Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1915 — Page 5

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Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Austin were -down from Wheatfield Wednesday. A chance to buy a good family broke driver at Knapp’s livery stock sale Saturday, April 3. W. J. Wright, Edward Burch, Mrs. W. H. Postill and Miss Ellen Gwin were among Wednesday’s Lafayette goers. ** John Mohler has moved up east of Fair Oaks, on N. Littlefield’s farm, and will work for Mr. LittleMeld this season. Mrs. Fred King and little son of Winona Lake, came Wednesday for a visit with her husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King.

Sunday school will begin at West Vernon Christian church at Asphaltum after April 1 at 10 o’clock a. m.—A. D. HERSHMAN, Supt. The Democrat man was a business visitor in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon. It is equally as dry down that way as in Jasper county. — —■ Mrs. William Washburn and daughter, Mrs. W. O. Rowles, and Mester Max Robinson visited the Tlev. C. L. Harper family at Delphi Wednesday afternoon. E. J. Steinbach, editor of the Kentland Democrat, was the guest of The Democrat editor Wednesday night, while on his way home from a business trip to Indianapolis. ..H'

Jacob and JosephSchanlaub and Miss Ada Schanlaub of North Manchester, stopped over in Rensselaer until Wednesday after attending the funeral of the former’s sister, Mrs. Mary A. Windier, of Benton county, which took place at the Dehner church southwest of Goodland, Monday morning. Mrs. J. P. Hammond did not go to Joliet last week, as intended, because of receiving notice from their son-in-law, Leo Colvert, that they had decided to keep the nurse, who' is caring for their sick baby, for another week. She went up, however, yesterday and expects to return Monday with Mrs, Colvert and two children.

EARGAINS IN SECOND-HAND Autos 2 Ford Touring Cars, 2 Buick 5-passenger, 2cylinder cars, 1 Regal 5passenger, all in good running order. Will trade for live stock or sell on time with approved security. RENSSELAER GARAGE J. W. MARLATT, Prop.

The Priscilla Sew Club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. J. D. Allman on McCoy avenue. Owing to sickness there will be no deminstration of Wonder Washer, Saturday, March 27.—C. W. EGER. Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Bates went to Chicago yesterday to visit their daughter, Mrs. Rufus Knox, for several days. U ■ _ 1' If you want to buy a good carriage, buggy, harness or robe, cheap, attend the Knapp livery stock sale, Saturday, April 3.

We can supply you with all kinds of poultry feed. Ask your grocer for our starter and scratch feeds.— IROQUIS ROLLER MILL, phone 456. - Mrs. J. E. Lamson of Jordan tp., who has been visiting the Ritchie’s in Louisiana, is now on her way home and will probably reach Rensselear this week. JAP-A-LAC is an elixir of life for worn out furniture and metal and wooden things around the house. Get a can today.—FENDIG’S Rexall Drug Store sells it. Mrs. George Thornton and little son, Edward, of Kankakee, 111., came the first of the week for a visit with Mr. Thornton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Thornton.

The regular monthly meeting of the men’s class of the Christian church will be held at 8 o’clock Monday evening, the place of meeting to be announced Sunday morning. Mrs. Opal Dolson came down from Chicago Wednesday evening for a short visit with her aunt, Mrs. Mattie Sharp, and to look after the shipment of her piano and some other gods to the city. Ransom Sawin came up from Purdue Thursday morning to help his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sawin, fittingly celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary and complete the family circle at the big dinner served in hdnor of the occasion.

Mrs. George Stalker, formerly of Hanging Grove tp., was awarded a verdict of $1,312.50 in the porter circuit court last week for the death of her husband, who was killed in that place by a Pennsylvania train about a year ago. “Uncle” John English and Albert Brand expect to leave in a few weeks now for Spokane, Wash., where they will probably make their future home, and where Mr. English has a daughter residing. The English property will be occupied by Frank J. Babcock, who now lives in the Mrs. C. J. Roberts property on Division street.

, Advertised letters: Geo. Fulk, , Clyde M. Williams, G. E. Williams, Whicker & Thompson, Joseph Walsh, F. J. MacKenzie, W. J. Kimmal, P. R. Emery, Geo. W. Rees, Bill Watson, Vaughn Bros., John Sayres, Rensselaer Rance Co.? Farmers Mo- > tor & Supply co., Cad Caldwell, Mrs. • E. L. Dright, W. F. Wilson, Mrs. . Irene Hurley and Horatio Ropp. , Same will be sent to dead letter of- ► Ace April 5, if not called for.

William Traub was in Chicago and Chatsw’orth, 111., on business this week. Mrs. I. Carmen of St. Louis, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Miller, here. / Mrs, Bert St. John of Springfield, Mo., is visiting here this week with Mrs. W. C. Milliron.

