Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1917 — CLEANED from the EXCHANGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CLEANED from the EXCHANGES

Looping the loop In a seaplane was done for the first time in the United States recently by Captain Francis T. Evans of the United States marine crops at Pensacola, Florida. The heavy pontoons of the seaplane, with their great head resistance, have in the past prevented looping in seaplanes. Captain Evans turned two loops before he descended.

Edgar Johnson of Fowler drove his new $1,700 machine to Indianapolis Saturday. He left his car along the street for a few minutes and when he came back it was gone. At last reports there was no trace of the machine, although it is thought it passed the home of Andrew Farwell, north of Fowler, Saturday evening, occupied by four men, probab.y enroute to Chicago. The 2-year-old daughter of Ira Bridegroom of near Denham, Pulaski county, died last week from the effects of a snake bite inflicted the same day. The little tot was approaching a well in the yard when the snake bit one of her bare feet. The snake was about eighteen inches long and was killed by an older brother. It is thought to have been a viper, although it was carried away before this was ascertained. The poison spread throughout the little one’s body rapidly, turning it dark and spotted within an hour. Medical aid was quickly rendered but without avail. The new gasoline stove folds .up into a tiny box for transportation.