Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1917 — The WEEKS'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEKS'S DOINGS

Fred Phillips was in Chicago on business Tuesday. Dr. H. J. Kannal went to Lafayette on business Wednesday. Chauncey McCully of Remington ■was a business visitor in the city Wednesday. . ’’’Mrs. K. Zillhart of Barkley township had her tonsils removed at the hospital Wednesday. D. D. Johnson of west* of town ■went to Dinger, Oklahoma, Tuesday for a visit with his sister. Adam Flesher weijit to Portland Tuesday to attend the - funeral of his brother, William Flesher. Fern Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, is suffering from an attack of appendicitis. _____■ A bargain for some one—Secondhand canopy top carriage, in good shape. Price O. K. —C. A. ROBERTS. W. H. • Taylor, one of the pioneer residents of Keener township, was in the city on business Monday. Miss Anna Harmon, teacher of history and algebra in the Renssel- • aer high school, visited the Lowell school Tuesday. ", . - The old reliable Hayes fourwheel corn planter is still superior to all. Ask your neighbor.— WARNER BROS. John C. Chilcote of Mt. Ayr, who is being treated for gangrene at the county hospital, had the infected toe removed Tuesday. Many work shoes at practically last year’s prices. We bought before the big advances. From $2.50 to $4.50. —B. N. FENDIG’S SHOE STORE. Mrs. Coral Hunsberger left Wednesday for her home at Dowagiac, Michigan, after a visit with the Ropp families and other relatives in Ja«per county.

Mrs. Magdelena Myer, who had been spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. William Donnelly, in Houston, Texas, returned home : Thursday afternoon. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, $1.40; oats, 66c; wheat, $2.25; rye, $1.40. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 65c; oats, 38c; wheat, 90c; rye, 75c. The David Elder home, which has been under quarantine for scarlet fever, one of the boys hav„,ing the disease,* was released from quarantine yesterday. Grant Hall of Fowler is being spoken of as a likely candidate for delegate the constitutional convention. Warren McCray of Kentland is also said to be “willing” to serve. Miss Leona Weiss, who underwent an operation at the county hospital recently, has made good improvement and was taken to the family home in Newton township Tuesday.

Miss Agnes Platt returned Wednesday from a visit with relatives in Chicago. She was accompanied to the city last Friday by her brother Floyd, the latter returning Sunday evening. Daniel Wolfe of Demotte, the aged father of Mrs. August R. Schultz of Union township, was operated on Tuesday at the hospital. The operation was performed by a Chicago specialist and local physicians. His condition is improved. Anybody wanting trees, ornamental or fruit, see Charles Pefley, Rensselaer, Indiana. 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

Ellis Jones of Remington was here on business Wednesday. Mrs. Fred Hicks of Remington took the tarin here Wednesday for Lafayette. The PAIGE car is sold • by the Auto Sales Co. at Remington'. Why not buy one now. ts Jz J.. Montgomery and F. E. Warne were among the Chicago visitors Wednesday. You can reduce your footwear biTT by using canvas.—B. N. FENDIG’S SHOE STORE. A new supply of vegetable parchment butter wrappers just received at The Democrat office, 30c per 100. For good work and reasonable prices, ’phond 416.—LEE RICHARDS, paper hanger and painter. Miss Gertie Leopold spent a fev days this week with her sister, Mrs. Leo Wolfe, and family at Hammond. Mrs. Alma Retherford moved to the Benjamin Harris Home Wednesday frqin the Dr. Myers property north of the latter’s residence. .... Dr. Rose M. Remmek has returned from Muneie and will open her office Saturday, April 21. Eyes examined and glasses fitted.—Advt. W. H. Barkley and family left yesterday for their new home in Chicago. An auto van from Hammond moved their household effects overland. Miss Maurine Tuteur was hostess to a number of friends Wednesday afternoon at a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Fred Rhoades, formerly Miss Cora Bruner.

Lumber was hauleil on the ground this week for Harry Watson’s fine new bungalow on Park avenue, the basement for which was put in last fall. * Don’t forget The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office supply department when in need of correspondence cards, stationery, typewriter ribbons and papers, the better grade of lead pencils, ink erasers, etc., etc. Our stock is complete with children’s shoes or tennis shoes and sandals in black, white or tan./' Buy while the assortment is complete. Prices may go higher. No cjiance to get lower.—B. N. FENDIG’S SHOE STORE. I have opened an office on Harrison street and am prepared to do surveying of all kinds. I have maps of Jasper county and Rensselaer and have ditchers’ stafffe for sale.—L. A. BOSTWICK, Rensselaer, Ind. Phone 549, and have a car. ml Letters remaining uncalled for in "the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ending April 16: Della Hohl, J. W. Smith, Willard Johnson, Supt. J. H. Jackson. The above letters will be sent to the dead letter office April 30 if not previously called f Or.

