Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1916 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

♦GIFFORD Mrs. Reuben Snyder ig still on the sick list. Ethel Nuss took dinner Sunday ■with Sylvia Lambert. Lida Akers called on Hazel Lam- / bert Tuesday afternoon. William Whited of Newland called at Gifford Tuesday. Arthur Akers and family moved here Tuesday from Fair Oaks. Born, Tuesday, October 31, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Antrim, a son. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Samuelson left Wednesday morning for Chicago. George Lambert and Wesley Walker were Rensselaer goer 9 Monday. Sunday school every Sunday morning at 10:30. Everybody come out. Mrs. Guy Zook has been spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. May Smith. Golda Akers, Hazel and Sylvia Lambert and Mrs. Lloyd Cavinder visited the school Monday. ' Two young men were working the road here Sunday night. Gee, but we pity their shoe soles. What’s the matter, Possum Run? Walter Conn didn’t look lonesome when he came through Gifford Sunday. Mrs. Earl Haniford returned home Monday evening after an extended visit with Mrs. James Haniford of Kentland.

Pine Tar Relieves A Cold. Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey contains all the soothing elements of the pine forest. It heals the irritated membrane, and by its anti- , septic properties loosens the phlegm you breathe easier, and what promised to be a severe cold haa been broken up. For that stuffed-up feeling, tight* chest or sore throat take a dose of Dr. Bells’ Pine-Tar-(Honey and prevent a wearing, hacking cough dragging through the winter. At your druggist, 25c. Advt.

FAIR OAKS Health still continues pretty good in our tow-n. Corn husking is the order of the day injthese parts. Hurrah for Wilson, the prince of peace for our U. S.! Cottage prayer meeting was held at Sam Potts’ Wednesday evening. Mr. Cottingham hag been making very encouraging gains the past few days. Rev. O. S. Rariden and wife of Columbus is now visiting bis son ■ Lee at the Swim crossing. Tom Johnson and Ruby Nolen ; jacked up and put new blocks under , Tom’s house the first of the week, j Will Warne very suddenly j stepped out a couple or three weeks: ago and has not been heard of since. - Mr. Teach, the stone road man, has his railroad almost completed from the switch to his job three miles distant. Charles Manderville came home from Kentland Saturday tcf* vote and spend a few days with his aged mother and Can. Elwood Davis of near Demotte came down last week with his Ford loaded with cabbage, which be got rid of in pretty short order. Mrs. A 1 Moore, who hag been visiting her sister, Mrs. A. M. Bringle, and others the past two weeks, departed for her home at Lafayette Tuesday evening. Mr. Clark and wife, the Mexican, who lived in Frank Goff’s house in the north part of town, left for New York Monday where they will engage in vaudeville. The Misges Mattie and Flo McKay visited with Arvel Bringle and wife of Remington from Saturday evening until Sunday evening. Reported as having a splendid time. Politics have been rampant in these parts - now for several days, and the election news at this writ-

ing is not being thought much of, especially by the opposite parties. We were greeted with a very nice shower Wednesday evening which no doubt will continue indefinitely, the fall sown grain and pastures are very much in need of rain. Uncle Jasper Maekever of near North Star in Jackson township is quite poorly with stomach trouble. He hasn’t been able to take anything into his stomach for some time. Enos Moffitt, after £» week’s visit with his brother Elmer of Sioux City, Nebraska, who is very seriously sick, returned home Monday evening. Elmer seemed a little better. Frank Husted, who had been working in a telegraph office at Delphi the past three weeks, returned the first of the week and took up the position as towerman, relieving Louis Moffitt. Louis is now driving Mr. Allen’s auto livery. Bert Warne got a dispatch from Hoopeston the first of the week stating that his little girl, who was with her mother, visiting, was quite sick. Bert left immediately to see her. She was able to be brought home by auto and is getting along nicely now. Commissioner G. H. Hillis of the ranch was in town Wednesday evening driving his old wind-broken Premier. He has been putting her through steady the past few days and now the machine has a terrible cold on her lungs, causing her to cough, bark, choke, spit and slobber immensely. He very likely will hare to take the auto to the hospital after election has quieted down to have her nervous systerfi patched up. Our old friend, Emil Herre, who lives four miles south of here and who also lives in Jasper and Newton counties, or in other words has farms adjoining in these two counties, has become a victim of the automobile fever and to guard against the disease becoming fatal he purchased ja. brand-new Willys Overland and now old Dobbin and the shay can be turned out to pasture and the latter put away back in the farthest corner of the implement shed, there to be forgotten.