Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1916 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

ROSELAWN J. W. Crooks visited with his family in Rensselaer over Thursday night. Orval Whitley will move to a farm near Kersey in the near future. Rodger Smith had the misfortune to lose one of his best horses Monday. Dorsey Right was home from Friday until Sunday, when he returned to his school work at Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Barkey’s youngest child, which has been sick for some time, was taken worse again Sunday. Reuben Gundy, after a week’s visit with his parents and friends here, departed for Hammond Saturday. Mrs. Mullaney, who has been under the care of a physician for some time, is much better at this writing. The writer accompanied Fred Nelson and H. H. Nelson in the latter’s auto to Ed Klineki’s, near Kersey, Sunday •afternoon. Charles Cooley’ of Chicago is spending a few days in Roselawn. Mr. Cooley is always a welcome visitor in our comm unify. . Dr. McPhail, a veterinary surgeon of Morocco, was in Roselawn Sunday evening oaring for a sick horse for Roger Smith. ..Misses Fay McCartney, Dorothy Rodgers, Zella Bess and Mary Jane Phillips spent Sunday afternoon with Clara and Helen Hopper on the farm west of town. The work on William Boyle’s new house goes on, but William, like Mr. Hughes, refuses to give out or receive any congratulations until the thing ig completed. Carl Jensen, a former resident of this community, was at the Detamore sale last week. Mr. Jensen is farming near Lacrosse, where he has beep for the past two years.

Richard Peterson has leased the farm known as the “J. E.” farm, from the owner, Mr. E. L! Detamore, and will move there soon, Mr. Detamore having returned to Francesville, his former home. Peter Walstra, who has lived on the C. T. Otis dairy farm the past eight years, is erecting a new house on the farm he recently purchased two miles north of his present residence, and will move there as soon as the house is ready for occupancy.