Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1917 — Page 3

The WEEKS'S DOINGS

Dr. J. Hansson was in South Bend on business Friday. \ I. J. Coe and Miss Harriet Shedd spent Saturday at Purdue university.'- . . Mrs. Nat Heuson, who had been visiting at Chicago Heights, returned home Friday. The PAIGES car is sold by the Auto Sales Co. at Remington. Why not buy one now. ts Miss Edna Tyner of Monon spent Friday here with her aunt, Mrs. True Wood worth. All kinds of fancy correspondence stationery in stock in The Democrat’s stationery department. Mrs. E. E. Malone went to Loganspdrt Friday for a short visit with her husband, who is engaged in business there. John Kellner, son of Conrad Kellner, dislocated a bone in his right wrist Thursday afternoon while cranking a Ford. Miss Ethel Collins returned to her home at Bass Lake Friday after a visit with her sister, Mrs Criswell of northeast of town. Mrs. J. W. McConaway of Chicago, who had been here visiting her mother, Mrs. Henry Randle, returned to her home Saturday.

Mrs. J. H. Payne and daughter, Mrs. Britt Marion, went to Hammond Friday to visit the former’s other daughter, Miss Bertha Payne. Mrs. W. H. Parkison went to Attica Friday for a short visit with Mr. Parkison, who is takiig treatment for rheumatism at the springs, and alsb to visit her parents. Miss Alice Huffman of Remington took the train here Saturday for McCoysburg to visit at the home of Levi Herr, they having formerly near one another in Ohio. The Mt. Ayr Tribune, which has been printed in the Republican .office in this city since its start a few months ago, is now being printed in the Herald office at Goodland.

Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pancoast ot Newton township went to Crown Point Saturday on business con-! nected with the estate of the lat-i ter’s mother, who died a few weeks ■■ ago. Mr. and Mrs. Judson J.’ Hunt delightfully entertained fourteen members of the Freshman Sunday j school class of the Methodist church at a 6 o’clock dinner Friday evening. Miss Lida Renwick and Miss Estella Clarkson, teachers in the 'ft. Ayr school, took the train here Saturday for Monticello to spend Sunday at the home 'of Miss Ren- , wick’s ~F. P. Morton of Hanging Grove township was in town Saturday. Mr. Morton has just moved from near ' Lee to his own farm one mile east and one-half mile north of McCoystnng, on the new stone road. Victor Hoover, accompanied b? another Purdue student, George 1 Strickfaden, of Lafayette, a young man who resided in Rensselaer as a boy, came Up Friday evening to spend Saturday and Sunday with his parents,''Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hoover. P. N. Ellsworth of Vancouver, Washington, a who left here some time ago for his home and was taken sick in Chicago where he has since been, returned here Saturday and will remain with his brotherj B. W Ellsworth, of Barkley township until he has fully recovered, j

Mrs. Bessie Hayden of Lowell returned home Saturday afternoon after a visit since Wednesday at the hcfee of Mrs. Charles W. Platt. Mrs. Hayden is the district deputy of the Royal Neighbor lodge and was here in the interest of our own local lodge. She will return again on March 26, when she yill try to organize a class. I Oscar Ph egley, who was seriously, injured about two weeks ago when a wagon load of farm tools tippet} over on him, pinning him to the ground, is still suffering a great deal of pain. A recent X-ray examination showed that the hip bones were dislocated, but this was corrected and it is now hoped hiss improvement •will be more rapid.

Mrs. John L Gwin was a Chicago visitor Saturday. Mrs. Levi Clouse is suffering with a severe case of tonsilitis. Miss Ida Milliken and John Marlatt were among the Chicago visitors Friday. Mrs. Arthur Trussell of north of town is confined to her bed with sickness. Miss Margaret Jones of Redkey came Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. F. D. Burchard. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vanatta of Fowler sfrent Sunday herb .with Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan. . —. A. K. Moore has recently moved from Kniman to the C. F. Mansfield farm sdutheast of A town. Miss Myrtle Auerbach of Chicago visited here ovej Sunday with the Misses Grace and Fame Haas. For good work and reasonable prices ’phone 416.—LEE RIChC ARDS, Paper Hanger and Painter. Mrs. Anna Wolfrum, who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Edward Herath, returned to her home at Joliet, Illinois, Friday.

