Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1916 — Page 3

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Packer Overton of Hammond spent Sunday with relatives here.

Home-grown strawberries on sale at Rhoads’ Grocery, phone 71. ts

John Bicknell went to Indianapolis Sunday for a visit of a few days.

Mrs. Hurley Beam of Chicago spent Sunday here with her mother, Mrs. Charlotte George.

John Weber and wife of Turton, So. Dak., are guests of his sister, Mrs. E. J. Tobin, and family.

Miss Marjorie Vanatta spent Saturday and Sunday in Lafayette, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Walter English.

Miss Viola Glazebrook returned Friday from a few days’ visit with her brother, Lee E. Glazebrook, and wife at Tefft.

The Unique club of the Pythian Sisters met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. P. W. Clarke and Mrs. Jesse Nichols at the home of the former.

Mrs. G. W. Andrus returned to Hammond Friday after a visit here with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clara Parker Andrus, and other friends.

The Loyal Sons and Daughters of the Parr Union Sunday school will give an ice cream social Saturday evening, June 24, in the park at Parr. jl4-17-21

W. R. Nowels went to Mishaw'aka yesterday to preach the funeral sermon of an old friend of 40 years standing, John Healey, aged about 70 years. .

Miss Madeline Abbott, who is attending business college at Lafayette, returned to that city Sunday after having made a short visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Abbott.

Joseph Luers, who was formerly engaged in the mercantile business at Parr and recently disposed of same, has moved to Rensselaer and is occupying the Eldon Hopkins residence in the east part of town.

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Shedd of Chicago spent Sunday here with his brother, S. S. Shedd, and family. Mr. Shedd is at the head of the great Marshall Field stores in Chicago and is a millionaire several times over, it is said.

J. A. Larsh and son Jack returned Monday evening from an over Sunday visit with the latter’s grandmother, Mrs. Barnes, at Kokomo. Miss Doris Larsh, who had been visiting there for the past three weeks, accompanied them home.

Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Grow and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hammond drove to Lafayette and return Sunday. They found crop prospects little if any better down that way than here, and noticed some ground even in south of Wolcott that was still unplanted.

George Long returned Friday from a trip to Detroit, Mich., driving through his father’s fine new Paige Light Six automobile, recently purchased through the Gilbert agency at Remington. It is one of the niftiest looking cars in Rensselaer.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Overton came down from South Haven, Mich., to visit John Healy and family and other relatives. Mr. Overton returned home Sunday but his wife is remaining for a longer visit and to take in the commencement exercises at St. Joseph college, at which their son is a student and was but recently operated on for appendicitis.

County Chairman Frank Welsh returned Sunday evening from attending the Democratic national convention at St. Louis, to which he was one of the delegates from the Tenth

district. Mr. Welsh visited a couple of days with relatives in St. Louis after the convention was over. Frank says it was some convention, all right.

Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hopkins and guest, Mrs. Edward Taylor, of Park Ridge, 111., motored to Mudlavia Sunday to see M s V.. Brown, who has been taking treatment there for rheumatism for the past couple of weeks. Mrs. Brown, who had been with her husband, returned home with them, and Monday D. H. Yeoman drove down to bring Mr. Brown home yesterday. The latter is considerably improved, we are glad to learn.

W. R. Lee of Mt. Ayr was a visitor in the city Saturday.

B. F. Fendig expects to go to Chicago ,on business tomorrow.

Abe Wartena has moved into his nice new home on Matheson avenue.

The Priscilla Sew’ club will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Chas. V. May of College avenue.

Clyde Gunydn of Parr is a late purchaser of a Dodge auto from the M. I. Adams & Son agency.

Charles Myers of Hypoluxo, Fla., who had been in Wheatfleld looking after business matters, was a Rensselaer visitor Monday.

Rev. R. H. Hume of Springfield, Ohio, who had been here visiting his daughter, Mrs. C. R. Dean, for a few days, returned home Friday.

Mrs. William Porter of Hammond and Mrs. J. F. Carson and children of Lafayette are visiting their mother, Mrs. E. L. Clark, at this writing.

