Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1915 — Page 3

of Y J The Best Dressed in WEAR SHOES Women who consider economy in buying know that Queen Quality shoes are the cheapest in the long run. Shoes that fit best wear best. Queen Quality shoes fit and give comfort from the first day’s wearing. They give more satisfactory service because of their fitting qualities. F endig’j Fair "Rensselaer, Indiana

II WEEK’S J iSMRKBSf

Mrs. Philip Steele of Chicago was the week-end guest of Dr. and Mrs. E. C. English.

Mrs. Josiah Davisson and daughter, Miss Fern Davisson, were Hammond visitors Saturday.

Miss Alice Thomas went to Chicago Friday to have an operation performed for the removal of her tonsils. -

Mrs. George Heuson went to Valparaiso Friday to spend the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Clarence Matson.

Mr. and Mrs. Delos Coen of South Bend, came last week to visit the latter s parents, Mayor and Mrs. C. G. Spitler.

Piano Tuning and Repairing—All work guaranteed, at the music store, north of Rowles & Parker’s store, or phone 566.—H. R. LANGE & SON. ts

Mr. anif Mrs. Gore and Mr. and Mrs. Augston and daughter of Chicago, spent the week-end with the John Mauck and Ldsso Higenson families.

Lon Colton of Pleasant Ridge Went to Lafayette Friday to bring home ris wife, who recently underwent an operation in a hopistal there for appendicitis.

Mrs. W. S. Parks returned Saturday frpm a six weeks’ visit to the expositions and the Pacific coast country. Her son, Lloyd, who accompanied her on the trip, stopped over in Chicago for a few days on the return trip, i

Horses Wanted From 5 to 9 year olds, sound, good weight and good colors. Will pay best shipping prices Bring them in next Saturday, Oct. 30, to Gallagher's Hitch Barn. Ray Weidert.

Mrs. John Guss is quite sick with an attack of inflamatory rheumatism.

Delos Rutherford, who has been quite sick for the past eight weeks, is now improving.

The aged mother of Sam Lowery of north of town, has been quite sick for the past week.

Surely the best buy for the money on the market, Maxwell, $655. — MAIN GARAGE, Phone 20 6 for a real demonstration.

Mrs. J. j. Montgomery returned home from Rockford, Friday, where she was called by the illness of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wemple. She left them much improved.

Joe Jeffries, the Rensselaer chiropractor, has bought out the practice of H. L. Miller, the Remington chiropractor, and will spend Monday’s and Thursday’s of each week at the latter place.

D. J. Babcock came up from Lafayette Saturday morning and accompanied his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Babcock, and Mrr and Mrs. George Stoudt of Remington, on an auto trip to Watseka, 111., Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bringle drove over to Hanna, Ind., via auto Saturday, to visit his sister, Mrs. F. L. Yeoman, and family, and Sunday they all drove over to Laporte and Michigan City. They returned home Monday.

• Charles Rhoades, Jr., who has been in New York City for the past five weeks, assisting in training a roller skating ballot of forty pretty girls—-the bills always say they are pretty, you know—which Earl Reynolds recently put on at the New York roof garden, returned home Friday night. He was very much taken up with the eastern metropolis and thinks it quite some town, beside which Chicago is a mere country village.

Harold Tibbs, of Harold Tibbs & Gish, an Indianapolis liye stock commission firm, was in Rensselaer on business Saturday. Indianapolis live stock commission men are reaching out after trade in northern Indiana that heretofore has gone to Chicago, and the foot and mouth disease quarantine against Illinois is helping them greatly in this respect. Ed Ranton and Shelby Comer bought a lot of feeders in Indianapolis last week, and it is probable that scores of other cattle men in this section of the state will do likewise.

T. J. Mallatt was down from Fair Oaks yesterday.

J. J. Hunt went to Bloomitigton, Hl., on business Monday.

E» J. Steinke and family of Keener tp., were Rensselaer visitors yesterday.

F. M. Hershman and family of M alker tp., were in the city Saturday L

Charles Stath and family of West Carpenter, were Rensselaer Visitors Saturday.

The fine October weather still continues, but it was slightly cooler yesterday.

Miss Annabel Wartena spent Sunday with her brother Robert at Indiana Harbor.

Miss Marie Comer returned Saturday from Chicago, very much improved in health.

Mr. and Mrs. Gilf Jones, son and two daughters, of Redkey, spent Sunday here with their daughter, Mrs. F. D. Burchard.

T- Francis, who had been visiting here for a few days with his father, Joseph Francis, returned to Fithian, 111., Saturday.

