Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1917 — The WEEKS'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEKS'S DOINGS

Mrs. Laura B. Fate spent a few days this week in Indianapolis. Ross Benjamin and Attorney Emmet Laßue were Lafayette visitors Thursday. The babe of Mr. and Mrs. Mort Murray is sick with bronchial pneumonia. A nice bunch of yearlings at the Harvey Davisson & Son sale Monday, February 26. The Pythian Sisters enjoyed a Valentine , party at their temple Wednesday evening. A new supply of vegetable parchment butter wrappers just received at The Democrat office, 30c per 100.

Louis R. Eisenberg of Chicago is a, week-end guest of his wife at the home ,of her mother, Mrs. N. Fendig. Fresh Iceburg head-lettuce; white grapes, sweet potatoes, cabbage and rutabagas.—ROWLES & PARKER. Phone 95. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Davisson of Barkley township are still quite sick with measles and other complications. The aged mother of Mrs. Russell Van Hook of just west of town is quite sick with pneumonia at the home of the latter. Miss Ruth Ames went to Fair Oaks Thursday to substitute tor one of the regular teachers there who was on the sick list. Mrs. Theodore Snow went\ to Chicago Heights, Illinois, Thursday to assist in caring for her son’s children, who have the measles. Edward M. Honan has been confined to the house for several days with bronchial pneumonia, but was reported to be decidedly better yesterday. Delos Thompson returned Wednesday from a month’s sojourn at Ft. Myers, Florida. He reports that the recent freeze there did a fearful amount of damage. Frank W. Fisher of Kankakee township will have a general public sale about the middle of March, at Which about 500 bushels of nice seed oats and about the same amount of corn will be sold. Frapk has rented out his farm lands and will take it easy the conwfog season.

E. P. Lane was a business visitor in Indianapolis Thursday. The PAIGE car is sold by the Auto Sales Co. at Remington. Why not buy one now. ts Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Witham of near Rosebud made a business trip to Monticello Tuesday. l ' Saturday only you can buy one dozpn regular 50c oranges for 33c per dozen. —ROWLES & PARKER. R. A. Hopkins of Spokane, Washington, who had been visiting relatives here, departed for his home Tuesday.

J. C. Mcßee and son of Monon were in town Tuesday for a short visit with his sister, Mrs. C. M. Sands, and family. Mrs. Della Ritchey and son spent a few days the first of the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, of hear Kniman. Mrs. Frdnk Hill, who has been quite sick / for some time past, is reported to be improving and able to sit up i short time each day. 1 Drs. H/. L. Brown and W. L. Myer were in Hammond Wednesday attending a meeting of the Northwestern /Indiana Dental association. Saturday we will put on sale 200 dozen /extra fancy, sweet, juicy naval granges, 50c value at 33c per dozen.y—ROWLES & PARKER. Phone/ 95. _ >, , A fine looking grey roadster, bearing a Jacksonville, Florida, license number, passed through Rensselaer about noon Thursday, northbound.

The young son ’of William Dunlap of near Pleasant Ridge is quite sick with pneumonia -at the home of his uncle, Attorney John A. Dunlap, in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Seibert - and daughter of Chicago, who had visited since Thursday with his sister, Mrs. Floyd Amsler, and family, returned home Tuesday. Omar Osborne returned to Chi-cago-Thursday morning to take a good position in the valuation department of the Illinois Central railroad offices at a salary of $22.50 per week to start on. Miss Margaret Babcock, who went to Madison, Wisconsin, last week to visit her brother; and not to enter the university there as reported, has returned and resumed her studies at Depauw university. Mr. ..and Mrs. Joe Luers came down from Kouts Tuesday evening to attend the Lonergan-Paxton wedding and to look after some business matters. Joe is rtinning a general store at Kouts and doing a nice business. At a public sale up near North Judson Tuesday we are told that corn sold at $1.26 per bushel and .potatoes at $3.50 per bushel. Last week, at the Spangle sale, on the former George Nichols farm in Walker township, corn sold at SI.OB per bushel and seed oats at 6 7 cents.

The First National bank will move to the Williams-Stockton building just east of the Roth Bros, meat market on next Thursday, February 22, where the business of the bank will be carried on as usual during the erection of their new building on the site of their present location. j B. G. Parks, formerly of Rerning- \ ton, writes " from Etna Green, In-. ’ diana, in renewing his subscription for The Democrat, and says: “We are always anxious for The Democrat to come as it is like getting a letter from home. We have been i having very cold weather here; 10 (below zero this (Monday) morning. ■We have all had a round of the (.grip, but are . better notv. Regards to all old friends. M . . cNext Monday, February 19, is th<* i fifty-third anniversary of the fdund- | ing of the K. of P. lodge. Appropriate celebrations will be held by a majority of the JodgesNthroughout the country in honor of the event. The Rensselaer lodge, which meets in regular session on Tuesday evening, will commemorate the event then instead of on Monday night, and it is desired that all Knights who can do so be present.

