Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1917 — BROOK [ARTICLE]

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(From the Reporter) Floyd Bohannon of Clinton was home over Sunday and Labor day. Henry Wood of Rensselaer was visiting his son, iDr. C. A. Wood, and family this week. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Duify of Chicago spent Sunday at the hom<) of Mrs. Wesley Buswell. Otto Frauenhoff and O. B. Stonehill and their wives are enjoying the fishing in Michigan this week. Henry Downing and (Harry Wild of Goodland were over Saturday looking qfter some business affairs J. D. Rich and Fred Lyons were in Jasper county the first of the week looking after their farm property. The Misses Edith Carlson and Florence Nelson of Chicago were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Quince Hood this week. Walter Murffitt and wife and Charlfes Murffitt and Miss Florence Cline spent Sunday with friends at Logansport. Postmaster McMillen is now In North Dakota, spending his vacation watching the thrashing machine on his farm turn out $2 wheat. A. Ohman and wife and a party of friends from Chicago spent Sunday and Monday with Mrs, Ohman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe Beagley. Mr. and Mrs. John Sell were pleased Wednesday morning to receive a cablegram from their son Ted that he had arrived safely in France and was well. L. A. Sunderland and family and Claude Fix and family returned Sunday evening from their trip to Bat-

tie Creek, Michigan. They had a splendid time and claim the ■fishing was fine. Keary and James Carr of Rensselaer were over Thursday afternoon. Miss Essie Kendall was with them. They called at the home of Mrs. James Kendall and on other friends in town. Henry B. Severson has invented an attachment to go on a corn planter which plants corn without a wire. It makes a wireless corn planter. There is no trick in .getting a good check crossways of the field. All you have to dp is to start straight and you will land straight. • v •'

Rhinehard Bossung was taken suddenly ill Monday night and his condition was such that Dr. Collier recommended that he be .takeh to Chicago Wednesday morning for an expert X-ray examination. * A serious condition of the stomach exists, probably due to ulcers. His wife and, the doctor accompained him to the city.