Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1916 — Page 3

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

REMINGTON (From the Press) REMINGTON R. R. TIME TABLE Mo. 318 East bound 7:38 a.m. No. 331 West bound 9:01 a.m. No. 340 East bound 5:09 p.m. No. 319 West bound 5:33 p.m.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fell of Chicago are visiting relatives here. William Payne of New York city visited his daughter, Mrs. John Shuey, over Sunday. George Hascall went to Michigan Thursday morning on a still hunt for some good spuds. Mrs. Tom Mullen of Denver, Colorado, is visiting Mrs. Grace Ott and other friends in town this week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Logansport came Tuesday 'to attend the funeral of Mrs. Henry Mischer. D. I. Cresse is very low as the result of his cancer, and small hopes are entertained of his recovery. Mrs. H. M. Groves, who had been visiting friends in town for a day or so, returned to Monticello Wednesday. William Irgang and family returned Monday from a couple of weeks spent in the east part of the state with relatives. Fred Hicks and family are enjoying the week-end motoring in certain parts of Wisconsin. They will return Monday. E. Peacock, who spent last week ■with his daughter, Mrs. Oscar McClure, in Hammond, returned to Remington Saturday. H. R. Hartman left Friday morning for Excelsior Springs, Missouri, for a few days’ visit with his sister, Mrs. Charles Cox. Mrs. Henry Bilile, who was operated on at St. Elizabeth’s hospital in Lafayette, is doing so well that she is expected home this week. Mrs. Ada Dobbins, who had been spending several weeks at this place and in Ohio, visiting relatives, returned to Chicago on Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Courtright, who have been visiting at the William Barnett home for several w’eeks, returned to Valparaiso this week. -W. C. Hallihan and family went to Indianapolis Tuesday for a week’s visit with Mrs. Hallihan’s sister, Mrs. Cecil McCain, going by automobile. Mr. and- Mrs. Charles Alson moved the latter part of the week from the Mrs. Meyers property in the northeast part of town into the Ed Peck property. Mr. and Mrs. James Washburn are viewing the sights in the . East. Mr. Washburn attended the big National Grain Men’s convention at Baltimore while there. Mr. and Mrs. H. 11. Walker went to Lafayette this Thursday morning to attend the funeral of their niece, Mrs. Anson Bacus, formerly of Downer’s Grove, who will be buried at Meadow’ Lake. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fell entertained at a chicken dinner last S nday Rev. and Mrs. Warriner, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Williams, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Johnston and daughter, Miss Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Will Rawlings and .family, accompanied by Mrs. Bonnie Saylor of Lawrenceville, Illinois, and Mrs. George Banes of Wolcott, autoed to Monticello Sunday to visit their brother, Frank Hodshire. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stitz, son Hartley, daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Peebles, of Wabash drove through in their Buick on Saturday morning to visit relatives south of town. They returned home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rich of Brook. Frank Rich, Mrs. Bessie Rich and daughter Lois of Goodland autoed to Frankfort Saturday and returned Sunday. They were accompanied home by their mother, Mrs. W. L. Rich, who had been visiting relatives there the past three weeks. Bert Spencer and Chauncey McCulley spent most of last week at the Kankakee fishing. They brought back, with them a fine sitring of fish, among which was one nine and onehalf pound blue channel cat—a real lunker. They also had some other cat fish that were not to be sneezed at, and any quantity of big carp. Twenty Remington people in five autos took a trip to the Shades and Turkey Run Sunday, returning home the same day. The trip is about 160 miles in extent and the run’ was made without any serious mishap and very little petty trouble. They all formed a jolly crowd and enjoyed every inch of the way. The party was composed of Frank Jordan and family, Mr. Wooden and family, Charles Gray and family, ■Mrs. Jennie Lamborn and family, Phil Ochs and Misses Molly Shearer, Florence Landoil and Doris Powers.

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Maryla Hofmann went to Fowler Wednesday evening to visit friends. Miss Virginia Messenger is visiting Miss Leia Wooley at Monticello. Mrs. A. H. Dunn spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. George Worden at Remington. Mrs. Milroy Sigman went to Lafayette Tuesday to visit her aunt, Mrs. C. Graves.

