Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1917 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

'"GIFFORD 1 Grover Nbrris lost a fine horse last week. Dice Zook is on the sick list at this-report. ' v Ruby Keen spent Tuesday night with' Lillian McClannahan. * Mrs. Lena Hankins went to Frankfort Friday, returning Saturday. Miss Beulah Walker spent Monday night with her sister, Miss Ella Zook. John Hill and Frank Antrim went to Wheatfield Sunday to see' their brother from Canada. Guy Zook and Ed Timmons went to South Bend to work in the Studebaker shops Friday. Gaylord and Bocal Hilton and Charles .Woolsey spent Saturday night with Robert Hilton, and family. The new pool room and barber shop has been -finished. W. T, Hankins moved his barber outfit into the new room Saturday. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Haniford is ill at this writing of lung fever. Dr. Linton of Medaryville is attending him. Mrs. Maude Perkins of Winamac came Tuesday for a few days’ visit with hes- sister, Mrs. Bessie Snyder, who is not improving at this writing. Theodore Smith, who has been working at Wolcqtt, spent Saturday night and Sunday with his wife and children, returning to his work Sunday evening.

MILROY ■ Mrs. W. E. Culp has been sick this week. *Ora Clark spent Sunday with Martha Clark. N. E. Dignan and Earl Castor are working in Kokomo. Charles Beaver wife were in Rensselaer Monday afternoon. Charles Harwell visited relatives in Illinois the last of last week. Cousins from Illinois visited William Harwell and family this week. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Clark attended church at Palestine Sunday night. Mrs. Lillie Mitchell spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. George Foulks. Irma Clark spent the last of. the week with her sister, Mrs. Charles Harwell. William Harwell’s daughter from Illinois visited her parents last week.

Larry and Eva Holt and Letha Clark spent Sunday afternoon with Martha Clark. „ Letha and Pearl Clark spent the last of last week with their uncle, George Foulks, and family.. Mr. and Mrs. s. D. Griffith attended the funeral of Mrs. Fisher in Monon Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Tru,e Culp and bany Evelyn spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beaver; Mrs. Creighton Clark and daughters, Letha and Pearl, Spent Thursday with Mrs. George Foulks. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beaver and daughters, Sylvia and Dollie, spent Monday evening with George Foulks’. About forty-five persons met at the home of Claud Spencer last Friday evening to surprise' him, it being his- birthday anniversary. A number met Tuesday and cut wood for-Mrs. Alary AlcCashen, and buzzed Wednesday. A nice lot of wood was made ready for the stove. The Ladies’ Aid will meet with sfrs. Lillie Alitchell on Wednesday of next week, January 17, at 2 p. m. All are requested to be present. Perry Spencer, the carpenter <it the church, fell from a scaffold Alonday and was very severely bruised and perhaps fractured some of his ribs. Mr. and Mrs. William Banes, Frank May and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks \and Joseph Clark and family ate Sunday dinner with Earl’ Foulks and family; „ .• Sloan’s Liniment for Stiff Joints. Rheumatic pains and aches get into the joints and muscles, making every movement torture. Relieve’ your suffering with Sloan’s Liniment; it quickly penetrates

without rubbin?, and soothes' and war ms your sore muscles. Tlie congested blood is stimulated to action: a single application will drive out the pain.. Sloan’s Liniment is clean, convenient and quickly effective, it does not stain the skin or clog the pores. Get a bottle today at your druggist, 25 c.— Adv. G , * FAIR OAKS Enos, Moffitt made a business trip to Lacross the first of the week. Quite a number of our town people are doing time cutting wood out in Lawler’s timber. It is reported that A. Washburn'" will have his land near here plowed up and farmed this year. Bark Crawford on the Hufficker ranch, is filling his silo this week with corn and fodder cut with ensilage cutter. We have been haying considerable warm weather for this time of year, but Wednesday night it turned decidedly colder. The -writer has been having a round-up with the grip this week and don’t know much of anything else, therefore news is scarce. Mr. Cottingham’s condition is still very serious. His son William was called home the first of the week on account of his wife, .who was sick. Will Warren, whose disappearance took place a couple of months or more ago, has not been heard from as yet. The family is considerably worried about him.

There are several cases of pneumonia in our town nowadays and severe cold§.. Evaline Abel, who took down last week with pneumonia, is some better at this writing. Ben Zellers took down about the same time, but is no better at this writing. Walter Kelly, who lives about halfway between here and Mt. Ayr, was telling the writer a few days ago that while hauling out fpdder for the stock he found a bird’s nest in a shock with two eggs in it. How is that for the early bird? Now, if Walter had not always been strictly honest and all around a first-class young man we might have thought he had been drinkipg. But he is far from that. No doubt the bird had mistook the season last fall while it was warm.

MT. AYR f (From the Tribune) Charles T. Campbell, who has been working on a farm near Rossville, Illinois, is visiting his father, Al Campbell. } It is with regret that we report that l T ncle Ben Geesa, who has not been in very <good health this winter, is not so'well as usual. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hufty have received word that their old friend, A. Webb, of Pueblo, Colorado, who formerly lived a short while at Rensselaer and an uncle to W. B. Austin, died" at his home in the Western city last week. Miss Jessie Merry started on her return trip to her school work in Cassville, Wisconsin, Thursday. Miss Merry went to Kentland first, from there to Chicago, where she spent a couple of,' days, thence to Cassr ville, where she has again taken up ,school duties with renewed vigor. Word has been received here from Pueblo, Colorado, that Harry Hufty’s family has had a tussle with the measles. Edson, the baby, developed pneumonia and was quite serious for a while. He is improving no serious thoughts are entertained for the little fellow’s welfare now. Ransom White went to Schneider Monday to begin work on a dredge boat. “Pete” is an experienced dredge man and Mr. Williams, for whom he went to work, and who is dredging his own land, draws a mighty good all around man when he gets Mr. White. Mr. Witcher will run the blacksmith shop alone for a while, at least. On Wednesday took place the wedding of » a very nice young couple in the persons of Henry Yoder and Miss Cora Miller. The marriage vows were solemnized at the M. E. parsonage by Rev. Cragun, the young couple being accom-

panied by Miss Sylvia. Miller and I SjTvanus Miller, sister and cousin respectively of the bride. r Victor Alexander stored his household goods and left . Saturday , so Indianapqlis’; w here 'he expects to enter the -employ of -the Link 1 Belt company. Mr. Alexander worked for this company before l and -says his job is awaiting him I when he arrives at-.the capital. Mrs. | Alexander preceded Victor a couple ofAveeksaiidin tiiiTpfdr a" holiday .visit. • Saturday F. A. Standish purchased- a Ford tduring car of the Main garage at Ijensselaer to continue the business he has built up; its .driver Of the Mt.”'Ayr, Morocco, and Rensselaer bus •line, while it, belonged to A. P. Huntington and] Thomas Inkley, respectively. Mr. , Inkley recently disposed of his' Overland and it is understood wished to use the Ford, which Mr. I Standish was using, as a private, car. Hence, Mr. Standish imine-; diately made arrangements for a ca ; r to continue the run’. ' Our esteemed citizen, J 4 M. Hufty, has been confined to his home and iTiost of the time to his bed for| some ten days with rheumatic con-1 ditions resulting from a kidney' trouble of long standing. He is: quite a little improved at 'the pres-I ent and it is hoped will be able to be about very soon. However, to one at so advanced an age as Mr. Hufty, there is always more or less uncertainty until they are fully recovered. Mr! Hufty conducts the mill and feed business and his genial countenance has been missed since his confinement at home.

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