Word has been received here by friends notifying them of the death of one of the twins recently born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clark of Helper, Utah.

Mrs. Robert Randle and daughter, Miss Phoebe, of Parsons, Kansas, came last week to visit the former’s daughter, Mrs. B. Forsytle, and husband.

Miss Edith Sawin, who had been attending school at Western college, Oxford, Ohio, is home to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Sawin.

St. Joseph baseball team was defeated Sunday by a score of 3 to 2 in a game with Burrows’ camp at the latter place, the game continuing for 12 innings.

L. C. Sage gave a pint and a half of blood Friday night in a transfusion for the benefit of Miss Nettie Price, the librarian, whose condition since has been somewhat better.

Mrs. C. C. Thompson of Sparta, Wis., and daughter, Miss Marcella Eells, a graduate of the Monnett school, returned home Friday after attending the graduation exercises here.

Uncle John Casey and daughter, Miss Fawn Casey, and his sister, Mrs. Martha Dickinson, of Fair Oaks left yesterday on the afternoon train for Marion, Ind., where they will make their future home and Mr. Casey will return to the National Military home at that place, where he has been for the past year or so.

J. B. Wiley of Montana, a grandson of Joseph Smith of this city, who will graduate from the law department of Valparaiso university Thursday, came Saturday and visited until yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Smith. He was joined here Sunday evening by Miss Rose France and Miss Agnes Wade of Fort Branch, Ind., who left Monday for a few days’ visit in Chicago after which they will go to Valparaiso to attend the commencement.

The funeral of Mrs. Rosa Bagner, aged about 25 years, formerly Miss Rosa O’Neil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene O’Neil, now of Hammond, who formerly resided near Surrey, was held at Hammond Monday. Deceased was the last of four daughters to die, and leaves besides her parents, two brothers to mourn their loss. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hallagan, Mrs. John Lonergan and other relatives and friends of deceased from Rensselaer and vicinity attended the funeral.

Levy Jones, a noted pedestrian who is walking from Augusta, Ga., to Chicago, reached Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. Jones is 67 years old and is taking this walk for the benefit of his health, six years ago he suffered a nervous breakdown- and doctors advised walking. On reaching every postoffice town he goes to the office and has the postmaster stamp his book thus furnishing him with a reliable record of his travels. Jones compliments Indiana people for their kindness and courtesy, and reports fewer men out of work than he has known for a long time. He mends umbrellas, thus making his expenses. On his arrival in Chicago he will take the train for his home in Augusta, he stated.

Fred Burger of Goodland was over Saturday and attended the Farmers’ elevator meeting.

Yesterday's markets: Corn, 66c; oats, 34 c. The prices a year ago were: Corn, 70c; oats, 44c.

C. P. Fate and mother, Mrs. Laura Fate, were in Elkhart Sunday, having made the trip via auto.

Mrs. Charles Shroyer of Barkley tp. suffered a broken right wrist when she fell from the porch at her home Saturday forenoon.

E. P. Honan returned Saturday evening from attending the Democratic national convention, at which he was assistant door-keeper.

Father William Hordeman of Frankfort is visiting relatives here and attending the commencement exercises at St. Joseph's college.

An automobile party, husband and wife and three daughters, passed through Rensselaer Friday enroute from New York to Los Angeles, Cali.

Some rain fell in this vicinity Sunday, but Monday and yesterday were fairly pleasant, although the clouds were threatening ns The Democrat went to press.

In the Francesville-Rensselaer baseball game at Riverside park Sunday, the latter aggregation won by a score of 10 to 2. Hugh Kirk umpired the game.

The many friends of W. H. Snedeker, late of Barkley tp., will be glad to learn that he is steadily improving from his long illness and is now able to be about quite a bit.

The following advertised letters are uncalled for at the local postoffice: Mrs. C. Long, A. A. Cox, Wm. Sigman, Noma Russell, Wib. Webb, Pearl Jasperson. These letters will be sent to the dead letter office July 3.

Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Leatherman and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hamilton and Miss Ethel Perkins in the former’s Maxwell car, left Monday for Muncie to attend the State Sunday School convention which met yesterday. Rev. Asa McDaniel and F. D. Burchard and little daughter went by train Monday afternoon. The latter expects to visit at Redkey and Hartford City before returning.

Mrs. Ernest Fritts and daughter Doris of Delphi is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Alter, coming over Sunday. Frank Alter, who is now employed bj' a manufacturing company at West Pullman, 111., also came down Saturday evening for a short visit with his parents and sister, returning home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. A Iter’s other daughter, Mrs. Ross Grant, of Chicago came yesterday for a few days visit with them. AN INDIANA DAILY FOR $1.50 If Subscribed For in Connection With The Democrat, Both for $3.00. The Democrat has just completed clubbing arrangements with the Indiana Daily Times of Indianapolis whereby it is enabled to offer to rural route subscribers The Democrat and the Times, both a full year for only $3.00. This is the greatest daily paper offer you ever had, and if you want a good daily paper at a bargain price, now is your opportunity to secure it by subscribing for The Democrat—or renewing, as the case may be —and paying $3.00 for the two papers a full year. This offer may be withdrawn at any time, so send In your subscriptions at once. ts

Germany's Future Rubber TradePerhaps the most interesting development here since my last communication is the revival of interest in preparations for the commercial and, industrial struggle that is sure to follow this terrible war. The Berlin chamber of commerce recently held a general discussion at length. The representative business men who attended were unanimous in their belief that measures of preparation should be taken immediately and that adequate quantities of raw material should be purchased—without haste, but as soon as practical—to be held in neutral countries for shipment to Germany as soon as the war ends. All were of opinion that if peace comes before German interests have been able to secure such supplies of raw materials as this country will need, the prices that will be demanded for tha*e materials wilp be prohibitive, even though our enemies may not attempt to place obstacles in the way of our industries, a course they may decide to adopt.—lndia Rubber World.

CASTOR IA , For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears Signage of

Nels Darling, Town Doctor

THIS Is N'els Darling, town doctor, lie is the first hard listed business man to go out among the Chautauquas and talk to business inen and farmers on matters pertaining to community growth and development. lie succeeds In it because he works along practical, constructive lines. lie has addressed large gatherings of business men and farmers and always along community lines. Darling understands his audience, and he soon learns to know his town and community. In his afternoon Chautauqua address lie will speak on “The Home Town” and at night “The -Village Storekeeper.” The committee’s desire Is to make Darling Day one of the big features of the six day program. Darling is witty, and, although he is talking about things of serious import, he makes his talks decidedly entertaining. ,

SCRAPS

A locomotive going at express speed is said to give 1,056 puffs a mile. Fireworks are said to have been first used in Europe in the city of Florence in 1360. Rats every year destroy about 5 per cent of the growing sugar cane in Jamaica. In times of peace London contains sixteen embassies and legations representative of foreign countries. Uruguay has organized a government institute of geology with a director and assistants from the United States. Japan is becoming interested in sheep raising. The imperial stock farm at Hokkaido has bought animals in Australia. The women of the Philippine Islands make some of the finest lace in the world from a strong silk-like fiber obtained from pineapple leaves. The government of Uruguay conducts an experiment farm, one of the chief objects of which is the production of seeds of the best quality. Nicotine is found in only one plant besides tobacco —a large shrub known to botanists as Duboisia hopwoodii, which is native to the interior of Australia. The government of New Zealand supports and regulates the bee-keep-ing industry and maintains an experimental apairy, where students are trained.

