Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1916 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

FAIR OAKS Health still continues quite good in our burg. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Sam Potts’ Wednesday evening. Mrs. Hiram Howell and son of Lacross are visiting relatives in these parts. Mr. McConnell started his hay press on the Washburn land the first of the w T eek.

Herbert Bozell visited his sister, Mrs. C. A. Bringle, at Remington over Sunday. Jake Trump moved Tuesday out of Abe Bringle’s property into T. L. McKay’s house. Charles Halleck and Sam Potts got a carload of coal in and are making deliveries nowadays. Rev. Postill braved the h'ot weather Sunday and came up and filled his regular appointment here. Mrs. Right, who has been under the weather for a couple of weeks, is now. steadily recovering. \\ ilson & Yeoman, the cement silo builders, are now at work putting up one on the Hillis ranch, Mrs. Waterman of Chicago came down the first of the week to visit her brother, F. R. Erwin, a few days. Miss Mattie McKay, who has been visiting her sister the past month in lowa, returned home the first of the week.

The country seems to be full of thrashing machines and they were all busy Monday, and if the weather stays favorable they will soon clean up the thrashing job. Mrs. YV ill-lam Petty, who has been away visiting her parents a couple of months, returned to Fair Oaks last week and it is reported will be one of the teachers in our schools this term.

Aunt Hannah Culp returned Monday from Lee, where she went last week to soo her sister who passed away Friday and was buried Sunday. There are only two left now of that generation, herself and brother David.

Pat Miller of Colfax tp. got onto a new way to transport his goods from the depot to his place of business. That is to use an auto for a propeller, behind which he will attach his spring wagon, fie and Dave Berton and others made this tryout trip. Saturday and it proved very satisfactory, so it is said.

Sid Schanlaub, the ex-editor of the Morocco Courier, has been a little under the weather during the spring but is feeling better now. He had decided to quit the farm blit now since the crop prospects are so good with him, he will no doubt hang onto the farm and live that independent life. Sid is a hustler wherever he is. There was quite an excitement aroused in our little burg Sundav, when a couple of inhabitants decided to settle their little difficulties by words and fists. It is said the first battle took place in the pickle house and three other attempts were made during the day. which resulted in one of the combatants getting his features pretty badly discolored. It is said the trouble arose over a sordid game of cards.

ROSELAWN Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Rice were Hebron visitors Wednesday via Ford route. Mrs. Lewis Brooke and Mrs. Owen Brooke were Roselawn shoppers Wednesday. Mrs. Bert Sheloek of Chicago came Wednesday for a visit with the Nelson families. Roy Conway is spending his an nual summer visit at the home of his aunt and uncle, W, T. Right and w T ife.

Frgnk Cox, who accompanied Cletos Gundy to Detroit, returned as far as Gary, where he will seek employment. Korth & Sons started their thrashing machine Thursday. They have quite a large run of work to do this season.

Trustee C. M. Rice and Assessor Schuyler Cox were Kentland visitors Monday, making their township reports. Mrs. J. W. Crooks was a business visitor at Rensselaer Tuesday and also attended the funeral of Judson Perkins. The writer was unable to be on the job last week, but the Roselawn items will appear hereafter once a week without fail

There are rumors of a change of landlords at our popular hotel, the Gundy House, but up to Thursday evening the deal had not been closed. J. T. Bess is transforming the old frame dwelling on the corner of Main street into a neat bungalow style residence, which will be for rent when completed. Cletos Gundy returned home after a week's sight-seeing in Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Canada. Cletos says Detroit is the finest city he ever went broke in, but there is no place like home. Samuel Robbins started his thrasher Wednesday afternoon on his own field of oats. The grain Is very light. W. T. Right, Jap Wright and C. T. Otis shipped hogs to the Chicago markets Monday. Floyd Baxter and Otis Philips drove over to Jasper Makeover's Sunday and had a fine chicken dinner. Mary Jane came home with them in the evening after two weeks' visit with her grandfather and grandmother Makeever.

J. N. Best, the veteran fisherman of Roselawn, landed a fine mess of bullheads Wednesday. Mr. Best says bullheads are second only to willow pike in his estimation, and he ought to know as he is the champion angler of our village. The writer noted many fine looking fields of corn and several fine fields of oats in the shock over in the North Star community northwest of Mt. Ayr Sunday. The corn is at the stage where it needs rain in order to mature good full ears and insure a good crop. With a few good rains in the near future there will be an abundance of corn in the central and north part of Newton county.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Porter, Sunday. Levi Hawkins of Lafayette, was a Remington Visitor on Tuesday. Miss Alberta Geier returned home Tuesday after a visit with friends in Wabash. ' . Mrs. Xason Turner and children of Brook, spent the first of the weea with town friends. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brooks of Pontiac, 111., were guests of their children several days last week. Misses Fern and Cecile Rawlings are spehding a few days in Rensselaer with Mrs. Somers and family.

