Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1916 — HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

Mr, and Mrs. Young of Carrollton, Georgia, have four children who have only two birthdays; the elder two are twins and the younger two, though born four years apart, have their birthday on the same day of the year and were born even at the same hour. Abe Martin says: “Mr. Lemmie Peters, who graduated a year ago last June, has decided t’ quit lookin’ fer a position an’ announces that he’ll accept a situation. In fixin’ up your election calculations don’t fergit th’ feller who’s afraid t’ say how he’s goin' t’ vote.”

Owing to a shortage of houses it appears that many residents of Gary will spend the winter in tents. It is estimated that 1,000 persons are seeking homes. The United States Steel corporation has appropriated $1,000,000 to build homes for the workingmen in its new mills, which soon will be in operation. The future of the domestic cow has been jeopardized by certain Japanese savants. Owing to the scarcity of cattle in that country and the consequent scarcity of milk, these investigators of the secrets of nature have had recourse to the soja bean qnd, after treating it with water, sugar and phosphate potash, they have been able to produce a compound which is scarcely distinguished from fresh milk. The C. & O. railroad has filed suit against Hammond and all its officials in federal court to have an ordinance passed by the common council revoking the railroad's franchise declared void, and to have an injunction issued to prevent the city interfering with railroad operations within the city limits. The ordinance revoking the franchise was passed when the company refused to construct a $5,000 depot.

A letter has just been received by a Philadelphia citizen which was addressed and mailed to his father fifty-seven years ago. The father is now dead and the letter, which came from a town only a few miles away from Philadelphia, seems to have been of no great importance originally. The son of the addressee, however, is trying, as a mere gratification to his curiosity, to trace the whereabouts of the epistle during the long lapse of time.