A party of four persons in an automobile was recently carried through the air 225 feet above the surface by means of an aerial cableway over the Elephant Butte dam. Horses imported into Argentina are ytaught to avoid a poisonous vhied that the native animals shun naturally, by forcing them to inhale smoke from burning piles of the weed. Wigginsville, Mo., domiciles a horse which when whipped ejaculates, “Oh,” according to its owner, Clay Goodloe, who now plans teaching the animal various other words. An elects fan has been invented in are covered with gauze/which enters a tank of water at each revolution and helps to cool the breezes the fan creates. In a German steel works a hydraulic press that can exert a pressure of 11,000 tons has replaced a steam hammer that shook the earth for a long distance every time it was used. Pr obably the largest gaps well ever struck in Oklahoma was brought in recently at FOx- pool, south of Cushing, a gusher which now spouts approximately 100,000,000 cubic feet a day, enough for a city of 100,000 people. The Queen's Gift Book, a remarkable anthology from the best British writers, on which authors and illustrators have collaborated with great enthusiasm, is meeting an unprecedented demand in England, and

the proceeds, which will be devoted to the Queen Mary convalescent hospitals, will he large. E. ill. Greeley, of Ellsworth, Me., first drove over the road from Columbia Falls to Ellsworth, a distance of forty-four miles, May 10, 1842, when he was ten years old; this year, on the same date, Mr. Greeley, at the age of eighty-four, made the same drive. The trip took six hours, and Mr. Greeley did it without a stop. A first edition of “Pickwick Papers” was sold in New York City at auction for $5,350 the other day. Among the attractions of this copy were “all the advertisements” (the volume consists of the original parts inclosed in covers, advertising pages being inserted before and after the leading matter) and a page of the original manuscript. Charles Phelps was the lone graduate of the Wheatfield (Cal.) high school the other day. Mrs. Margaret McN'aught, state commissioner of elementary schools, made the commencement address. He was the guest of honor at the alumni dinner and party, the hero in the annual class play and the board of education traveled more than seventy-five miles to present his diploma to him. An interesting result of a well being drilled at Charleston, S. C., to a depth of 2,000 feet below sea level was the finding of the shells of oysters and other maritime organisms even down to the very bottom of the

~ A THE UNIVERSAL CAR The superior quality coupled with the very low cost of operation give the Ford Coupelet exceptional value as an enjoyable and serviceable car every day in the ‘year for women as well as men. A regular member of the Ford family Coupelet $590; Runabout $390; Touring Car $440; Town Car $640; Sedan $740. All prices f. o. b. Detroit. On sale at Rensselaer by W. I. Hoover.

well. • All of them excepting thono found within seventy-five or eighty feet of the surface, belonged to a species which lived during past ages, and is now extinct. Mechanical devices for repeating prayers are familiar in the east, but they are outdone, in saving of labor* by the “prayer flags” of Tibet. These, as described by .1. (’. White, in the National Geographic magazine, are suspended on long lines, sometimes reaching across a river. As long as they are moving in the breeze they are supposed to be recording prayerg for the benefit of those who put them up. An unlimited number of positive films of moving pictures can be made from a single photographic negative. After positives of sufficient number to supply the exchanges throughout the country have been made, the negative is usually kept by the producing company. Additional positives can he made at any time. The pictures that appear in a scratched condition are films that have been exhibited considerably. These “second-run” films usually cost the exhibitor less than the films when they are first released. The life of the films is usually sufficient to supply the demand of the theaters without printing additional positives. The South African Journal of Science records the steps that have been thus far taken at the suggestion of the South African association for the advaheefuent of science, to obtain legislation in various countries relative to the * preservation of meteorites In the interests of science. The committees of Sections A and 0, of the British association, adopted the following resolution at the Australia meeting: “That in view of the fact that meteorites which convey information of world-wide Importance are sometimes disposed of privately in such a way as to deprive the public of this information, the council be requested to take such steps as may Initiate international legislation to the matter.”

Building a ship Every Day.

United States yards are building a new ship every day. It is a record never before equaled in our country, and is the sequel of our stupendous exports at a time when world commerce Is upset by a world war. There are now building or under contract 368 steel vessels, the aggregate of whose tonnage exceeds 1,129,000, Ships bearing the Stars and Stripes have more than doubled since the war began, and the Increase is still going on at high tide. Prior to August, 1914, less than a tenth of America’s foreign commerce was carried in American ships; but at the present rate of building new ones the period following the end of war will see a totally different story. The business of transporting over five billions of exports and imports is a trade worth going after, and keeping after till ge wet It.—Philadelphia Inquirer.

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