O. K. Rainier was a business at Monticello Tuesday? B. F. Feudig was in Chicago on business. Thursday, afternoon and yesterday. S. P. Haskell was over from Wolcott Thursday spending the day with relatives. • The Van Rensselaer club • announces another dance at the club rooms for next Monday evening. If you want a nice young team or good milch cows, attend the Harvey Davisson & Son sale Monday, February 26. Milton Roth and family left Thursday for Miami, Flprida, where they w’ill remain until about May 1 for the benefit of Mr. Roth's health. Married, February 14, at the home of Rev. W. H. Sayler, Mr. Beftie L. Wood to Miss Lillian B. Bailey, both of McCoysburg, Rev. Sayler officiating. By special arrangement we have secured a choice lot of fancy naval oranges, regular 50 c per dozen value, for Saturday only 33c per dozen.—ROWLES & PARKER. ’ W. L. Bott, owner of the local telephone exchange, was at Lafayette Thursday attending the. regular monthly meeting of the managers of some thirty exchanges in th*is section of Indiana.

Miss Marjorie Morlan has been quite sick this week with lung fever, but was reported some better yesterday. Her sister, Miss Doris Morlan, who is a student nurse at the county hospital, is attending her. Fowler, item in Lafayette Journal: Mrs. Charles Bennette and Mrs. Chris Anstette went Wednesday noon to Lafayettp to visit Blanche Pratt of Remington, who was operated on there several day’s ago for appendicitis. Mr. and Mrs. John I. Gwin left Tuesday for Rodger Mills county, Oklahoma, to look at some land which they are thinking of purchasing. They will also visit friends at Sayre and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Wichita, Kansas. John R. Lewis of Barkley township was in Pine Village Thursday attending a big Hampshire hog sale. The sale was held by Claire Rhode, the famous football and basket-ball manager, who also makes a specialty of raising Hampshire hogs.

Miss Rishling is preparing to open a millinery parlor in the Collins shoe store room. Some of the fixtures have already been installed and others will be added in the near future, ’ and she expects to be ready Jo open for business early next month. The Junior Dramatic club of the parochial school has been rehearsing for some time for. the rendition of “Alice in the Land of Dreams," and “Done and Gone,” at the parochial theater this Friday evening. Considerable interest attaches to the former play in that it is a work of our young townsman, Lon Healy, and it is certain that a capacity audience will be out. The following children of the late Mrs. Robert Livingston attended her funeral here last Friday: Mrs. J L. Hill, Lowell, Indiana; Samuel A. Livingston, Norman, Oklahoma; Mrs. William Garrison, Hebron, Indiana; Mrs. A. C. Pancoast, Rensselaer, Indiana; Mrs. Belle Hedlund, c Cement, Oklahoma; Mrs. David Knowles, Cement, Oklahoma; Mrs. I. B. Weigle,- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Mrs. Rufus Douglas, Miles City, Montana; Mrs. iH. T. Bruce, Broken Bow, Nebraska. —Crown Point Star.

Mrs. Isaac Wiltshire was called to Fowler Tuesday by the death of her nephew, Truman Childress, a young man 21 years of age who, with his brother,, hadbeen farmr ing seven miles southwest of Earl Park, just over the line in Illinois. His death was caused from pneumonia. He was a son of J. W. Childress of three miles north of Fowler. ' The funeral, was held from the Methodist church at Fowler Thursday afternoon and burial made in the Fowler cemetery. The mother, a sister and brother of the young man were in Alabama visiting the former’s aged mother, and had been there only a short time when called back by his sudden death. Isaac Wiltshire went over Thursday via auto to attend the funeral.

Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 96q.; oats, 54c; wheat, $1.70; rye, $1.25. The prices a year ago were: Corn, 64c; oats, 42c; wheat, $1 to' $1.15; rye, 75c. Mrs. J. A, Grant left Thursday for New Orleans in response to a message stating that her brother-in-law. Dr. Tynn, was quite sick and not expected to recover. L. A. Miller of Thayer, who has been in the county hospital for the past' few days taking treatment, will be morning by a local physician. Purchase your calling cards, correspondence cards, correspondence stationery and envelopes from The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. We carry the most complete line to bo found outside the large cities. A. M. Bringle was down from Fair Oaks yesterday closing up- the purchase of the Mrs. Martha Dickinson property at that place. Mr. Bringle how owns four properties in Fair Oaks, three of which he rents out. Three operations were performed at. the county hospital - Thursday night by Dr. Kanavel of Chicago, assisted by two local physicians. The patients were Mrs. Vern Robinson, Mrs. Ed Ranton, Sr.,, and Henry Pierson, all of Rensselaer. The operations were all successful and the patients seem td be doing very nicely at this writing.