Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1917 — The WEEKS'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEKS'S DOINGS

Subscribe for The Democr»t. i $1 caps for 39 c.—THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WILLIAM TRAUB. W. J. Wright was in Indianapolis ©n business Monday night and Tuesday. The Priscilla Sew club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. B. F. Alter. Mrs. Ora T. Ross and her guest, Mrs. Merrill, were Chicago visitors a few days this week. The Ladies’ Literary club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. G. S 3. Murray on Park avenue. A new supply of vegetable parchment butter wrappers just received at The Democrat office, 30c per 100. > Miss Clara L. Hagins of Chicago visited from Saturday until Tuesday with her father, J. Lr and Mrs. Hagins. Until February 10 bargains in suits, overcoats and furnishings.—THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WILLIAM TRAUB. ; Father Rudolph Stultz of St. Joseph college was called to Huntington Tuesday on account of the serious illness of his father. George I. Reeves of Mooresville, Indiana, who had been here several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tobias, returned home Tuesday. r In cranking an auto Monday Herbert Barnes, a nephew of B. F. Barnes, the restaurant man, had the radius bone of his left arm broken when the engine back-fired. L. L. McCurtain and John Lakin ®f Parr Were in Chicago Monday taking in the auto show. They returned here Monday night and went home on the milk train Tuesday.

Tony Keiper of southeast of town, who traded for a drayage business at Logansport recently, has reconsidered the matter and will remain upon the farm. A very wise decision, indeed. Simon Fendig was down from Wheatfield Wednesday to see his sister, Miss. Rebecca Fendig, who has been in poor health for some time but is now somewhat better and Is able to be up and about the house. James E. Lamson, notice of whose public sale appears in another column, has lived for about sixty-five years on the place from which he is moying to Rensselaer, and this is the first time he has ever moved. Very few people in Jasper county can boast of a record like this. j ; John G. Hayes, who was seriously injured some time ago when he fell from a scaffold while painting at ‘the Mrs. John Martindale new residence, has received a check for sll7 in addition to the doctor bill and nurse hire, from the industrial Insurance company in which his employer, M. V. Brown, was injured.

E. P. Lane was laid up several days this week with, an attack of thb grip. - k ■ __ '■ The PAIGE car is sold by the Auto Sales Co. at Remington. Why not buy one now. * ts Mrs. Leo Wolfe of Hammond came Tuesday to visit her parehts, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold. Miss Manda Hoyes went to Indianapolis Tuesday to accept a position at the traction terminal station. ■ Farmers, bring in your harness and have it repaired and oiled up ready for spring work.—MATT WORDEN. . f-8

sls suits and overcoats now $11,25. You save $3.75. Buy now. —THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WM. TRAUB, Grover and Walter Jutzi returned to Chicago this week after spending *several days with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thomas of Surrey. The spring samples of Society Brand made to measure* suits are here. Take a look.—THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WM. TRAUB. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lefler of South Whitley, who were here to attend the funeral of his step-mother, Mrs. James Lefler, returned to their home Tuesday. Wednesday’s Lafayette Journal: Mrs. William Banes has returned to her home in Remington after a visit here with her sister, Mrs. Henry White, who is ill at the St. Elizabeth hospital. % ■ $25 suits and overcoats go at $18.75; S2B Suits and overcoats go at s2l; S3Q suits and overcoats go at $22.50? Society Brand clothes included.—THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WM. TRAUB. Rev. R. H. Crowder, pastor of the Methodist church at Monticello, has resigned to accept the pastorate of Grace M. E. church at South Bend. Rev. Crowder was located at Remington a few years ago. Francis M. Hayes, who has been staying in South Dakota for some time and came here recently to visit his sons, John and Will Hayes, went to Marion Tuesday to visit his sons, Harry and Leoihyd, and daughter, Pearl. s"'’’ Tuesday’s Chicago papers published a sensational story about hundreds of stolen automobiles from that city having been driven into the waters of Bass lake to avoid recapture. The Starke county papers say that the story is the silliest kind of rot. A. A. Fell, ex-treasurer of Jasper county, who resides near Remington, brought his wife here last Friday morning to take the train for Indianapolis where she is taking treatment for cancers of the breast. Mr. Fell has embarked in the automobile business and is county agent for the Chalmers automobile in Jasper county.—Benton Review.

G. iH. McLain made a business trip to Indianapolis Thursday. - -»*. , ..S2O suits and overcoats go at sls. -Save SS—THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WM. TRAUB. .■_ S Mrs. "Mary Pullin, who has been suffering from rheumatic fever, is some better at this writftig. Vernon Harrington, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harrington, is confined at the hospital with pneumonia. Society Brand clothes set the pace. See the Spring samples. — CLOTHING HOUSE OF WM. TRAUB. Edward Herath, Jay Stockton, Ernest Morlan and Samuel Perkins made a business ,trip to Lafayette Thursday. 25 per cent reduction on men’s and young fellows’ trousers, 25 per cen t.—THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WM. TRAUB. Elvin Bussell, who was down from Chicago to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. James Lefler, returned to the city Thursday. Mery D. Eger went to Valparaiso Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs. James Griswold, who but recently returned home from a Gary hospital.

Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 89c; oats, 49c; wheat, $1.55; rye, sl.lO. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 65c; oats, 43c; wheat, $1 to $1.14; rye, 80c. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burkett of Logansport, while on their way to Chicago Thursday, stopped off here and spent the night with the latter’s uncle, Joseph Smith, and wife. Two installments of The Democrat’s serial ’ story, “Gold,” are printed this week, one Wednesday, one today, on account of Wednesday’s issue having been eight pages. The threatened break in diplomatic relations with Germany has affected the grain and stock market greatly as will be noted by the local grain prices published in another column. Mrs. William Traub and daughter Wilhelmine went to Chicago yesterday to visit Mr. Traub’s brother and family over Sunday. Mr. Traub will join them tomorrow and accompany them home. The directors of the new farmers’ elevator were in conference Wednesday with a contractor on the construction of their proposed new elevator and will meet two other contracting firms next Tuesday for the same purpose.

The three-weeks-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. John Jenkison, who live in a part of the J. R. Hazen property on south Cullen street, died Tuesday evening from pneumonia and was buried Thursday forenoon in Weston cemetery. Another new supply of typewriter ribbons and carbon papers just received in The Democrat’s fancy stationery and ‘office supply department. We keep constantly in stock the famous Neidich brand of ribbons for practically all makes of standard typewriters, old or late model machines. Another freak of nature has been reported up near Wheatfield—a three-legged calf on the Clark Bros, farm. The animal seemed in perfect health at all times and was able to get ’around with little difficulty, notwithstanding the entire absence of one fore leg. The calf was sold last week to a butcher at Wheatfield. " . Every patriotic but peace-loving American citizen will pray that the complications which are certain to arise between our country and Germany over the latter’s announced policy of resuming a relentless subsea warfare on all ocean traffic may not plunge us into war with alj the sacrifices and horrors attendant thereto. It is very evident that Germany is in worse straits even than generally believed or she would not take this stand and thereby estrange the only real friend she has among the neutral powers.

Edward M. Honan, who came home from Depauw last Sunday, has decided not to go back to his ! school this year. Edward expects t to put out ten acres of beans the i coming season on his father’s farm iin Barkley township, to be vacated ’ soon by Honness Baker, who will , move upon a farm near Valparaiso. Osa Nicholson, who now lives tjipon w - one of the Thompson farms near Parr, will move upon the Honan j farm, but ten acres has been reserved for Edward’s gold mine—a (gold mine if present prices for navy i beans keep up. s J