Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1917 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Vincent Eisele is driving a new Ford. Every grain buttered on the But-ter-Kist machine at the News Stand. J. I. Coe was down from Chicago Sunday spending the, day with friends. Mrs. John Adair went to Delphi Monday to spend a few days with relatives. Mrs. W. H. Beam spent Saturday in Lafayette with her daughter, Mrs. F. X. Busha. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Milliron spent Sunday with their son Robert and wife at Franklin.

N. C. Shafer accompanied the foothall team to Kirklin Saturday and took in the game. Joseph Reeve and Omar Osborne were among those -down from Chicago to spend Sunday with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hartley spent Sunday afternoon with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wood, in Kentland. < Mrs. Fred Chilcote and daughter Lizzie of South Bend came the last of the week to visit Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foltz. Take home a carton of ButterKist pop corn for 10c, from Jacks. They hold more than two sacks and retain the heat from the popper. C. Earl Duvall drove to Rockville Sunday and was accompanied home Monday by Mrs. Duvall, who had been there for several days visiting her mother and sister. _ Editor and Mrs. S. E. Swaim of the- Lake County News were In Rensselaer Sunday in response to a reply to Mr. Swaim’s want ad carried in The Democrat last week. Sanol Eczema Prescription Is a famous old remedy for all forms of Eczema and skin diseases. Sanol is a guaranteed remedy. Get a 35c large trial bottle at the drug store. ts

"Have you seen the Butter-Kist pop corn machine work at Jack’s? Be sure to attend the patriotic meeting at the Gayety air dome Saturday afternoon. Among the Chicago visitors Saturday were Sam Karnowsky. Paul Beam and Howard Clark. Mrs. E. W. Hickman and young-* est son visited with Mr. (Hickman at Lafayette over Sunday. Bert Welsh, who had been in North Dakota for the past several months, returned home Friday. The Ladies’ Aid of James Sunday school will hold a market at Ramp’s grocery Saturday, October 13. —Advt. Mrs. William Platt went to Lafayette Friday for a visit with her parents, who expect to move to Oregon in the near future. Conrad Kellner and Kenneth Rhoades went to Flint, Michigan, Sunday evening and returned yesterday with two new Buick touring cars, one “four” and one “six.”

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Randle moved the latter part of the week into their nice, new home which they built this season just south of their house on McKinley avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Will Zac'her came down from Chicago Friday to visit relatives in Newton township. The former* is recovering from injuries received in a recent street car accident. Mrs. Elena Riley, the aged mother of Mrs. Monroe Carr, is reported to be in a very serious condition. She is 94 years of age vnd her recovery is not at all probable. She has been bedfast for the past eight months. Do you get up at night? Sanol is surely the best for all kidney or bladder troubles. Sanol gives relief in 24 hours from all backache and bladder troubles. Sanol is a guaranteed remedy. 35c and $1 a bottle at the drug store. —Adv. ts (Howard Mills has the basement and foundation completed for a modern eight-room residence on East Washington street, which he will erect for his own occupancy yet this fall. Fred McColly has the contract for the carpenter work.

Pop corn and peanuts at all times at the News Stand. Mrs. E. went to Crawfordsville Saturday for a. visit with her son Harley and family. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Chupp of near Surrey w r ent to Edinburg Friday to visit their sons, Nathan, Frank and Ralph Chupp. William Eisele, who had been employed in Denver, Colorado, for the past three months, returned home Monday. Do you love music? Tnt/zi there should be a Victrola in your home. —F ENDI G’ S REX ALL DRUG STORE, Agent. Mr. and Mrs. Judson Adams and Miss Alice Sigman went to Chicago Saturday for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Dexter. F. D. Burchard came up from Camp Taylor Thursday on a week’s furlough, which he is spending in efting his affairs in shape for an ■extended absence... Among the Chicago visitors Friday were J. D. Allman, G. E. Murray and Mrs. H. W. Walters of this city and Mr. and Mrs. John Sheetz of Remington.'