Mrs. A. G. Lucas, whose husband has been working in Gary for some time, left for that city Saturday where they will make their future home. 0 Miss Marion Parker was hostess to about twenty friends Saturday night at a dancing party given at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Oren Parker. Joe Reynolds was down' frojn Chicago Saturday visiting his mother, Mrs. S. R. Nichols, and to note the damage done to Earl Reynolds’ residence in Saturday’s fire.

ANNUAL High School Play “A TRIAL OF HEARTS’ 24 - BIG CAST - 24 Ellis Opera House THURSDAY & FRIDAY March 15-16 ■ - ).. ' ■- ■— .' . Admission 35c Tickets at Fendig S s Drug Store

Lon Healy is confined to his home with the grip. —f' The Democrat editor was a Lafayette business goer Friday. .) . ■ - —— ■ v Omar Osborne and G. M. Babcock spent Saturday night in Chicago. ■ C. Earl Duvall made his customary bi-weekly trip to Rockville Saturday night, returning home Monday. v Rev. J. B Fleming went to Chicago Heights Monday to be present at an operation to be performed on his daughter. Mrs. Lottie Stokes returned to her home in Hammond Saturday after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor. * Saturday was quite a pleasant day also, and one of the largest Saturday crowds was in town that Rensselaer has had for some time. Qari Hamacher of Lowell was down Saturday* on business connected with the estate of his deceased mother-in-law, Mrs. Alex Leach. I?. ■ ' For complete satisfaction try Nut Margarine, the perfect oleomargarine; rich, yet mild; melts in the mouth like snow. Not a bit lardy. 28c a pound.—-RHOAD’S GROCERY. < Mrs. Frank Lieser of Lockport, Illinois, who had been visiting her niece, Mrs. Joseph Kanne, and other relatives, went to, Gary Saturday for a short visit before returning home.

We now have our own delivery and can give prompt service. GiVe us your order soy flour or feed. We specialize on 'all kinds of poultry feed.—IROQUOIS ROLLER MILLS. Phone 456. ml 7 Dr. 0. E. Johnson returned Saturday from Rochester, Minnesota, where he was called last Wednesday by the illness of his mother, who was operated on at the Mayo Brothers hospital for gallstones. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kohler of Chicago Heights, Illinois, drove down in their car Sunday to visit relatives here. Mr. Kohler returned home Monday but Mrs. Kohler will remain here for the week. Mr. Kohler will return here Saturday to accompany his wife home.

Saturday is St. Patrick’s day,„.

Mrs. J. F. Irwin is suffering from al- severe nervous breakdown. Mrs. John Rusk of Barkley^ township is quite sick with heart trouble. - Russell, the little son- of Mr. and Mrs. Van Gra,nt', is suffering from a severe case of tonsilitis. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Sage went to Geneseo, Illinois, Monday to visit Airs. Sage’s parents. Miss Laura Brinker of Winamac spent Sunday Jbere the guest of the Misses Hazel and Jacks. Emory Mills returned to his home at (Muncie Monday and was accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Anna Mills. '■ • E. G. Whitford, wife and daughter of Fall lowa, visited here over Sunday with his uncle, William Erwin. .Joseph Borntrager, Arthur Watson, fheodore Kelper and Mrs. Harvey Moore were Lafayette visitors Monday. Emmet Pullins, Richard Grow and Mesdames Henry Luers, George Kanne and A. Halleck were among the Chicago visitors Monday. A. E. 'Conrad returned to Logansport Monday after visiting here with his sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Shafer. Airs. John Werner went to Indianapolis Monday with her daughter Margaret, who will resume her studies at the school for the blind.

