Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1917 — BROOK [ARTICLE]

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(From the Reporter) •Mrs. Job English has been quite sick this week with pneumonia. Wilbur Crudden visited the past

week with hi' B mother and brother in Lafayette. Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs. Haldman and Herman Ploutz of Goodland were visitors at the E. L. James home on Wednesday. Mrs. Charles Stearman left for New Mexico on Wednesday morning and will be gone for some time on account of ill health. We, received word from Arthur Clinton >his week that he is now living near Rochester, he has purchased an improved farm of 87 3-4 acres, 3% miles northeast of town. Friends of Miss Madeline Ramp gave her a surprise shower at the home of Mrs. Everett Hess on last Friday evening. She was the recipient of a number of useful and beautiful presents and her friends spent a delightful evening and were served with excellent refreshments.