Call Rensselaer Garage and see the 1916 Dodge, compact and refined, built to last, $785 f. o. b. Detroit.—MAßlON I. ADAMS & SON.

George Peters, accompanied by H. L. Temple, came up from Lafayette Saturday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alf Peters, of southeast of town. .

Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 58c; oats, 31c; wheat, 70 to 95c; rye, 75c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 67c; oats, 43c; wheat, 98c; rye, 75c.

City Marshal Vern Robinson, who. has been confined to the house with a broken leg for the past few weeks, is getting along nicely and will soon be out again.

Herbert Hammond and Ernie Moore were among those from Rensselaer who attended the PurdueChicago foot-ball game at the latter place Saturday.

Judging from the number of appendicitis patients at Goodland recently, that town will soon be able to organize a large Appendicitis Club of its own.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carter of Silver Lake, Ind., visited relatives and old friends in Rensselaer and vicinity last week. They formerly resided in Newton tp.

The football game at the college Sunday afternoon between the St. Joe team and the Holy Cross team of Chicago, resulted in an easy victory for the former by a score of 26 to 0.

‘Dutch Andy,” who is employed at Kiplinger’s cigar store, is suffering from an abcess on the back of his neck, and it pained him so that he got no sleep at all Monday night. Yesterday morning he had Dr. Johnson lance -the “critter,” and he was soon feeling much easier.

A dispatch in yesterday’s papers from El Paso, Texas, said that Lacey Gwin, son of J. C. Gwin of Rensselaer, had been selected as superintendent of the associated charities of El Paso at a large salary. He v.as recommended bj- the Carnegie Foundation because of his record in Patterson, N. J.

First Lieut. Jerry Garland of Co. M„ Rensselaer, put the crack shots of the Indiana National Guard in the first division among guard organizations iff the national tournament, which was concluded Friday on the Rifle Association’s, range at Jacksonville, Fla., acurtng 298 in the rifle matches and winning the pistol championship of the country.

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brady, who left here a few weeks ago in their new' Haynes auto for a visit with relatives^and friends of the former in Pemzsylvania, returned to Rensselaer Sunday, having covered 2,100 They expect to leave today for Chicago, shipping their car from there and going by rail to their home at Stockton, Cali. Mrs. Alda Parkinson gave a bridge party Monday afternoon for Mrs. Brady; yesterday afternoon Mrs. Leonard Rhoades entertained at bridge for Mrs. Brady and Mrs. Delos Coen of South Bend, and last evening Mr. and Mrs, E. P. Honan gave a dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Brady.

J. J. Montgomery was a Chicago goer Sunday.

Mrs. Francis Remmek went to Indianapolis Monday for a week’s visit.

Timothy Comer spent Sunday in Wheatfield with John B. Walden, an old comrade.

Dennis Gleason and son of Liberty, Ind., bought up a load of horses here this week.

Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Brown and Dr. and Mrs. E. C. English made an auto trip to Lafayette Sunday.

Ernest Cockerell went to Longcliff Saturday to see his wife, who continues to fail in Jiealth sinqe being taken to the asylum.

Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Honan, who have been located at Shawnee, Pa., during the summer, are expected here today to visit the family of his brother, E. P. Honan.

Rev- Titus will preach his farewell sermon at the Christian church next Sunday, and will leave Monday for Indianapolis, where he will be engaged in anti-saloon work.

Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Myer, Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Miss Mildred Harris and Boyd Porter autoed to Valparaiso Sunday, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brenner.

Simon Leopold, who recently returned from a several months’ stay at Colorado Springs for the benefit of his health, is having a recurrence of his old lung trouble, and has been advised by his doctor to return to Colorado again, which he will do shortly.

John Marlatt, proprietor of the Rensselaer Garage, is preparing to raise the roof of the south end of the garage—the old Heldebrand saloon building—and make it the same height as the main building. This will give considerable more room in Jhe “hospital” part on the second floor

Mrs. Eva Tynes and Mrs. C. Tourne, sisters of Mrs. J. A, Grant, returned some days ago from their trip to the Pacific coast, where they took in the expositions, and the former left Sunday for her home in New Orleans. Mrs. Tourne will remain here for the present with Mrs. Grant.

<B. B. Miller of west of Mt. Ayr, accompanied by Adam Miller of Lagrange, Martin Miller of Richards, Colo., and Mrs. A. Kauffman of Camden, N. D., children of the former, and who have been visiting him, went to Windfall Saturday to visit his son, Rudolph Miller, who is engaged in' the mercantile business there.

