Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — The WEEK’S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK’S DOINGS

Buy your gasoline engines of the Watson Plumbing Co. ts Charles Odom of Gillam township was in the city on business Wednesday. Rufus Geib of Remington took the train here Wednesday for Marathon, lowa. Mrs. H. W. Jackson of northeast of town went to Farmer City, Illinois, Wednesday for a few days’ visit with her sister. Mrs. E. C. English went to Glencoe, Illinois, the first of the week to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs. L. F. Hopkins. h. T. Tryon of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, came the first of the ■week for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tryon. Miss Mabel Nowels, bookkeeper and stenographer in The Democrat office, has been confined to her home several days this week with illness. Mrs. J. H. Hgnan arrived here Wednesday and joined Mr. Honan, who 'had been here for several days visiting his brother, E. P. Honan. I Shipments to be made, every Wednesday of Panama hats to be cleaned and re-blocked.—THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WILLIAM TRAUB. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Spain were in Lafayette Tuesday, the former to consult a specialist regarding his eyes, which have been afflicted of late.

Among -the Rensselaer ladies attending the federated club convention at Lafayette Tuesday were Mrs. J. J. Hunt, Mrs. M. I. Adams, Mrs. M. D. Gwin, Mrs. J. D. All<man, Mrs. Charles V. May, Mrs. Mattie Drake, Mrs. Oscar Hauter and Miss Emma Hirschey.

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wells and children returned to their home at Brook Thursday. Mrs. Wells spent several days at the home of her father, William Potts, of Barkley township, who is afflicted with erysipelas, and Mr. Wells visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wells, of this city. About twenty-five relatives and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Makus in Union township Sunday to celebrate the first birthday anniversary of their little daughter, Beaty Pauline. The afternoon was most enjoyably spent by all present. Refreshments were served, and all wished the little hostess many happy returns of the day. Following the rains early in the week we got quite a decided drop in temperature Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The Indianapolis weather bureau stated that frost fell at Wheatfield Tuesday night, the only point in the state. Frost was predicted, however, for Wednesday night, and it fell in several places, but probably did hut' little damage, as it was not heavy.

John Lonergan and Estel Price •were in Monticello on business Thursday. The PAIGE car is sold by „ the Auto Sales Co. at Remington. Why not buy one now? ts William Jordan of Barkley township made a business trip to Indianapolis Wednesday. Miss Helen Johnson of Madison came Wednesday and is the guest of Mrs. Simon Thompson and other friends. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. McLain left Thursday for a ten days’ business and pleasure trip to their old home at Wauseon and Limh, Ohio. T. F. Dunlap, who had been here looking after his farm near Surrey, tenanted by Estel Price, returned to his home at Elwood Thursday.

Mrs. Louis Haas and son Louis, Jr., returned to their home at Tipton Thursday after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold. Among the Chicago visitors Tuesday were William Traub, Delos Thompson, Alfred Thompson, Thompson Ross and Mrs. Firman Thompson. 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.

The General Van Rensselaer chapter, D. A.' R., will meet at the home of Mrs. H. J. Kannal at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. Mrs. John L. Dinwiddie of Fowler, former state regent, will be present and talk to those in attendance. Phone 78-D, or call on DEL GILSON, located at Mark Schroer’s, one door east of Republican office, for service in auto repairing. Expert and guaranteed workmanship. Local agent for Studebaker cars. Demonstration at any time. —Advt. The Monon railroad, will commence work in»the near future on a new unloading platform for automobiles and other heavy freight. The platform will be 16x40 feet in size and will be located south’ of the tracks between Franklin street and McKinley avenue.

Bruce C. Stevens of Morocco was in Rensselaer Thursday consulting a local physician concerning Mrs. Stevens, who has been sick since Sunday with appendicitis. Mrs. Stevens, who is a sister of Mrs. Charles Summers, will probably be brought to the hospital hqre within the next few days, althStigh her condition at present is somewhat improved. 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 in batteries. RENSSELAER GARAGE. The fire company was called out Wednesday night to put out a fire in the home of Oscar Williamson, near the Farmers’ elevator. A box containing somb kindling and fuel had been left setting between the stove and the wall and while the family was <up town attending the band concert the box and contents caught fire. A small hole was burned through the floor, the chief damage being from the smoke. A Red Cross meeting was held at the Navy League room in the K. of P, building Tuesday evening and an organization perfected. Mayor C. G. Spitler was elected ehairman; Mrs. A. H. Hopkins, vice chairman; Miss Ida Milliken, secretary, and James H. Chapman, treasurer. It is planned to hold several large meetings wijth wellknown speakers at each. Je?se E. Wilson, who is identified with the Red Cross at Hammond,/ has been invited to speak here.

Get a hot air furnaceof the Watsoh Plumbing Co. ts Misses Alice Daniels and Helen Worland are spending today in Chicago. ./■> F. E. Lewis, assistant superintendent of the Monon, was up from Lafayette on business yesterday. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, $1.52; oats, 63c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 64c* oats, 34c; wheat, 85c; rye, 70c. We will have a carload of middlings. on the track. Special price in ton lots if taken from the car. — KELLNER & CALLAHAN.- ts Mrs. O. P. Taber directs us to change the address of her Democrat to Remington, her former home, to vthich she is moving. M. V. Brown and Carl Somers were at Mt. Ayr yesterday afternoon bidding on the new school building to be erected there this summer. Fred Daniels, who has been employed for some time at Sioux City, lowa, came Wednesday night for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Korah Daniels.

The weather hhs been qtfite pleasant for the past few days with gradually rising temperature, and vegetation of all kinds has made a wonderful growth since last Saturday night’s rain and the rains following it. T. J. Richardson arrived here Sunday after spending the winter in the South. He expected to leave Wednesday for the home of his son Burl at Wanitowoc, Wisconsin, but a telegram from the latter advised him not to start just yet because of a bad snow storm there. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Waymire of Wolcott spent yesterday here with their son. Will Waymire, and wife. Mrs. Elmer Stephenson and little son of Montana, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kirk, for some time, also spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Waymire and baby. Dr. J. Hansson, accompanied by Claude May of near Remington went to South Bend Thursday to attend an Overland banquet at the Oliver hotel, followed by a theater party. Dr. Hansson brought back with him the Overland film which will be shown at the Star theater this afternoon and evening. Will Duvall, who had been here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Duvall, for the past few months, left for Omaha, Nebraska, yesterday morning where he will again be employed by the American Smelting & Refining Co. As he is within the conscription age he filed his registration card with the county clerk before leaving.

• A writer in the Saturday Evening Post recently referred to a small town where they still had hitching posts for farmer custom 2 ers. 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 The iron flag pole, which is to be erected in Milroy park, is on the ground and will be erected perhaps today. It will be placed at the east end of the park and the; base will be bedded in concrete. It will extend about fifty feet above the ground. It did not cost the city very much as it is made up of sections of iron pipe of different, sizes that were secured in town and the work was done by city employes. 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 be 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 not 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 wprM needed on the battery itself. We figure wfe will be busy' keeping the motors, generators, regulators, wiring, etc., in perfect condition.— RENSSELAER GARAGE.