Trustee Porter has let the cleaning of the May ditch to Chet Dextei and Roy Harris at 25 cents per yard. The venerable Edward Culp has been almost at the point of death now for a number of days, with very little, if any, hope of an improved condition.

Mr. and Mrs. Foundray and children of Moosejaw, Sask., Canada, came Saturday and have been visiting Mrs. Foundray’s brother, Lee Rush, and family. Mrs. P. J. Pothuisje and daughters, Misses Lois and Lucile. went to Bluffton oh Wednesday, where they will visit for a couple of weeks before returning to their home in Denver.

Mrs. Anna McCulley is still at the point of death with no possible hope of recovery. She is slowly sinking away from the inability to take nourishment owing to a cancerous condition of the stomach. Mrs. A. A. Fell, who has been an invalid for (he past two years, is holding her own fairly well, and is now taking the x-ray treatment at Indianapolis, going down every two weeks for that purpose. Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Krebbs and son of Huntington were the guests of Mrs. Nora Tpwnsend Wednesday. From here thev went to Montmorenci, accompanied by Mrs. Townsend and Miss Bertha Primmer, to spend a day or so with relatives.

Mrs. Henry Mischer had a very pleasant surprise last Tuesday in the form of a post card shower for her birthday. She was very much pleased over it. as they came in great numbers. She is Very grateful to all who took part in the show er, and esnecially so to those who got it up. It was as much of a surprise to the family as it was to Mrs. Mischer. Lee Rush and family rushed home Fridav evening in response to a hurry call from the town board to look after the water works pumps. They had been spending a couple of with relatives a* T '. r;t and Windfall Lee renorts that the crop prospects are mighty good down around ihe latter place for a big crop of corn, hut that between here and there the corn is very badly burned. Louise Winelaml was horn in Rrandbnrv, Germany. October 2, 1524, and departed this life at the home of her daughter. Mrs. August Lncterhand. Julv SO, 1910. eg e d 91 years, seven months and 28 days. She was united in marriage to John Kresel in 1 848. To this union were born five children, two of whom are still living. Mrs. August Lncterhand, of near Remington, and William E reset of Ronss&iacr. Her husband died in Germany, and she came to this eounfrv in IS7t. residing in Chicago some 30 years with her daughter, Mrs, August Hansman. For *he last 15 years she has made her home with Mrs. Lncterhand. She united with the German Lutheran Church at the age o f 14 and was a" 'aithful member until she became too feeble to attend. She was a loving mother and was held in high esteem hv all who knew her. and will he greatly missed hv those who knew her he-t. The funeral services were held at the residence, and were conducted by Rev. .7 Frances Ashley. Interment in the Remington cemetery.

LEE O. A. Jacks and wife #ind Elmer Hoover and wife ate Sunday dinner at J. W. Mellender's. Rev. Olin Stewart and family of near Crawfordsvile were here Monday and Tuesday with his parents. Mr. Jenkens of Mt. Ayr came Wednesday evening to visit his daughter, Mrs. Frank Eldridge, and family. Mrs. Maud Sexton of near Indianapolis has been here for some time with her parents, Leroy Noland and wife. Mrs. Ethel Otterberg and son of Rensselaer were here last week visiting her parents, G. A. Jacks and wife. i '. Clyde Clark and family of near Morocco were here Monday looking after his cattle in his pasture and calling on relatives.

John Robinson and'family of near Rensselaer attended the funeral here Sunday of Mrs. Smith, then took dinner at Ray Holeman’s, Joseph Stewart and wife and their nephew, Rev. Jacobs, and family attended Epworth League convention at Battle GroUn camp meeting last Thursday. Last Sunday afternoon S. M. Jacks received a telephone message that his uncle, Edward Culp, at Remington was very bad sick. He is still very low at this writing. Mrs. C. A. Holeman was called ttf Lafayette Monday evening to spend some time with her son Orville, whose wife is sick with blood poison,

but nothing serious when she went. Rev. Jacobs and family of Chicago, who have been here visiting their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stewart, for a couple of weeks, left last Tuesday for a visit with relatives in Michigan. On Friday, July 28, Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, whose sickness has been mentioned so many times in these items, was called to her reward. She had been sick more than a year with dropsy and kidney troubles. The funeral was held at the church Sunday at 10:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Hensley and Rev. Jacobs, and interment in Osborne cemetery.