Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1917 — GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU

REMINGTON Mr. and Mrs. Cy Rice of Delphi were Remington visitors Saturday night and Sundy. Marion Sutherland left Monday morning for Detroit to visit his uncle, Peter Parks, and family. Peter Geib spent a few days of last week in Emmington, Illinois, a guest at the Vai Erhard t home. Mr. and Mrs. James Person of Mulberry came Sunday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Butcher. Born, October 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Louie Davis, a daughter. Mrs. Davis was formerly Miss Victoria Spade. Mrs. Margaret Debo and Mrs. Phebe Irwin were guests of Mrs. Robert Gimmell at Goodland Wednesday.

Mrs. Alonzo Eilar of Kentland was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. John Farabee, Saturday night and Sunday. M. C. Coover, manager of the Farmers’ elevator, attended a grain men’s association meeting at Oxford Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lockenhour of Pekin, Indiana, are guests of his nephew, Charles Farabee, and other friends. Max Broadie and wife spent Sunday with home folks, returning to Fowler in the evening, accompanied by Miss Helen Geier. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Burton of Huntington are visiting their nephew, Lex Fisher, and family and other friends in town this weok Mrs. Earl Sullivan and little daughter Mernia returned Wednesday from a visit with her sister-in-law, Mrs. James Watson, at Mulberry. „ , Mrs. C. S. Foster was called to St. Louis Wednesday morning by the illness of her daughter T jn-law,, Mrs. David Foster, who is suffering from heart trouble. , Charles Bonner returned Wednesday from a two months’ visit in various points in South Dakota. He reports the crops in good shape and everything prospering. Dr. Bond and son Clymer of Goodland, accompanied by Mr. and ■ Mrs. .Luce Bond and nephew Ker-, mit of Chicago, called on their. Remington relatives Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Tyler arrived last week from Dakota and j will reside on the L. H. Tyler farm. Remington people are glad to welcome them back to this vicinity. - Mrs. George Eck, Mrs. Tom Samuels, Mrs. Florence Mathews and, Francis Eck went to the training station at Rockford, Illinois, to, visit Maurice Eck, returning in the | night of Sunday.

Mrs. Mary A. Baldwin and son Edward went to Delphi Monday to visit her son George. They report that George had met with an accident while hauling gravel for Cy Rice, but was recovering apeedily from his injury. Mr. and Mrs. James Green went to Chicago Wednesday morning to visit their daughter, Mrs. Chauncey Dexter. From there they will go to South Bend for a visit with Mr. Green’s sister. They will be away, ten days or two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. George Stiller of Woodward, Oklahoma, came Friday to visit his sister, Mrs. Scott Shelman, and family and his brother Bert. It has been eleven years since George left Remington and he finds many changes in the old town in that time. / A small fire, which for a time threatened to be a big one, started in a suit case at the home of James Woods, west of town, yesterday afternoon. It was discovered and checked before any great damage was done. How the fire originated is not known. Claude May returned this Thursday from South Bend with three four-passenger “Country Club” model Overlands, which he sold to Napoleon Marcotte, August Bernhardt and John Petersen. They are classy-looking cars, of which the owners may be justly proud.

Will Little had the misfortune ro lose two cars by fire Sunday morning. The cars were stored in a twostory building, some distance from the house. When the fire was discovered the family was in the house. The explosion of the gasoline followed the discovery of the i fire. Mr. Little’s car was a Buick. | and nearly new. The other was an ' old Chalmers and not much to it but the engine and running gear. There were a partial insurance on the cars. . i Miss Gladys Dittsler of Wheeler ' and Richard Thurston of Goodland surprised their many friends in and around Remington by taking a “hike” to the north part of the state Wednesday. October 10, where they were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. ‘On starting out ; they left the impression that they ; were going to Wheeler, the home 'of the bride. Miss Dittsler had been visiting, for a .number of weeks at the homes of Charles. Farabee and other friends. They did not ' arrive at home until after they had become man and wife. On arriy- , ing home it seems as though it was too much of a joke to keep it secret very long, and it was soon ' found out. so of course it did not take long to call a crowd together and what a belling those people did get! They were the recipients of many nice and useful presents. Their many friends ■unite with the • writer in wishing them a long and happy future life. ROSELAWN Robert Jones and family visited relatives in Kersey Sunday. Miss Catherine Teach spent the last week with friends in Crown Point. • I Fred Nelson helped Henry Christensen finish his silage cutting Sat- j ■urday. •