Emmet Wynegar of South Bend visited here over Friday night with his uncle, T. G. Wynegar, going to Indianapolis Saturday where he enlisted in the U. S. army. Yesterday’s Rensselaer markets: Corn, $1.75; oats, 55c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.70. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 80c; oats, 43c; wheat, $1.45; rye, $1.13. We have another car of New York Alberta peaches in transit, will be here last of present week, at $2 and $2.25 per bushel for fancy Albertas. —-JOHN EGER. Woman’s friend Is a large trial bottle of Sanol Prescription. Fine for black heads, eczema and all rough skin and clear complexion. A real skin tonic. Get a 35c trial bottle at the drug store. —Advt. ts The Pine Village football team defeated South Bend at Lafayette Saturday by a score of 14 to 7. The McKeesport Olympics of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, will meet the village stars on the same field next Saturday.

J. J. Hunt was a Chicago visitor Monday. Eli Critser visited Sunday and Monday with relatives at Wolcott. t Mrs. Charles V. May was an Indianapolis visitor the last of the week. r tLCliauncey McCully of Remington was' a business«visitor in the city yesterday; ; Mrs. James West went to Thayer Monday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs; Mann Spitler. W. S. Day and sister. Mrs. Edon Antrim, wAt to Indianapolis Saturday to visit Omar Day and family. 7Arnold Kahler of Dyer returned there Monday after a visit here with his parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. Andy Kahler. Mr. and Mrs. William Golden of Lhlfe Cicott came Saturday for a visit with their son, C. H. Golden, and faimily. Mrs. Lem McCarthy went to ChL ca'go Heights Friday for a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. 4 George Zeigler. Mrs. David Hostetler of Canton Ohio, who had been visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Marion Dunn, departed for her home Saturday.-.. , > . ;

Wade Jarrette was home Sunday from the Great Lakes training station for the last time before sailing. He will sail today for the Pacific ocean. Mrs. Samuel English and daughters arrived here from Canada Thursday for a visit with the former's sister, Mrs. Frank Donnelly, and other relatives. C. W. Eger and Harry Parker spent the first the week on the Kankakee river, returning yesterday with a string of fine salmon and other choice fish. G. F. Meyers has sold the Carl Wood six-acre tract of ground at the east edge of the city to J. C. Beekman. The consideration was ? 1,500,- or $250 an acre. C. G. Spitler has purchased a Premier “six” through the M. I. Adams & Son agency. The car is one of the most modern makes, with electric gear shift and other conveniences. Joseph Paxton and daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. George Zinky, of South Bend came Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Parkinson. Mr. Zinky is postmaster at South Bend. A. N. Barber and young lady friend of Chicago spent Sunday here with the former's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kincaid. During the afternoon they enjoyed a drive to Monticello and return.

Attorney George A. Williams has sold his touring car, recently advertised in The Democrat, to James Butterworth, who resides on the D. H. Yeoman farm north of Rensselaer. Mr. Williams will probably invest in a late model roadster. A spark from the chimney started a fire on the roof of the A. E. Shafer home on south Cullen street at about 9 o'clock Sunday morning. The fire department was called out but the blaze had been extinguished with a garden hose before their arrival. Letters remaining unclaimed in the Rensselaer pbstoffice for the week ending October 8: Mrs. Lottie Coffelb (2), Wan- D. Dietrick. John Blount, Thomas' Stewart. The above letters will be Sent to the dead letter office October 22 if not called for. . 1 —£ Lee Adams and Herbert Hammond went to Ottawa, Illinois, Monday where the former is negotiating for a garage and automobile agehcy. In the event AdanE makes a deal there the Dodge agency here will probably be taken oyer by W. I. Hoover. i _ Warren Robinson and L. A. Harmon were each exhibiting a quart of fine ripe strawberries Monday that they had picked out at James Amsler’s farm, a mile south of town, from Mr. Amsler’s Everbearing strawberry vines. The berries certainly looked mighty good, especially so considering that this was the Sth of October. Chamberlain & Marlatt are doing their share ' again toward feeding the world, and have put out 150 acres of wheat and fifty acres of rye on their ranch, northeast of town. They also have a big bunch of hogs that they are making ready for market and are filling their silos with frost-bitten corn—the early frost hit them quite hard—to feed their big cattle herd.

