. T. W. Haus. Mrs. Pumphrey and children came over last Wednesday, but Newt did not come until Saturday. They expect to return home this coming Saturday.

Eugene Davis, nephew of W. L. Frye of Rensselaer, on account of whose critical condition Mr. Frye was called to Danville, 111., early last week, died in the hospital at Danville and the remains were taken to Hammond where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Davis, reside. The funeral was held in Hammond Saturday.

Several from Rensselaer went <up to Wheatfield last Friday to see the l nion Giants, a colored team from Chicago, play the Wheatfield baseball team, but the Giants did not put in an appearance, claiming that it was raining and bad in Chicago and in northern Indiana, as far as they could learn, and they thought that there would be no game. It was probably as well that they did not come, as it was not very agreeable weather here, and there would not have been much of a crowd out to the game.

Mrs. James Lefler leaves today for their home netar McAllister, Wis., after having spent the summer here with her husband, in running the Tippecanoe Trail Pleasure Resort near Lafayette, for Mr. Lefler’s son, Len Lefler. They had a very good season at the Trail considering the fact of the Main street bridge being out over the Wabash river at Lafayette, and enjoyed the summer’s work there very much. Mr. Lefler returned to McAllister on Tuesday of last week, but Mrs. Lefler remained until today to look after some matters here and for a longer visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bussell, of Hanging Grove tp.

Mrs, Lida Potts remains .ifk, a, cri-! tical condition. ■■ .... t t IjT;;- ■ f Mr. and 3srs. James Donnelly are visiting' in Marion. James Gilbert was over from Rem-! ington on business Monday afternoon. John Behrens came down from Cadillac, Mioh., last week to visit friends here.

John Coen, the aged father of Mrs. John R. Vanatta, has been quite sick for several days. Charles Spain is recovering from wute- -attack of indigestion suffered the latter part of the week. * Mrs. Roy Lewis of north of town, fell Sunday while at the pump and broke one of the bones her right ankle.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Adams visited over Sunday with the latter’s brother, Robert McElhoe, and family, in Monticello.

Mrs. John Sommers of* Milroy tp., is suffering from an attack of appendicitis. An operation will be performed later.

Mbs. Ross Grant returned to Glenwood, 111., Monday after an extended visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Alter.

John Tharp of Remington, took the train here Saturday for Chicago to visit his wife and children, who are now living there.

Mrs. Lucy Burris and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kirby of Atlanta, Ind., returned home Saturday after a visit of several days here with Orvil Burris and family.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Ware of Gifford, 111., are visiting the latter’s sister, Mrs. Willis Lutz and husband at this writing. Mr. Lutz and Mr. Ware went to South Bend on business Monday.

Mrs. Harry Walker of Barkley tp., died Friday evening from pneumonia, aged 17. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Barkley church and burial made in the Barkley cemetery. She leaves a husband and a 5-weeks-old babe.

Ray Overton is now working for Fred Phillips, and has moved into the house on Fred’s farm at the west side of town, recently vacated by James Ennis, who had worked for Mr. Phillips but quit the farm to take a job with the Rensselaer Lumber Co.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray returned the latter part of the week from Lake Mills, Wis., where he has recently been located in the employ of the Creamery Package Co., and will remain here for the present in the employ of the American Aluminum Ware Co., with his territory in this section of Indiana.

, From the M>onticello Herald’s “Twenty-five Years Ago” column: A couple of Remington men were attacked by foot pads on their way home from Rensselaer. They beat their assailants off with a whiskey bottle and escaped. The ‘Remington’ revolver is a dangerous gun to fool with.”

William VanArsdel of Monon, who fell from a railroad bridge at Delphi, on which he was employed as bridge carpenter some time ago and was seriously injured, as mentioned in The Democrat at the time, returned home Monday after a visit here wiith his brother, E. VapArsdel. He is improving right along from his Injuries but Is still unable to labor.