Messrs. Schleyer and Loeschider of Chicago were Roselawn visitors Sunday. ’ I Editor Bowie, accompanied by bis wife, drove over from Wheatfield last week. I Squire Whitten and wife entertained Jacob Walgemuth and family of Lake Village Sunday. Superintendent Schanlaub of Kentland visited the schools c os Lincoln township last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Best entertained guests from Logansport; Indiana, and Sheldon, Illinois, last i week. J. W. Crooks and family, with the exception of Dorris, drove to Gosjien Friday and visited relatives until Sunday. I John Horton came up last week I and shipped his household goods to Rensselaer where he now conducts a barber shop. Smith & Wright, architects of Crown Point, were in Friday inspecting the work on the; school building. j Preaching at the M. E. church next Sunday evening at 7:30 by • the pastor, Rev. Meham. All are urged to come out. Mr. Teach, the road contractor,’ begun work on the Tolin road this week, where he has a mile yet to build to complete the road. Epworth League meetings are being well attended and much interest is being taken by the young people of the community in the work. Mr. Muzzle, son of Contractor Muzzle of Crown Point, who is superintending the work on the school building here, visited home folks Sunday. Frank Goff, mayor Fair Oaks, was a Roselawn visitor Saturday between trains. Frank says it is pretty “dry” down about the oaks, notwithstanding the recent heavy

ra’ns. , , Robert Foresman returned from the Lafayette hospital Sunday evening, where he underwent an operation a week ago. He says he is feeling fine and expects no further trouble, as the operation was a sueCCS? The Roselawn and Thayer> schools gave a box supper Friday evening at the Thayer school building. A very enjoyable time was had by all present and the neat sum of S6O was obtained for the benefit of the schools. Frank Harm, who had been working for Mr. Teach on the stone road, left on the milk train Sunday evening to look for a job of corn husking; and about half the young girls in town are weeping for Frank was a regular heart smasher. Mr. Keene has finished the stone road east from the Jasper county line east of Roselawn, which now connects with the stone road north to Demotte and Hebron, also making a good road straight to Kniman with the exception of two miles of dirt road, which is not bad. There is every indication of a fuel famine in this community this winter. Roselawn coal dealers are out of both hard and soft coal and do not know just when they will receive more. Wood is also hard to get, as men who formerly cut wood and supplied the community are busy working at better paying jobs.

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Mrs William Beal spdnt Tuesday with friends at Remington. Mrs. B. B. Farney spent Thursday with friends ta Remingtcn. Mrs. Isaac Leopold visited relatives at Rensselaer Wednesday. Mrs. Robert Nordyke visited friends at Remington Wednesday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hartman, Thursday, October 18, a daughter. . Mrs. Hollenbeck of Remington was the guest Wednesday of Mrs. George Foos. Griff Dyer, who has been working in Detroit, came home Wednesday to remain for some time. Mrs. Susan Jones and her daughter, Mrs. George Wantling, visited friends at Remington Wednesday. Mrs. Carl Lang of Crown Point

