Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1916 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Jerry H'.aly is L-fring •* few days' vacation from his duties as clera in Rhoads’ grocery.

F. M. Haskell and family went to Frankfort Sunday for a couple of weeks’ visit with relatives.

Miss Ada Robinson gave an enjoyable Victrola dance Friday night to a number of her young friends.

Bessie Arnell, a Chicago nurs a , recently received a $500,000 bequest in the will of an aged woman she once nursed.

Arnold Luers of south of town has been suffering greatly for some time from an abcess of a wisdom tooth, but is better at present.

Mrs. William Coffel and daughter of Colburn came Saturday to visit her brothers, Charles and Floyd Spain, and other relatives for a few days.

Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 78c; oats, 38c; wheat, $1.25; rye, 90c. The prices a year ago were: Corn, 74c; oats, 34c; wheat, 90c to 95c; rye, 85c.

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin of Chicago stopped in a short time Friday, while driving through in their car, to call on old fi lends here.

Mrs. Jesse E. Wilson and children of Hammond came down Friday ti visit her mother, Mrs. M?-tie Wasson, and sister, Mrs. J. J. Hunt and family for a few days.

Jesse Swaim, the young man who had his hand so badly crushed while at work on the dredge north of town, is getting along very nicely and it is thought all the fingers may be saved.

Dr. W. L. Myer and family left yesterday for a couple of weeks vacation. They drove to Frankfort via auto and from there will go via rail and boat to Toledo, Cleveland, Niagara Falls, Toronto and othci points.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Stevenson of Bonesteel, So, Dak., who had been visiting her mother, Mrs. 11. I. Adams, and his mother, Mrs. W. H. Stevenson, and other relatives and friends here for the past two w°eks, left Monday for their home.

A. D. Hershman of Gillam tp. was n business visitor in the city Saturday. Mr. Hershman's wheat this year turned out 19y 2 bushels while his oats yielded 25 bushels to the acre, and he has about as goad corn prospects as any farmer in Jasper county. ,

John P. Ryan and family were down from Gill m tp. Saturday. Wheat in his locality is turning out from a few bushels up to 20 bushels per acre and oats 20 to 40 bushels. They got two fine rains there last Thu’-sday, one in the afternoon and one at night. The total fall was two inches, and it was a plenty for present needs.

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bruner of Hebron are visiting friends here and attending the Chautauqua. Mr. Bruner has recently sold his telephone plant at Hebron to a Mr. Fleming of Brook and has purchased an interest in the telephone plant at Morocco. He ic said to have received $22,000 for his Hebron plant. Mr. and Mrs. Bruner will either locate in Rensselaer or Morocco, we understand.

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Coffey and two little sons, who were on their way home from an automobile trip to Big Rapids, Mich., where they had visited her folks and Mr. and Mrs. John Jenkins, stopned over Saturday night here with Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hopkins. Mrs. Coffey was formerly Miss Jennie I a 1ner of Goodland, and they reside at Urbana, 111., where Mr. Coffey is superintedent of schools.

Fred Schultz of Union tp. ha> been in a critical condition foi several days from blood poisoning, caused from a bruise recently on his right hand from pounding a w’ooden wedge on a

threshing engine with the palm of his hand. An abcess formed and delay in having it lanced caused his entire system to be poisoned, .and while somewhat better at this writing, he is not yet pronounced out of danger.

Nels Darling, “Town Doctor,” who spoke at the Chautauqua Friday afternoon and evening, gave his hearers many excellent pointers on community interest which it is hoped did not fall on barren soil. His talks were to the point and the logic could not be gainsaid. A “community dinner” at which some 65 business and professional men were in attendance, was given at Fate’s College Inn Friday noon, and Mr. Darling spoke briefly to the assemblage along the same lines as at the lectures proper, and as a result preliminary steps were taken to form a Community club here.