C. C. Brown of Stanley, No. Dak., came Monday for an indefinite stay with relatives here. Mr. Brown says that the weather conditions in his locality have been almost perfect the past season, and as a result immense crops have been raised there, oats yielding as high as 125 bushels to the acre and potatoes and all vegatables growing to almost unbelieveable size. The Washington street brick paving job has not as yet ever been accepted by the city, it being claimed that some of the work is defective. The, contractors had men sent here Monday and with the engineer they went over the work and the alleged defects were pointed out. Yesterday they were at work up by the State Bank corner fixing up some of the alleged bad places.

Mrs. R. D. Thompson was a Chicago goer Monday. Sale bills printed white yon wait at The Democrat office. J. E. Lamson went to Bluff ton Friday to visit his son, Harley Lamson. and family. Claud IVelsh. Fred Glacken and Sfiteve McMahon left Monday 4or Carroll, Ia M to tfusk born. J. E. Spaulding of Anderson was, the guest of his sister here. Miss Elfzabeth Spaulding, Sunday. Mrs. J. W. Medieus attended the state meeting of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. church at Indianapolis last week. Van and Jane Moody left Monday for a few weeks visit with their sister, Mrs. C. E. Lewis and family, at Waterville, Me. -—Ruith, the<-litt,le daughter of Mr and Mrs. R. D. Thompson, suffered a fracture of her collarbone a few days ago, the result of a fall.

Mrs. Caddie Tourne, who has been visiting here for several months with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Grant, left Monday for her home in New Orleans. Joe Reeve, who for the past , year or two has been employed in the Eger grocery, has resigned and is now employed by the new oil company here.

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I Miss Ruth Wood is confined to tier hoiue with ohickenpox. bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burris left Monday for Aebkteu. 111., whore he will husk cote. Mr. and Mrs. Chase Day returned Sunday from a couple of weeks visit ■ at Spencer, ind. i Mrs. E. G. Perrigo of Donovan, j HL. came over Monday to attend the I district convention of the Ladies of the G. A. R., here yesterday. Get your sale bills printed at The . Democrat office. No charge made for i running the entire list of property in the paper, where we print the ; bills. I - : I j Yesterday's markets: Corn, 67c; oats, 43c; wheat, 98c; rye, 75c; buckwheat, 75c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, "62c; oats, 33c; wheat, 75c; rye, 55c; buckwheat, 75c.

-Mrs John Makeever, accompanied by her son, George Macey, of Columbus, Ohio, returned home Saturday from a month's visit in Indianapolis. Miss Viola Glazebrook, who is engaged as her companion while here, visited relatives in Putnam county during Mrs. Makeever’s absence, but returned home Friday accompanied by her uncle, J. S. Sinclair, or Cloverdale.

The Longest Battle. The long struggle, the battle on the River AJsoe, as it ia called, between the Germahs and the allies, which began on the eleventh diay of September, will pa'ss into history as the longest field battle the world has known. The terrific fight at Mfukden between the Russians and Japanese lasted ten days. Most of the great battles have been over in a day, though Gettysburg continued three days. The duration of Some famous engagements has been as follows; Waterloo, 8 hours; Sedan (the big fighting), 12% hours; Gravelotte, 9 hburs; Mars-la-Tour, 10 hours; Koeniggratz, 8 hours; Alma, 3% hours; Leipsic, 3 days. —lndianapolis News.

Notice to Correspondents. The Democrat wishes to again call the attention of some of its correspondents to the fact that their items must reach this office not later than Thursday to insure publication in the Saturday Tssue, and onT Monday to insure publication in the Wednesday issue. It frequently happens that we do 'not receive items until Saturday morning, after the paper has bpen printed and mailed. It does not matter so much if items are received too late for the Wednesday issue, as they may then be published in the Saturday paper; but where too late for even the Saturday Issue the items are stale before they can appear in the following Wednesday paper. Please hear in mind and try to get your items in on time.

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Concrete Cement Work a Specialty. Sidewalks, cisterns, water tanka and all kinds of cement work done. All work guaranteed.—J. J. MILLER, phone 458. There’s tremendous relief in the statement of a woman writer, “that the American government needn't worry about, an army—that every American girl over 15 is practiced tfl the use of powder, and a call to arms is all she wants.”