Yesterday’s markets: Corn, $1: oats, 58c; wheat, .$1.75; rye, $1.25. The prices one year ago Corn, 60c; oats, 37c; wheat, 90c; rye, 75 c. Mr: and Mrs. Arnold Luers and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kanne visited Saturday and Sun'day with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Luers at Kouts. Misses Gertrude and Gwendolyn Ka’nnal returned Monday from a three months’ stay in the South. They visited many places of interest and had a most delightful journey. Mrs. Henry Randle suffered a severe fall at her home last Friday, breaking her hip joint. She was given prompt treatment and is resting as well as could be expected, although she will be confined for some time. ". "

Ves Richards received a message from Mrs: Richards -Monday* announcing the death of her* son, Clarence Hamilton, at Minneapolis, .Minnesota. Death was caused from pneumonia. It was understood that the bocjy would be brought here for burial. Anybody ' wanting trees, ornamental or fruit, see Charles Pefley, Rensselaer, Ind. Every tree or shrub guaranteed to grow and true to name. From the Guarantee Nursery Co., Rochester, N. Y. Trees replaced this fall free of charge if they die this spring. ts Mrs. John E. Alter and daughter, Mrs. Arthur left Monday morning for Oakmont, Pennsylvania, to which place Mr. And Mrs. McAuly are moving from Chicago Hleights, Mr., McAuly having been promoted and transferred from the latter place. . - F. L. Wildrick, superintendent of the Remington schools, was in Rensselaer Sunday enroute home from Gary and Englewood, w'here he been visiting the schools. Mr. Wildrick’s name. has been mentioned in connection with the coming election of a county superintendent, but he has signified a desire to remain with his present work. A dispatch from Dyer, Lake county, states that John J. Lawler, the Chicago live stock commission man who owns several thousand acres of land in Jasper and Newton counties and about. 1,000 acres near has added to his holdings near the latter place by the purchase of the William C. Claussen farm, on the old Chicago road, between Dyer and Glenwood, Illinois. The consideration is given at $35,666.

A meeting will be held at the Kennedy school three miles north of Wheatfield on Thursday evening, March 15, for the purpose of considering the formation of a community club having for its purpose the improvement of the homes and farms of the locality. The county agent and others will appear on the program. Everyone is invited to attend. A similar meeting will be held in the school house at Me* Coysburg ■bn ~ Tuesday evening, March 21, and a third will be held in the Blue Grass school In Newton township on Wednesday evening/ March 22.

David Blitstein of Chicago was in the city oh business Monday. J. D. has been confined to his home since Saturday with aja attack of rheumatism. Dorothy, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Donnelly pt north of town, Is quite sick with pneumonia. Miss Alice Coppess of Medaryville came Sunday evening to spend several days at the home of W. F. Osborne and family. ’ _ Walter Hopkins moved Monday to the property in the north part of town recently purchased by N. Hopkins o( Charles Paxton. The small son of Frank Ellis was bitten by a dog last week and to ascertain if the animal had any symptoms of \rabies +t was killed and the head sent to the pasteur iiisittute. Word was sent back that the head showed no trace of the disease. ' Work at the Roth garment factory is progressing rapidly. Yesterday noon there were forty-two operators at work, besides the four instructors. New employes are being added each day as fast as they can be given Instruction, and before the end of the week the number will be well over fifty.

The Thompson brothers public sale, held Saturday, was the largest sale in this vicinity this season, totalling over sß,ooo. Three hundred head of horses, cattle, hogs and sheep were sold and with the exception of some of the horses and sheep everything brought good prices. Miss Alice Ryan was hostess to ten friends at an elegantly ap- 1 pointed dinner Sunday at her Gillam township home. Those present from Rensselaer were Frank Hill, Jr., Misses Louella and Edna Robinson, Ross Lakin, Miss Lucille and John Luers, Miss Jane Parkison and Robert Reeve. Mrs. Newton Koupke passed away Friday afternoon at her home at . Newland. Mrs. Kou-pke had been suffering from tuberculosis for many months and realized long ago that recovery was impossible. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Barkley church and burial made in the Brown cemetery.