Miss Clare Jessen was a Chicago goer-yesterday. * Don’t forget we sell the best candy (Bunte’s).—AJACK. Mrs. Rebecca Eib of Barkley township went to Joliet, Illinois, Sunday to attend the funeral of a relative. , » The 1 8-months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. John Stephenson of Fair Oaks died Monday from cholera in-; fantum. ■ j ' I Mr. and Mrs. beo Reeve spent Sunday in Chicago with the lat-, ter’s sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rhoades. William Biggs had his hand' caught in an ensilage cutter Satur-' day and the thumb and one finger was badly mashed. Miss Anna Harmon, science and algebra teacher in the Rensselaer schools, spent Saturday and Sunday at her home near Pine Village. J. K. Sanders has leased the room at present occupied by Leo Mecklenberg’s electric shop and will put in a stock of candies, cigars, etc., in the near future.

Mrs. Ida Coover of Remington, who had been at Petoskey, Michigan, during the hay fever season, arrived here Saturday. She spent the day at the home of her brother/ J. D. Allman, going on to Remington that evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Paxton and their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pavey, and Miss Ella Ritchey came down from South Bend Sunday to spend the day with relatives. Miss Ritchey will remain here for several days and then go to L’Argent, Louisiana, to spend the winter. We have been having quite cool weather . the. past few days and overcoats have been very popular. Monday night we got a regular freeze, which put the finishing touches on all plant life and vegetation which had escaped, previous frosts. Ice nearly % of an inch in thickness was formed in vessels of water yesterday morning. Mrs. , Lizzie Hackenberry of Lewiston/ Pennsylvania, who was born near Remington, is at Morocco visiting her brother, Charles Middlesworth, whom she had never seen before, having been separated soon after the death of their parents more than fifty years ago. Mrs. Hackenberry also visited brothers in Minnesota and Chicago whom she had not seen before, and will later visit her birthplace near Remington. They have another sister in New York State whom none of them have seen, but plan to fin<f in the near future.

dome in and see the best pop corn machine the world at Jack’s. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Witham and guests. Mrs. Lorena Short and son of Fort Wayne, spent Sunday with friends near Lowell. The Kentland high school football team defeated the Hammond team at the former place Saturday by a score of 19 to 7. Drs. I. M. Washburn and C, E. Johnson went to Kentland Friday evening to attend a meeting of the Jasper-Newton Medical Among the Lafayette visitors Saturday were Al Peters, O.' A. Jones, S. >C. Irwin and family, Mrs. H. W. Jackson and daughter Gertrude and Miss Sara O’Brien. James N. Leatherman of;the First National bank and Judson J. Hunt of the Trust & Savings bank went to Evansville Monday evening to attend a meeting of the Indiana. Bankers’ association, Mrs. A. F. Long was in Chicago Saturday attending the funeral of Herbert Goodman, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Long’s daughter, Mrs. Russell Strawbridge. Mrs. Strawbridge and daughter accompanied Mrs. Long here for a week’s visit.

Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth have been in, Chicago several days the past week with their daughter, Mrs. H, C. Chadbourne, of Harmony, Maine, 'who recently underwent a serious operation at St. Anthony’s (hospital. Mrs. Chadbourne is reported to be convalescing' nicely. Mr. and Mrs.- Fritz Zard and Mr. and Mrs. Trank Kenton of Mitchell, South' Dakota. arrived Saturday for a visit with friends and relatives in this county. They report corn in their neighborhood as being very good with no killing frosts up to the time of their departure. Misses Agnes Munson and Frances Switzer of Aurora, Illinois, were guests over Sunday of Miss Nettie B. Jordan at the home of her mother, Mrs. S. L. Jordan, in Barkley township. The young ladies are all Red Cross nurses. Miss Jordan having recently resigned her position as superintendent of the Aurora hospital’ to take up Red Cross work. The Rensselaer high, school football team was defeated at Kirklin Saturday by a score of 13 to 7* Dunlap’s injury in the early part of the game took all the nerve out of the locals add the game was an easy victory for Kirklin. Several from this city accompanied the team on its journey. The Morocco high school team is scheduled to play here next Saturday. . . ... ; ■ * ■