J. C. Scott of El Paso, Illinois, spent Sunday and Monday with J. F. Sheen and family. Mrs. A. J. Hofmann went to Rossville Thursday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Noah Jordan. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Treanor, Sr., of Remington were the guests Wednesday of George lHanna. Mrs. Mary Pugh went to Chicago Wednesday to visit her sons, John and Homer Pugh, wives. Milton Leopold, who has been ill the past four weeks, is reported improving. A trained nurse is attending him. Bert Coghill moved Tuesday from Mrs. M. Bunnell’s house to the A. U. Lux house, just vacated by Mtn Lux and family. Mrs. Nancy Porter of El Paso, Illinois, came Wednesday for an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Gerberich. Mrs. Tom Mullen and children of Denver, Colorado, who are visiting friends here, went to Monticello Tuesday to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Irwin and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Parks autoed to Piper City, Illinois, Saturday and spent Sunday with friends. Mrs. Sarah Hamilton went to Piper City, Illinois, Saturday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Williatrr Brown, returning home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith of Rensselaer, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Smith, and Abe Smith and family, returned home Monday. S. R. Goss moved his family from the Mrs. Mary Pugh house on south Range street to Mrs. M. Bunnell’s cottage on the corner of North and Burke streets Thursday. Miss Elizabeth Schott went to Peoria Wednesday where she met her sister, Mrs. Anna Schott, and together they went to Gridley, Illinois, to visit their sister, Mrs. Henry Ruffle. A. U. Lux moved into his fine new home on north Range street last ■week. Mr. Lux has spared no expense in making his new home one of the most up-to-date residences in Wolcott. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker of Remington came over Thursday morning on the train and were taken by Lewis Winter in his automobile to Lafayette where they attended the funeral of their niece, Mrs. Lettie Bacus. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Dibble and daughter Ruth of Hammond, Indiana, visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Culbertson. They made the trip here in their auto, and were accompanied on their return by Mr. Culbertson. Mr. and Mrs. David Pettit, Mrs. Luke Rogers, Mrs. Frank Miles and Miss Marjorie Jones made a pleasant auto trip in Mr. Pettit’s automobile to Logansport and Chile. The party left here Tuesday morning, returning Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolfe left Thursday for a ten days’ vacation trip, going from here to Logansport they took the Wabash for Detroit and thence to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, from there they go to Albany and down the Hudson by boat to New York city, going from there over the Pennsylvania lines, they will visit Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D. C., and other places of interest in the East.

FRANCESVILLE (From the Tribune) Forest Merica of Rensselaer was the guest of friends here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Malchow of Brookston were the guests of relatives and friends here over Sunday. The Fred Timm application to run a saloon in Cass township was defeated by a remonstrance with only one majority. Henry Hubbard and daughter Julia went to Chicago Saturday where they will visit for a month or six weeks with relatives. The condition of Willie Daseke, who took sick with typhoid fever some four weeks ago, is slowly improving. He is still In the Hope hospital. Misses Gladys Hudgens and Doris Petra took a hike to Monon Monday, stopping at the half-way house of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Hill to recuperate. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hortman of Fairbury, Illinois, and Mr. and Mrs. Jake Keller of Wolcott, were visitors among relatives here from Sunday until Tuesday. Mrs. Phoebe Grumbo, who is nearing her 80th milestone of life, and a sister of Mrs. Emily Daseke, returned to her home at New Albany Tuesday after visiting here a few days. Mrs. Norma Brophey and Mrs. George Wade left this morning for Port Huron, where the former will spend some time on a vacation trip and the latter will remain there permanently. O. H. Crawford of Winamac, who has a tankage place, where he disposes of d e ad animals, was here yesterday and secured a horse from Algie Kauffman, which died of flatulent gastritis. Mrs. Lenore M'uir Holderman of Tulson, Oklahoma, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bledsoe. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Muir of Richmond,

who have been visiting at the home, returned Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Lehman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Balerr and Mr. and Mrs. John Eversole and family of Wolcott were the guests of relatives and friends here over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Kime of Dwight, Illinois, and son Louis of Kentland took dinner Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weaver. Mr. and Mrs. Kime will leave soon for California to spend the winter. Cap. Clark returned to Terre Haute Friday, to again resume his studies, thig time for a nine months’ course. Monday he was appointed associate editor of the Normal Advance, the daily pollege paper. jy. R. Jones, sons Guilf, John and Charles, and grandson, Herbert, visited Madison, Indiana, the Jones old home. The party made a short visit to many southern Indiana points and a couple of points in Kentucky. It was the senior Mr. Jones’ first visit back there, where he was 'born and married, in fiftyfive years. . Miss Lillian Leis, south of town, last night entertained the Excelsior Bible class of the Salem Evangelical church. Those present were: Cora, Della and Ada Shumaker, Albina Eggert, Grace Frohm, Anna Kopka, Lucinda Koster, Hazel Hancock, Lola Harbrecht, Mabel Clark, John Kruger, Harry Topp, Richard Topp, Thomas Saltwell, Herman and Otto Leis, John Heins, Elmer Kopka.