Miss Edith Bader returned to Terre Haute Wednesday after a week’s visit here with Miss Ethel Perkins. ; “ Mrs. John Brucker returned to Reynolds Thursday after a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. Ella Rishling, of south of town. - If you are not pleased with our Blue Ribbon or Magnolia flour, we are not. Ask for your money back. —- IROQUOIS ROLLER MILL, phone 456. James Newcomb of Barkley tp., got his left hand quite badly cut Monday while assisting in sawing wood with a buzzsaw at Meriman Tudor’s. Villas Price of Barkley tp., went to Logansport, Wednesday to accompany home his father, Samuel Price, who has been discharged as cured from Longcliff, ■ _ ; Sco-ft Rrenner of Mt. Ayr, who has been spending several months near Demapolis, Ala., with his daughter, Mrs. Ray Adams, and family, returned home Wednesday.

Kenton Parkison of Barkley tp., and Bruce Hardy went to Hoopeston, 111., the first of the week to attend the funeral of the latter’s grandfather, G. W. Besse, aged about 90 years. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Long went to Brookston yesterday to attend the funeral of Maurice Holtzman. Mrs. Holtzman was formerly Miss Emma Wickmore, and resided in Rensselaer a number of years ago. Mrs. Ben Smith went to Gwtwfordsville the first of the week to visit relatives, and her daughter; Miss Daisy Smith, is visiting Miss Maude Leak at Lafayette. They will both leave soon for Zeurich, Mont., to which place Mr. Smith went recently. John L. Nichols recently moved to town from Barkley tp., and occupies his property on the corner of Jefferson and Jackson streets, the former Jesse Nichols property. John Putts, who had been occupying the place, moved over in the northwest part of town.

B. Forsythe was in Terre Haute the first of the week where he closea out the sale of the remainder of his onions. Notwithstanding the generally low price of onions the past winter, Mr. Forsythe did fairly well with his crop and the. 10,000 bushels he bought from Dr. Turfler, making a very nice little sum indeed on the entire lot. Wednesday was perhaps about the warmest day we have had for the past two weeks as well as the most pleasant one. Thursday night was the coldest we have had for some time, and the mercury got c»wn 7 or 8 degrees below the freezing point. The air was cold and raw yesterday, although it was a fairly bright day most of the time. The weather report for today is “continued unsettled.”

Mrs. Candace Patzschke writes The Democrat from Lisbon, N. D., where she is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Brown, that she and her husband are moving from Barnsville, Minn., to their far m in South Dakota; that they will visit awhile in North Dakota and Mr. Patzschke will leave from with their car of goods the last of this month. She says: “They are having fine weather here, snow just about all gone. Best regards to all.” Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Healy returned Tuesday evening from a business trip to Chicago. While there they saw the great $1 Oft,ooo motion picture, “Uncle Sam at Work,” at the Auditorium theater, consisting of nine reels showing all departments of "the national government .and the city of Washington. They thought it very entertaining indeed. Mrs. William Meyer, who has been spending the winter witl} her daughter, Mrs. William in Houston, Texas, met them in Chicago and returned home with them.

CASTO RIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears Signature of

Order your calling cards at The Democrat office. / ■ . ■ • ————. C. M. Sands Was in’Crown Point on Business Thursday. Procure your printed or engraved calling cards at The Democrat office. The D. A. R. meets this afternoon with Mrs. A. F. Long on River street. Have ho other meal or graham but Sprague’s. Always fresh.—Your Grocer or The Mill 456. Mrs. R. V. Johns of McCoysburg, broke her arm a few days ago while cranking an automobile. Dr. H. J. Kannal went to Martinsville the first of the week to take treatment for rheumatism.

Rev. v. 11. Krull of the Indian School, left Thursday on a two weeks’ missionary trip to Alabama. Former County Auditor M. J. Holtzman of White county, died at his home in Brookston Wednesday evening. Yesterday’s markets: £orn, 65c; oafs, 55c; wheat, $1.45; The prices one year ago were: Corn, 58c; oa.tj 35c; wheat, 75c, C. W. Eger continues in a serious condition, seemingly nearing the crisis, which the doctors are taking every precaution to put him through. The shower given Wednesday evening for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vick resulted in many gifts of groceries and other food stuffs and about $5 in cash. H. R. Lange has rented of E. J. Randle the former Kanne property at the west side of town, and will move his family here from Lpaorte into same. C, A. Tuteur was brought home from Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon by his brother, H. B. Tuteur, and is quite a bad condition from tonsilitis trouble.