Oliver Hershman, a former Jasper county boy, was here Tuesday Visiting friends. He has been in the Northwest for some- years and is married and has three children. He recently moved to Cro a wn Point where he is studying law in the office of his brother, George. E. Hershman. y - ■ Harvey W. Wood, Sr. z celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday anniversary Tuesday. All of the seven [children, the grandchildren and I eight great grandchildren were . present, and Za big family dinner , was one of the notable features of | the day. Mr. Wood was the recipient of many beautiful and useI ful gifts.

Farmers hereabouts are busily -engaged in plowing for corn this week. * Mr. and, Mrs. Van Grant went to Chicago Thursday to spend the week-end with friends. Miss Lauretta Nagel went to Lafayette Thursday for a few days’ visit with relatives and friends. White* canvas shoes of every style for men, women and children, at B. N. FENDIG’S SHOE STORE. Carpenters are now at work putting up the frame for Frank Kresler’s new residence on Front street. , Miss Mary Leatherman went to. Indianapolis Wednesday for a few days’ with her sister, Mrs. H. K. Fayne. , . Maxwells advance S3O on May Orders will be filled as received at the present prices.-—MAIN GAR-. AGE. . hil I I Harry White has been confined to his home for several days' with, the measles, but he has made goodj recovery and hopes to be out in a few days. ■ ' ' . Seed corn is high priced and you want the most accurate planter, made. This is the Hayes fourwheel pkt nt er. Ask - your neighbor. —WARNER BROS. Shipments to be made. every Wednesday of Panama hats to be cleaned and re-blocked> —THE , CLOTHING HOUSE OF WILLIAM TRAUB. . • • R. J. Yeoman, wife, son Hugh and daughter Edna Of Newton township left yesteiahjQ- morning via auto for Indianapolis and Morgantown, Indiana, to visit relatives over Sunday. We have a new of colored footwear for women in .ivory, I gray, tan, bronze or black. Price range, $3.50 to sll. Inspect ’ our styles and investigate our prices. —B. N. FENDIG’S SHOE STORE. Mark O. Sayier of Mitchell, South Dakota, arrived here Wednesday for a short visit with relatives and friends. From here he will g© to Marion, Ohio, to visit his father, Benjamin Sayler, and sister, Mrs.* Harriet Wolfenger. Mrs. B. F. Learning left Tuesday for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to visit relatives. She will be accompanied home by her mother, Mrs. Marion I. Spitler, who has been there at the home of her son, Lycurgus, for some time. Miss Anice Harper of Indianapolis has been employed by-—the county hospital and entered upon her duties Wednesday. She was formerly surgical nurse at the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis and comes well, recommended. Samuel English went to Brook-" ston Tuesday to spend a few days .with his father, John English, who recently suffered a stroke of paralysis. However, he is considerably improved and the former expects to leave today for his home in Canada. A The members of the. Odd Fellows, lodge enjoyed a banquet and social. times, at their hall Wednesday, night. The affair was the climax | of. a campaign for new members, i which resulted in an 'lncrease of, thirteen brothers. Short fraternal talks were made by C, W. Hanley, I. N. Warren, G. A. Williams and . W. .1* Bott. They are planting corn to some extent over about Kentland th’S, week. “Uncle” Joseph Smith wasj at Kentland Thursday and says that he saw one field of sixty acres , that was .all planted. It is prob-. able that some little planting will, be done in this vicinity next week! if the weather continued warm, al-j though most farmers are averse tp planting before May. . j L . _ To demonstrate the wonderful i features of the Vesta indestructible ' isolators we opened up a starting i battery, removed the wood separators and assembled again minus its insulation. It worked and tested line any new battery. Think of it, a battery that will light your lamps and crank your engine without insulation between the positive and negative plates. No other battery in the world can do it. When we say “double life” we mean something- RENSSELAER GARAGE. • A farm loan organization has been formed in Walker township, with Charles Scott, president; liam Stalbaum, vice-president, and V. M. Peer, -secretary-treasurer. The directors are David Peer, Joseph Salrin, William Stalbaum, Harry E. Neier and Philip Stoller. The loan committee is composed o£ Jacob Johnson, James Smith and Louis Zick, with Philip Stoller substitute. The organization meets oh the first Saturday evening of each month at Walker Center school house.

