Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1917 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

D. M. Worland was in Chicago on business Friday. Buy your gasoline engines of the Watson Plumbing Co. ts Willard Zea spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.' Chester Zea, west of Conrad. The Forester baseball team will go to Lowell Sunday to play the regular team at that place. .Mrs. Marion S. Learning and children of Lafayette came Friday for a few visit with relatives here. James Lefler came up from Lafayette Saturday for a week’s visit with relatives> in and about Rensselaer. < Joseph Reeve, Omar Osborne, Herman Lange and Forest Morlan were among those down from Chicago Sunday visiting home folks. Shipments to be maGt every Wednesday of Panama hats to be cleaned and re-blocked. —THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WILLIAM TRAUB. Mr. and Mrs. John Weiss of 'Goodland came over the last of the week for a few days’ visit with their son Charles and family of Newton township. Mrs. Erret Graham went to Indianapolis Friday afternoon for a few days’ visit with her husband, who Is in the officers’ training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Among the Chicago visitors Monday were Hiram Day, Frank Hill, F. E. Warne and Glenn H. Swaim. The, latter has a position there and commenced work this week.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mauck expect to get moved to their farm in Newton township about the last of the month. A new house, 24x34, and other improvements are being made on the farm. J. J. Montgomery went to Rockford, Illinois, Saturday afternoon and drove back. Sunday with Mrs. Montgomery, who had been visiting relatives there for a couple of weeks, in their Maxwell roadster. Mrs. J. E. Harrod of Altoona, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. R. M. Gregg of Chicago, who were here during the last illness and death and burial of their mother, Mrs. Margaret Pullin, departed for their homes Friday. Charles Lilly of Indianapolis, president of the Lilly Varnish company, was a guest Saturday oL Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tobias. He was enroute to California where hp has extensive mining interests. Mrs. Louise Reeve and son Charles, the former a daughter of Mr. Lilly, have also been enjoying a visit here. Preston S. Hemphill of Greensburg, Kansas, a brother of Luther and I. N. Hemphill of this city, and , who had been in poor health for gome time, passed away last Thursday. He was about 60 years of age. Funeral services were held Saturday and burial made in Kansas. None of the relatives from here were able to attend* A writer in the Saturday Evening Post recently 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 world’s best. On Front street, Rensselaer. —C. A. ROBERTS. ts

Sam Fendig and Van Grant spent Sunday in Chicago. Miss* Hazel Hullinger of Francesville is the guest of Mrs. Orla Clouse. The PAIGE car is sold by the Auto Sales Co. at, Remington. Why not buy one now? ts Dr. H. L. Brown is at Indianapolis representing the local Masonic lodge at the state meeting. Clifford Bever came over from Francesville Saturday and spent Sunday with his family here. ■fr —, Mrs. Don Beam Was at Indianapolis Saturday and Sunday visiting her husband, a member of the officers’ reserve corps. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Williams returned Saturday evening from East Liberty, Ohio, where they had spent a week on their farm. John Hemphill, who is employed by Montgomery Ward & Co.in Chicago, was here Sunday visiting his father, I. N. Hemphill, and family. Mrs. E. Israel, accompanied by her little great-granddaughter, Mary Coffell, went to Colburn Saturday for a short visit with Mrs. Edna Coffell.

Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Strecker were at East Chicago Friday visiting their son Paul, who is secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of the Second Indiana infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce White went to Tefft Sunday via auto and spent the day with the latter’s sister, Mrs. William Warren, and brothers, Louis and Robert Zick. If your Willys-Knight starts hard when it’s cold, take it to the Vesta station. They will clear up your trouble in about one hour’s labor. —RENSSELAER GARAGE. Harrison Turner, the aged driver of the Kankakee township school hack that was hit by a Three-I train last week, died Sunday morning at his home near Tefft. Work was started Monday at the Washington street bridge on the taking up and replacing with a twenty-inch sewer the ten-inch sewer laid a part of the way a few years ago. Mrs. Harry Eger returned Sunday night from St. Louis where she had been called on account of the illness of her father, Dr. James T. Ashlock. The latter is still in a very critical condition.

