Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1916 — HIRE THERE and EVERYWHIERE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HIRE THERE and EVERYWHIERE

Mrs. Laura Shear of Goodland, aged 88 years, widow of the late Jasper Shear, a former well known tile manufacturer of Goodland, was recently declared insane and application made for her admission at Longcliff.

The corner stone of the new Jewish temple of the Sons of Abraham congregation of Lafayette was laid Sunday, Kabbi Morris Fuerltcht of Indianapolis delivering the invocation and making the principal address. The synagogue is being erected on North Seventh street.

William H. Heinrich, formerly of Kentland, an employee of the postoffice at South Bend, dropped out of sight oa the morning of June 1 and no trace of the man has been found, although friends and relatives and the police of the middle west have been making a thorough search for him.

A large barn on the Frank Martin farm, five miles northwest of Kentland, was struck by lightning during the storm last Wednesday and totally destroyed together with two horses, a colt, some hay, corn and other contents. The loss of $1,500 was partly covered by SI,OOO insurance.

Dario Resta at Speedway park, Chicago, Sunday raised his previous high speed record several notches when he made an average of 109.75 miles an hour in one of the races run there that day. DePalma, his opponent in Sunday’s race, could not meet Resta’s pace with his Mercedes.

A movement has been started at North Vernon for another county seat election and petitions are being circulated in the 1 1 townships in Jennings county, it is thought that within a week more than 2,000 persons will have signed. Sentiment in favor of the removal of the county seat from Vernon to that city is greater than ever, it is declared.

Benjamin Moyer, a merchant tailor of Indianapolis, aged 4 8 years, was probably fatally injured Sunday forenoon when the automobile in whith he with his wife and two children were driving went over a 27-foot embankment just east of Mulberry. ( The 17-year-old daughter of the injured man was driving the car at the time and in turning out in meeting a horse 'and bqggy she lost control of the machine and before her father could grab the steering wheel it had plunged down the embankment. The party were on their way to Chicago.

The Newton County Enterprise states that there are 755 automobiles listed in that county for taxation and the assessment thereon totals $126,687. There are 106 autos in Kentland; 90 in Jefferson tp.; 70- in Brook; 59 in Iroquois tp.; 83 in Goodland; -64 in Grant tp.; <59 in Morocco; 22 in Beaver tp.; 10 in Mt. Ayr; 36 in Jackson tp.; 80 in Washington tp.; 14 in McClellen tp.; 24 in Lake tp.; 11 in Colfax tp., and 27 in Lincoln tp. I Based on the population of the county, as shown by the last census, there is one automobile for every 15 people in Newton county.

Martin A. Quinn, a well known attorney of Lafayette, was killed in the L. E. & W. railroad yards at Kokomo Saturday. He was walking along the tracks on his way to the Kokomo brass works, and it is supposed was absorbed in thought and walked right into the side of a moving freight train. Bix cars passed over him. The left leg was out oft just below the knee and the right arm was severed at the shoulder. He lived 30 minutes hfter the accident and was conscious to the end. His age was 45 years. A wife and one daughter 15 years old survive him. Mr. Quinn was well known to a number of The Democrat readers.