Orson Peck and Earl Leek were over from Mt. Ayr on business yesterday. • —Mrs.Alt Donnelly went to Chicago Thursday to spend a few days with relatives. John E. Alter went to Forest, Indiana, Thursday to see his brother Isaac, who is in poor health. H. R. Kurrie and Floyd Amsler were at Indianapolis this week receiving the Scottish Rite and Shrine degrees in the Masonic lodge. The warm, growing weather still, continues, and the past few days have been quite pleasant. More light rains are needed and are prophesied by the weather bureau. . Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Adams and Mrs. William M. Hoover, accompanied by Mrs. W. E. Adams of Franklin, Indiana, drove over to Watseka, Illinois, Thursday and visited Mrs. Frances Williams, a daughter of Henry I. Adams, de-1 ceased, formerly of» Rensselaer.

Married in Indianapolis on Friday afternoon, March 30, 1917, Miss Blanche Embree, a former efficient and popular night operator for the local telephone company, to Forest Chancellor of Indianapolis, Rev. F. H. Beard of this city pronouncing the ceremony. Mr. nnd Mrs. Chancellor will make their home in Indianapolis. Ffeank Welsh of Jordan township has received a setting of English Sussex eggs from California, and I reposes to raise some of that breed of chickens. The capons of this variety frequently develop until they weigh ’as much as twentyeight pounds—at least Frank says so—-and the average weight of the hens and cockerels is ten and fourteen pounds. Word was received herb Wednesday that the residence on the Jackson .plantation near Gloster, Mississippi, had been destroyed by fire. This plantation was but lately contracted for by Leslie Clark of this city, and it was the intention of Harve J. Robinson and family of Rensselaer and Air. and Mrs. Will Porter of Hammond to move there, but the fire may cause the deal to fall through.

The Remington young men who went to Indianapolis the first of the week to enlist in the navy were B. H.- Zimmerman, Ross Turner, Ernest . Maxwell, Everett Sheerer and Arthur Cowgill. Zimmerman was rejected because oi’ a defective right arm, and Cowgill, whose physical condition was not up to standard but may be remedied by treatment so that he will pass later.

A writer in the Saturday Evefling Post referred to a small town where they still had hitching posts for farmer customers. Well, Rensselaer, Indiana, has hitching barns for their customers and the boys. Now, Mr. Farmer and boys, just think of this and hitch to one of Roberts’ Wagons or Buggies and you will have the best. On Front street, Rensselaer.—C. A. ROBERTS. ts Miss ftrace Peyton, formerly of Rensselaer, a Cuban missionary, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Tharp, of whom she is a niece. Miss Peyton is connected with the Baptist mission near Santiago, Cuba, and w r as an eye witness to some of the revolutionary performances recently pulled off in that country. She says there was an engagement almost in front of the mission house, but that it was practically bloodjess. The revolutionists and the soldiers, it seems, did not ..try to inflict much damage on each ether. —White County Democrat.

Mrs. Nelson Randle has commenced the excavation work on a new residence just south of their present residence on McKinley hve?nue. The woman of Rensselaer are reminded of the patriotic meeting to be held at the court house at 3 o’clock this afternoon. We have a duty to .perform ill this trying hour v and all are urged to be present. Mrs. T. J. McCoy.of Grand Rapids, Michiga‘ll, ’stopped off here Wednesday on her way home from Lafayette where she visited her brother’s family, and visited ®un til Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Ora T. Ross. William Tilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tilton, and Marcus Peek, Son of Mrs. O. M. Peek, have joined the United States navy at the Indianapolis recruiting station, and are now at the Great Lake training station north Chicago. W. D. Meyers of Walker township was taken quite sick while in the sheriff’s office at the court house Tuesday. A physiclap was called but he apparently grow worse and was then removed to the hospital for treatment.’ By Wednesday ho was considerably .improved and able to return to his home, . . - Miss Vera E. Smalley of Remington won the McMahan prize for 1916-17. The prize is offered yearly by DE”' Adah McMahan of Lafayette to the girls of the university [for the best essay on some subject Jof special interest to woman. Miss Smalley’s subject was “Journalism as a Profession for Women.’’ The i prize consists of $25.

-Another new supply of calling cards just received in The Democrat’s fancy, stationery and office supply department. Correct sizes for “Mrs.,” “Miss” and “Mr.’’ in either kid or linen finish. We sell ’em either plain or printed. And if you wjint copper-plate engraved cards we can supply you on short notice and at lower prices than you would pay elsewhere, Wednesday was the hottest day thus far this spring, the mercury reaching 85 degrees in the shade at 2 p. m. Starting about 2 o’clock Thursday morning and continuing until after 6 o’clock, we got one of the nicest rains one ever saw. On account of the heat Wednesday and the fact that we had not had much rain, and the ground was quite dry, everyone expected a severe electrical storm with the possibility of heavy wind when rain did come. Instead of this, however, a nice gentle rain, that could n6t have been better had a special order been Sent in for it, came. It did a world of good and started vegetation of all kinds as well as opening up the buds On shade trees and causing all nature to smile & welcome. : I ■ ■ ■ '