Andrew Ropp of BarKtey tp., left a nice selection of apples of his growing at The Democrat office Saturday, which included Northern Spy, Davis, Ben Davis and one other variety. Mr. Ropp, like everyone else in this vicinity who had any apple trees, had more apples this year than he hardly knew what to do with, and they were of fine quality, too.

Mr. and M rs, Tr ue Wood wort h returned Saturday from a visit with the latter’s sister, Mrs. Herbert Sorrel, at Tipton. Mrs. Woodworth can’t get over the sad death of her little son by drowning last July, and the condition of her health is becoming affected in her continued grieving over the matter so much that her friends are becoming much concerned, it is said.

Monday’s Chicago Tribune contained the pictures of Miss Madge \\ inn, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Winn, formerly of Rensselaer, and her future husband, Mr. Glass, the marriage taking place in Irving Park, a suburb of Chicago, where the Winns are now located, yesterday. Mr. Glass is a graduate-of the Illinois Agricultural College, and the newlyweds will reside upon a farm near Grand Rapids, Wis.

A. T. Prentice, who recently traded a nicely improved farm near Valparaiso for the Van Arsdel general merchandise stock here, boxed up same Friday and Saturday and shipped the goods to Chicago where it is understood they are consigned to an auction house for disposal. Mr. Prentice and his brother, H. Prentice, left Monday for Valparaiso and expect to locate in Oklahoma in another line of business, it is undo/ stood.

Piano Lessons. I have made arrangements to start a class in Instruction on the piano at once. Inquire at H. R. Lange & Son’s music store.—H. R. LANGE, JR.

High School Notes.

The result of the election of the officers of the Lincoln and Webster literary societies are as follows: Webster—Pres., Dwight Curnick; Vice-Pres., Wilda Littlefield; Sec., Maud Elder; Treas., Paul Beam; Chairman Program Committee, Helen Leatherman; Sergeant-at-Arms, Paul Healy. Lincoln—Vice-Pres., Lucille Luers; Sec., Vera Healey; Treas., Harry Moore; Chairman Program Committee, Marguerite Norris; Sergeant-at-Arms, Floyd Hemphill. » o—o The.officers of the different classes are as follows: Freshman—Pres., Basil Dunlap; Vice-Pres., Edna Reed; Sec., Annetta Hansson; Treas., Willard Zea; Class Historian, Walter Hayworth. Sophomore—Pres., Harry McColly; Vice-Pres., Helen Parkinson; Sec., Walter King; Treas., ! Elizabeth King; Class Historian, Thelma Tilton.

Junior—Pres., Robert Loy; VicePres., Ruth Wood; Sec., Lula Hayworth; Treas., Minnie Waymire; Class Historian, Marjorie VanAtta. Senior—Pres., Robert Reeve; Vice-Pres., Wilda Littlefield; Sec., Marion Meader; Treas., Lucille Luers.; Class Historian, Evelyn Freeland. o—o— ■ < ' ' School will be dismissed Thursday and Friday to allow the city teachers to visit schools and attend the State Teachers' Association at Indianapolis. —o —- - A party of teachers from the Morocco school visited the different grades of the public schools last Friday. ■ ■ • —o—o — The preliminary practice for the opera, "A Nautical .Knot," began Monday evening under the direction of Miss Stover and Miss Leopold. . —o- —o - There has been a mechanical drawing class organized which has been divided into two sections, the upper and lower classmen, each doing separate work. Later in the year the class will take up profile and road and bridge construction. —o—o — There has been no equipment added to the manual training department. —o—o- ■ The report cards for the first six weeks were given out Wednesday of last week. o—o In a few days physical culture classes will be organized tor both boys and girls. The drills will be military in character supplemented by work in dumb-bells and Indian clubs. ■ ■ ■ —O-0 The football team is practicing regularly with prospects of being in much better shape than heretofore. The team has not been practicing

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very regularly the last week owing to a few' injuries and to vaccination of some of its members. The team has a hard schedule to fill, and ia practicing hard so that they may finish the rest of the season in a creditable manner. —o—o— Basketball practice will start next week. The material is very promising and from the prospects the team expects to finish the season with a number of scalps hanging from their belts. Mr. Wass will have charge of the basketball practice. .—.-O'- —o • A large part of the history work in the high school during the present yearwill be that of a local character, in view of the fact that some time next year, 1916, is to be held the centennial celebration of this state. Every school is expected to make a study of local conditions from an early date ami contribute its part to this celebration. To do this the school desires the co-opera-tion of all people In the community in obtaining information about the early settlements in and around Rensselaer, collecting of documents, flics, and any material relative to this work. This la an opjfortunity for each and every individual to do b.is or her part in bringing out a t ruly original history of the state of Indiana.

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