Mr. and Mrs. Chester Besse of Wolcott, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stokes and little son of Hammond and Mr. and Mrs. Ross L. Williams of LaHogue, Illinois, were guests Sunday at the home of the ladies’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor. Word has been received here by relatiijes that Orlie Pollard, who went to Colorado Springs, Colorado, some time ago for the benefit of his health, is very much improved. He is being treated by a Chicago specialist, who is apparently helping him as much as the climate. The Overland automobile film, which was to have been shown at the Star theater Saturday afternoon and evening, failed to arrive because of an unusual demand to see them elsewhere. Howeyer, Dr. J. Hansson, the local* Overland agent, assures all that the film will be here next Saturday without fail, when it will be shown at the Star as per the previous schedule.

Get a hot air furnace of the Watson Plumbing Co. ts Mrs. Judson Adams and JF, Payne were Lafayette visitors Monday. Miss Frances Lakin of Fair Oaks is at the county hospital receiving treatment. ! Lon Healy was at Kokomo Monday attending a Knights of Columbus- convention. ’ ■ Don Hoover was at Lafayette over Sunday visiting his brother Victor, at Purdue university. Mrs. Perry Washburn went to Crawfordsville Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Webster Ewbank. George Fate came down from Crown Point Saturday for a short visit with his grandmother, Mrs. Laura B. Fate. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 51.55; oats, 65c, . The prices one year ago were: Corn, 65c; oats, 35c; wheat, 85<y rye, 75c. Miss Ella Ritchey of L’Argent, Louisiana, came the last of. the week for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Kate R. Watson, and other relatives. There has been but one death in the city of Rensselaer, that of Mrs. Margaret Pullin, within the last six weeks. In the town of Morocco there has not been a death in five months. Walter English, who with his wife had been visiting her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Goss, of near Remington, returned to Lafayette Monday. Mrs. English remained for the week.

At the meeting of the State Funeral Directors’ association at Indianapolis last week, W. J. Wright was elected a delegate to the national convention, which will be held at Jacksonville, Florida, in October. Lorinda, the 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McGlinn of Union township, is sick with scarlet fever. The home is quarantined and every precaution is being taken to keep other members of the family from taking the disease.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hickman of (Hammond spent Sunday with his sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. John Merritt. Mr. Hickman returned home Monday, his wife remaining to spend the week with her mother, Mrs. William Schultz, of •Union township. Rev. Charles U. Stockbarger, pastor of the Methodist church at Crown Point, dropped dead of heart failure Friday while mowing his lawn. Rev. Stockbarger was well known in this part of the state and for many years had been treasurer of the Northwest Indiana conference. This was his sixth year at Crown Point and prior to that he was pastor of the Methodist church at Kentland for six years. He is survived by the widow and one son. Burial was made at Kentland Sunday, Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Strecker, Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Postill, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Hartley and Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Rainier of this city attending.

A salesman for- a large battery concern spent a day with us last week advising us to put in a service station for their battery. His main argument was that we wouldn’t get enough battery repairing to keep us alive with the Vesta line. We don’t want a big repair business for we figure such a business would he founded on dissatisfaction. To enjoy a healthy business our customers must be satisfied, both with the action of their battery and the service we render. This does hot mean we do not repair batteries, for we do, and we do it right, but when every car is equipped with a Vesta battery there will be very little repair work needed on the battery itself. We figure we will be busy keeping the motors, generators, regulators, wiring, etc., in perfect condition. — RENSSELAER GARAGE.

Leslie Pollard was in. Chicago on business Saturday. Editor H. J. Bar too of the Remington Press, together v?ith his wife and daughter, were in Rensselaer sot a few hours Friday afternoon. The little son of George Bowman of near Newland and another small boy of the same locality were bitten by a dog Monday. The animal was killed and its head, sent to the state laboratory to determine whether or not it Was affected with rabies.

Mr. and Mrs. F. X. Busha and Cart well of Lafayette spent Sunday here with Mrs. Busha s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W, H. Beam. Mrs. Beam’s sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Duffy, of New York, also came Monday to spend the week.

Hurley Beam was down from Chicago Sunday and Monday visiting home folks. His wife, who is spending her vacation here, returned with him, accompanying their nephew, Don Merica, to his home in the city. Mrs. Beam returned here again yesterday. Luther Burbank made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, Which was a great thing for the farmer. Vesta makes one battery last the life of two, a saving of 50 per cent for the auto owner. If you need hay see Luther, but if you want a battery as good as the rest of your car, let the Vesta man explain to you the difference teries. RENSSELAER GARAGE.