Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1917 — FAIR OAKS [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS

Mrs. Isaac Kight is visiting her daughter in Monon this week. Cottage prayer meeting was held I at Mrs. N. A. McKay’s Wednesday i evening. Bob Halleck marketed two big wagon loads of fine watermelons this week. j Charles Manderville made his I mother and Can a short visit Tues- ! day evening. J. W. Bozell bought and shipped three carloads of Will Roudebush’s t watermelons last week. Lou Moffitt came up from Fort I Harrison Sunday for a short visit with relatives and friends. “Aunt” Hannah Culp took Sunday dinner with Ruby Noland and . wife near the Swim crossing. C. B. Spang of Georgetown, Illinois, was here' last week and had a new silo erected on his farm near town.

The school house contractors are building a large shed to be used to house their tools, cement, automobile, etc. ' ■ > Earl Kennedy of west of Rensselaer came up Monday and on Tuesday moved the Zellers saw mill from the Lawler timber to near his farm. The news came a few days ago from Gary that the stork had visited Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Spitzer, and less two bouncing boys. Hurrah for you, Jakey! Rev. Hensley was here and delivered his farewell sermon Sunday, which was very interesting and to which the whole congregation gave its entire attention. Health still continues good in our town-, and everybody is busy. The weather has been exceptionally fine so far this week. Everybody that has a silo to fill is at it. A. D. Washburn of Kentland came up Tuesday to look after his crops. He will have a good portion of his corn fields drilled in wheat this fall. The frost gave his corn a pretty thorough scorching. Frank Makeever’s boys of west of Mt. Ayr lost three fine spring calves and another, a yearling, is sick, caused, it is thought, from eating too much of pokeberries. This is a pretty severe loss for them as they were worth about SIOO. A dispatch was received here Wednesday from Momence announcing the death of William' Cottingham’s eldest daughter, about 5 years old, from diphtheria. Mrs. C. A. Gundy went over to help move into a house they had recently purchased, and found them under quarantine. Mrs. Cottingham went from Brookston to Momence Tuesday, but when she arrived there the little one had passed away.