GOODLAND (From the Herald) A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Capes September 25. Miss Lillian Dickinson went to Chicago Monday. Miss Dickinson is taking music lessons there. Mrs. T. J. Gray of Interlakin, New York, is here the guest of Miss Carr Gray and Miss Fannie Shults. Mrs. William Verrall broke a bone in her right hand while tightening a lid on a can in which she was canning peaches. Mrs. A. J. Paulsen has moved to Gary and will make her borne with her son Edward afad family. Ed

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has a good position in a large machine shop. Paul Butler and family and Fred Butler and family autoed to Kankakee, Illinois, Sunday in the former’s Ford car. Henry Liens returned to his duties at Little’s Monday after a week’s visit at Peoria, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri. Rev. George E. Deuel was operated on Thursday afternoon at the Methodist hospital ini- Indianapolis for appendicitis. John Medlock and family spent Sunday with Alvey McClellan at Wolcott. They were accompanied by Miss Mary Medlock. Miss Ella Brook returned to Valparaiso last Saturday where ahe will have charge of the domestic art in the Valparaiso city schools. Mrs. Josephine Weidenbaker has moved to Kankakee, Illinois, and will make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Loupin, and family. Grandpa A. G. Jakway is wearing an expansive smile. September 27 a son arriyed at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Marion Hall, at New York city. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Griggs autoed to Kankakee, Illinois, Wednesday to attend the annual reunion of the 71st Illinois regiment held Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stitz and two children autoed up from Wabash last Saturday and remained until Sunday. Charles owns a fine farm south of Goodland. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bell passed away Sunday morning. The parents have’ the sympathy of the community in the loss of their little one. Glenn Tharpe, who left here four yeass ago for Momence, Illinois, to take charge of the electric lighting plant there, has moved to Chicago Heights to take charge of the plant at that place. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Saint of Newton, Indiana, were over Sunday guests of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Frohrelch. Mr. Saint contemplates returning to Goodland in the near future.

Mrs. Hilda B. Monty has pur-

chased property in Kankakee, Illinois, and will move to that place soon. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Wilson will remain on the old home place, having resided there for a number of years. Mrs. William Force and her daughter, Mrs. Rose Steele, of Knox, who visited here last week, left Thursday for Indianapolis to visit the former’s daughter, Mrs. P6rry Runion, and husband and to attend the big centennial. The Rensselaer high school football team defeated the Kentland high school football team last Saturday afternoon by a score of 7 to 6. Both teams scored a goal and Kentland failed at kicking goal, while Rensselaer was successful. Mrs. Maude Constable, Mrs. Pauline Bassett and Miss Nellie Clark went to Indianajolis Wednesday to attend the Pythian Sisters grand lodge. The former is outer guard of the grand lodge, and Miss Clark went as a delegate for the local lodge. Edward Bradley passed away at his late home on north Newton street Sunday evening after a short illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the home at 2 o’clock. Interment at the Goodland cemetery. Mr. Bradley has been a resident of Goodland for a number of years and spent his time repairing furniture and doing upholstering.

MEDARYVILLE (From the Journal) J. M. Faris and wife of Peru visited relatives here over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Leavitt of Brook visited Sunday with John Antcllff and family. F. M. Reed returned home Friday after spending a month in Michigan looking after business interests. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Guild visited over Sunday in Greencastle with their eons Bernard and Merrill, who are attending Depauw university. Mrs. J. D. Clark and Mrs. Mary McGinnis spent Sunday at North Judson with William Wright and family, where the former has been called by sickness.

Frank Rowe is a anlAndtd Improvement by buuuing an up-to-date garage jtist west of the present garage. The building Is being constructed of cement blocks and promises to be a substantial building. Miss Irene Spriggs of Anacortes, Washington, writes her people here concerning her thrilling experience as a passenger aboard the big Pacific steamship ■‘Congress,’’ which was burned at sea September 12. Miss Spriggs was one of the 409 aboard the vessel at the time of' the fire. They were all rescued by the government boat “Michie.” William Timm swore out a paper before Squire Rathfon Tuesday night to replevin a horse, buggy and harness from his wife who had deserted him and made away with them. Constable Warner, in company with the plaintiff, went to the residence of Mrs. Timm’s mother and recovered the property Wednesday morning. The dry element of Pulaski county, led by John L. Burton of Winamac, invaded Cass township last Friday, making a thorough canvass and late that night filed a remonstrance with the county amdltor bearing seventy-one signatures. Six-ty-nine signatures were necessary for the drys to win, so that the dry margin is three. Mr. Timm is said to have thirteen withdrawals. However, the withdrawals were required by law to be filed not later than midnight Thursday night but the records show that they were not filed until the following afternoon and are therefore void. The county commissioners will pass upon the remonstrance some time this week. The largest yield of wheat ever grown in the world was that of C. S. Noble of Nobleford, Alberta, Canada, who had a 1,000-acre field that averaged fifty-two bushels per acre. Prior to this time the record was fifty-one bushels to the acre, grown in Whitman county, Washington. ——— w An armload of old papers for five cents at The Democrat office.