was the guest Sunday of her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Warner. Mrs. George Wantling of Decatur, Illinois, came Saturday and is visiting her mother, Mrs. Susan Jones. , . Albert Plummer went to Flushing, Michigan, Thursday for a few days’ visit with Jiis daughter, Mrs. Clair Wynekoop. Miss ’Ruth Fleener of Reynolds was the guest from Friday until Monday of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Wert. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rogers re. turned this week from a visit with relatives and friends near Flora. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Sexton returned Wednesday evening from a three weeks’* visit with relatives at Monticello, Frankfort, Indianapolis and Lafayette. Rev. and Mrs. I. W. Lowman went to Detroit, Michigan, last week, Mr. Lowman returning Saturday and Mrs. Lowman remaining for a more extended visit. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cowgill and daughter Bertha autoed to Lafayette Sunday. They were accompanied by Miss Clara Goss, who spent the day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. s' R- Goss. Mrs. Harve Watson, accompanied by her sister. Mrs. H. R. Peter of Idaville, went to Kankakee Monday evening to attend the funeral of their uncle. Dr. Magruder, which was held in that city Tuesday afternoon. • Mrs. Sam Sullivan, who had been visiting Mr. Sullivan’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Sullivan, returned to her home in Cissna Park, Illinois, Thursday. She was accompanied home by William Sullivan, who will spend a few days with his son. Mrs. Mollie Hoffman and brother. Zachariah Taylor, of Keyser, West Virginia, brother and sister of Mrs. Nancy Dye, and their nephew, John Taylpr of Keyser, West. Virginia, came Sunday and visited Mrs. Dye, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Dibell and

George Dye and family. Thursday morning for the West and will visit relatives in Kansas and other western points before their return home. GOODLAND (From the Herald) David Haffey of Dayton, Ohio, is visiting mis brother, Frank Haffey, and family. Miss Jane Colston has returned from a visit with her ssiter, Mrs. John F. Johnson, at Elkhart. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Allen, the former brakeman on the Brazil local, moved to Brazil this week. iH. T. Griggs returned Sunday evening from Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he attended the Grand Army encampment. Mrs. Charles Dunkel and daughter Lorena are visiting in Chicago Heights with the former’s sister, Mrs. Joe Ruchon. Mrs. E. E. Thompson and little daughters came Sunday evening from Kankakee, Illinois, for a visit with friends and relatives.

C. W. Suits of Idaville is visiting here with friends, including the Cooke family. Mr. Suits was a resident of this city thirteen years ago. • jMr. and Mrs. Washburn and son Bret returned home Sunday evening from Paragon, Indiana, where they I visited Mrs. Washburn’s mother, j Mrs. John Kennedy. I Mr. Sparks, who worked several weeks at the Home Bakery, severed his connection with that place last Saturday night and it is expected that he will return to his home in North Vernon, Indiana. On October 25 the following articles were shipped from the Red Cross shop: 21 suits pajamas, 12 bed shirts, 12 nightingales, 36 handkerchief substitutes, 12 napkins, 18 pairs socks, 5 pairs wristlets, 11 sweaters, 1 helmet, 3 scarfs, 1180 4x4 in. gauze compresses. Fred Berger has been appointed by the County Council of Defense as organizer of the state militia in Newton county, and Fred has been very busy getting signers the past two weeks and he is meeting with good success. A meeting was held in Morocco Wednesday night and several signed up there. Albert Grey was called to Washington, D. C., last Tuesday. Albert has recently . patented auto rims to be used on auto trucks. He has been using them on his big auto truck for a year. The government has been testing them for some time for war purposes. They made him an offer for his patent. In a telegram to his sister Saturday he was leaving for New York and Boston and thought he would accept the offer after he had been to Boston. Ed. and his mother are still in New York. Nellie has been looking after things in their absence and says she knows how to sympathize with the war orphans in Europe. Thursday afternoon, October 18, Mr. Harvey Huber, aged about fifty- ' five years, was instantly killed while working at a beet sugar factory at Billings, Montana. He accidently fell into, a large, cement flume and crushed his skull, resulting in his instant death. Deceased was the hiisband of Miss Sophia Crowden, ! sister of Mrs. Mort Kilgore. Mrs. > C. M. Humston and Fred Crowden of this city. The remains were j brought to his former home at. Thorntown, Indiana, where the fun- i eral was held Tuesday morning, j They were accompanied east by: Mrs. Huber’s brother-in-law, Roy M. Shepard of Otto, Wyoming. Mrs. Mort Kilgore and Mrs. C. M. Humston attended the funeral.