J. W. Sink, an employe of the International Harvester Co., has rented the A. Swartzel property on West Vine street and will move here from Joliet, 111. John Poole is building a new modern 8-room house on Main street, just north of his home place, and will either sell or occupy same when completed. Dr. C. E. Johnson, accompanied by Mose Leopold, drove through to Kokomo in his auto Tuesday, leaving his car there at the Apperson factory to have it overhauled. The grammar grades of the Goodland school played the grammar grades of the Rensselaer school in a basket ball game at the high school gymnasium last evening. 1 i" ■" ■_n’ » Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Gray visited his aged mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gray, at GiSodland Sunday. She is almost 85 years of age, and has been quite feeble for some time. Mrs. J. E. Herrod and daughter, Miss Laura, who have been spending the winter in Pennsylvania, are her for a few weeks’ visit with the former’s sister, Mrs. Laura B. Fate, before again taking up their residence in Indianapolis.

See our Napier bond typewriter paper. It has stood the test in Rensselaer for the past ten years and is used by many of the leading attorneys and abstracters. If you are not using it, try a box and see how much superior it is to the kind you have been using. This brand is kept in stock by us at all times and in different weights. Mrs. M. Ringheisen and daughter met with an accident Wednesday out near the Banta school house in Hanging Grove tp. Their horse scared at an automobile and turned about in the road, upetting. the buggy and breaking one wheel and the shafts. Mrs. Ringheisen had three ribs fractured and the arm of Miss Millie was broken.

To Friends of The Democrat. Whenever you have a legal notice to be published Instruct your attorneys to bring same to The Democrat office. Our prices for such publications are as a rule less than our competitors, and we will greatly appreciate the favor of your ordering it in this paper. There are many legate that the party having the work done or that has to pay for It, controls, and If you will Instruct your attorney In such Cases to bring the notice to The Democrat he will do so. Please do not forget this the next time you have a notice of appointment, notice of sale, final settlement of estate, ditch notice, non-resldeit notice, etc., to be published, and have it brought to the paper of your choice.

ONE HUSTLING KANSAS TOWN.

Kincaid Sets Example in Enterprise and Good Government. Lawrence, Kas.,-March 25.—There is hope for the small Kansas town. It need not stay as dead as a cemetery. Community co-operation will make it a very desirable place to live. ; ' Listen to what Kincaid, Kas., a village of 470 souls, has done. In a child welfare bulletin on constructive juvenile effort in Kansas, Kincaid was cited as a model for cities of the third class.

’The first significant step toward better conditions for the children otthe community is the co-operation of all the elements of the local society," says the bulletin. "Kincaid, Kas., has made notable progress in this direction and is accomplishing some praiseworthy purposes in the interest of the juvenile welfare. Let this little community serve-as a sort of working model for third class cities of the state. Note the following conditions: “Population, 170, number in Rooters’ Club, 470. "A church of 300 members, managed on the community plan; cost of building, $10,000; complete equipment for all religious and social service work.

A public hall with a seating capacity of 600; cost, $6,000; all pub lie entertainments are held here. “A new, modern public hotel, built by subscriptions from publicspirited men; cost $7,000. "A municipal motion picture show maintained in the public hall and operated by the high school. The profits range from S2O to S6O a month, and are used for purchasing school libraries and apparatus. No other picture theater in town. “A new, modern and completely equipped school building, kept in service from 8 a. m., until 9:30 p. m., for school and community service, cost SIO,OOO. “A high school which enrolls more boys than girls and offers courses in agriculture, domestic science, manual training and printing. The pupils publish a monthly paper. / “A seventeen acre tract for demonstration in agriculture and for the juvenile classes in school gardening. “A municipal band of twenty-two members, with professional instructor and semi-weekly practice period. The band plays for all public gatherings. "A local fair association, which gives an annual exhibit of grain, fruit, live stock, household arts, school work and the like. No racing, no gambling or fake shops. u “A public playground covering an entire block, with shade, ball ground apparatus, and all in con-! nectlon with the public school.) “A track team which has won thej cup three consecutive times at annual county athletic meets, and which employs the services of three 1 special cars to carry its 19L4 root-j

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“Who perfected the turbine?” “I dunno. Isn’t that one of those new beans Luther Burbank is working on?”—Louisville Courier Journal;

Livery Stock and Residence Property at Public Auction.

As I am to move to New York state about April 10, I will offer at public auction to the highest bidder, at the Knapp livery barn in Rensselaer, at: 1 p. m., on .Saturday, April 3,101 S, My entire livery stock, consisting ol horses, buggies, carriages, harness, robes, blankets, barn tools, etc., 1 110-gallon enclosed gasoline tank, gasoline drums, a quantity of household goods, 1 organ, and numerous other articles. Also lot 6, block 14 Rensselaer, upon which is a good barn, cement sidewalk in front, across street from C. A. Roberts’ residence; also my residence on River street in Rensselaer, which has basement, bath, city water, cistern, electric lights, located on large lot, with garage, and fruit and berries in abundance. Usual terms will be given on livery stock; 1, 2 and 3 years on deferred payments on real estate. JOHN M. KNAPP. Fred Phillips, auctioneer; C. G. Spitler, clerk. I r