Mrs. John Vanatta has received word of the death of Mrs. Thomas Large of Eden, Idaho, ' wife of Thomas Large, who was well known here. Mrs. Large died March 7 in the Wesley hospital in Chicago, aged about 45 years. She had been visiting In'Michigan and was taken sick in Chicago while enroute home. The cause of death was pneumonia. Levi Clouse was called to Kersey last Friday by the death of his sister, Mrs. John Tyler, who died near that place on Thursday from an attack of heart trouble. Mrs. Tyler had only been sick for about ten days and her death was quite a shock to her relatives and rriends. She was 66 years of age. The funeral was held Saturday morning at 10:30 from the house and burial made in the Demotte cemetery. Mabel, the 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Bare of Newton township, died Sunday morning after an illness of only ten days from measles and other complications, and was buried in Weston cemetery yesterday morning at 10 o’clock. Owing to the fact that all the other members of thfe family except Mr. Bare are sick with the same disease, no public funeral was held, there being services at thfe grave only.

Mrs! Sarah Rich of Remington, widow of William L. Rich, died at her home there Sunday evening at the age of 72 years. Her husband preceded her in death about a year ago. M rs. Ri ch was the grandmother of Lester Rich of this city, and is survived by three sons. Jacob D. Rich of Brook, Frank/C. Rich Of Kentland and Walter E. Rich of Goodland. Funeral services were held at . the Remington Christian church at 2:30 yesterday afternoon.

GRAIN MEN ELECT OFFICERS

Lafayette, March 10. —At the final session of the second annual convention of the Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ association of Indiana he’d yesterday afternoon at the Fowler hr tel, officers for 19,17 and were f'* elected. J. S. Minch of Chalmers was elected president; C. E. Barracks of Anderson, first vice-presi-dent; E. G. McCollum of Wolcott, secretary; W. J. Little of Remington, treasurer, and H. E. VanNuys, Thorntown; E. G. McCollum, Wolcott; Fred 4 Roberts, Monticello; James Sheedy, Fowler, and Frank Glaspie, directors. The speakers at yesterday’s sessions were Prof. G. I. Christie of Purdue* and Millard R. Myers of Chicago.

4 BIG DAYS ■H'S Every Day this Week

Beginning at 10 a. m. we will have big daily specials at These Very Low Prices Take advantage of these seasonable offerings as they are far below the present values and mean a very liberal sacrifice in our profits at a time when prices on these same articles are advancing rapidly.

Each Day's Sale starts at 10 a. in., and lasts till closing time. • </,' y. ■■■ -■ ~ WEDNESDAY All 12%c and 15c Curtain Goods, about 15 patterns, per yard’ 10c. THURSDAY R. M. C. Crochet Cotton, 3 balls for 25«. , ' ■ ' ■ FRIDAY All Flower Pots priced Choice of Hat Frames 10c, 1... 1 SATURDAY Free—With each Corset bought we will give a 35c German China Salad. All l-qt< and %-gal. Measuring Cups sc. All 1-pint Tin Cups 6 for 10c.

You will also find many other seasonable goods that will interest you and in which we excel, both in quality and price. " Here are a few: . Millinery—ready -to - wear Hats, Flowers, Braids, etc. Hardware —Rakes, Htoes, Snape, Garden Trowels, etc. Seeds—Dunkirk & Fairy Package Seeds and Leonard Bulk Seeds. - Easter Novelties of. all kinds Middies—All the newest styles. Waists—a new assortment will be in next week. Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear—very exceptional values. China—Always, and all kinds BURCHARD’S 'BIB 5 AND 10C STORE All goods delivered within city limits between now and Easter. ■,■-.■.' I, • • I a