FRANCESVILLE (From' the Tribune) Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nolan were the guests of relatives and friends at Lebanon and Indianapolis i over Sunday. . • , • Will Shane of Denver, Colorado, has been visiting Mrs. Mary Green and family at Nauvoo {he past week. Mr. Shane had been visiting old home folks back in Ohio since the first of July- It is his first trip back .home since going West twentyeight years ago. Edward Rose, who trained at 11. Harrison for military duty for several weeks, is now with the famous “Rainbow Division” at Long Island, New York. Vernal Diggs and Francis Hepp of Winamac are members of this division. They are expecting g call most any time to go to France. A very sad death was that of

, Eugene Vern, son of Mr. and Mrs. i James Mohler of near Monticello, | w|io died of pneumonia last Friday, aged almost twelve years. The | funeral was held at the family resi- ' dence Monday morning and the • body brought here for burial, which, j was made in the cemetery east of town. He was the grandson of , Mrs. Mary Garling of this place. I Joseph Alt, aged twenty-eight, , died at his home in Hammond Sunday at 3:30. The cause of death; was typhoid fever, with which he ' became sick three weeks ago. He 1 was the son of Nicholas Alt, and ! for many years was a resident of ! this community. Six years ago he I was married to Miss Pearl Eldridge, to which union three children are left with the mother to mourn with the other relatives. The body i was sent here Monday evening, the ! funeral services were held at the Christian Apostolic church Wednesi day afternoon after which burial i was made in the cemetery in Nauvoo.

BROOK (From the Reportter) Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cory of near Goodland were guests of Mrs. Goldie Hough Sunday. C. E. Sunderland went to Rensselaer Saturday to meet his son, Dr. Harry, who came home on a one-day furlough. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beecher and mother and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Beecher spent Sunday near Kniman with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis and family. George Battleday and wife, who have been visiting their daughter in Dickinson, North Dakota, for several weeks, returned home the first of the week. Rev. Dillman left for Indianapolis Monday. He goes from there to the national convention of Churches of Christ at Kansas City, where he will spend the week. Walter Murfitt and wife and Otto Mayhew and wife drove to WhitingSaturday and visited with Dr. Osborn and family until Sunday afternoon. The Doctor returned with' them and remained for a few days. Dr. Osborn was in town a few days the first of the week. The Doctor .and family leave the latterpart of the week for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where they expect to make their future residence. Luck be with this estimable family.

MEDARYVILLE (From the Journal) Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Lanam were Gary passengers Monday, where they will visit relatives a few days. Mrs. Carrie Short went to Royal Center last Saturday to visit relatives and look after some property. L. G. Baughman, Lawrence Campbell, Ennis Byers and William Ktiss motored to Monterey Sunday. Sarah Pullins returned to school at Rensselaer Tuesday evening after spending a few days at home. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Nicoles of Indianapolis came Wednesday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nicoles. Owen of Rensselaer, who had been visiting his father and brothers, returned home Saturday evening. Mrs. John Howe left Wednesday for Morris to join her husband. They will make their home there for the present. John Antcliff and family moved into the Simpson hotel building last Monday and are now in charge of their new business. Mrs. Amanda Wayne left Thursday for Chalmers, called there by the serious illness of her daughter-in-law;, Mrs. Otis Wayne. Mrs. Mary J. Low left Monday for an extended visit with relatives and friends at Monon and Attica,. Indiana, and Rantoul, Illinois. Mrs. Mae Linton and Mrs. James R. Linton went to Westville last Sunday for a several days’ visit at the home of Mrs. James Herschman. . Miss Callie Crow of Chnssman, Illinois, who had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Crow, for the past two weeks, returned to her home Friday, accompanied by her sister, Miss Mamie Crow.

FANCY PRODUCE MARKET

October 30. We top the market. Bring us your eggs. Price today 37c. We want your butterfat and are paying 45c. Chickens 15c, old roosters 10c, ducks 14c, geese 14c. —C. E. PRIOR.