Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1917 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

City election next Tuesday. Don’t fail to come out and vote. H. O. Harris was a „ business visitor in Lafayette Wednesday. Mrs. Leslie Clark and daughter Ruth were Chicago visitors Thursday. Mrs. F. A. Turfler and children went to Bay City, Michigan, Thursday to spend the week-end with relatives. Miss Grace Halleck of Demotte, v.ho had been visiting at the home of her uncle, A. Halleck, returned home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ropp of Wheatfield returned home Thursday after visiting Emmet Pullin and family of Barkley township. Mrs, Orange Baker and daughter returned home Wednesday after spending three weeks with another daughter, Mrs. George "Wenrick, near Lacrosse Jefferson Smith of Newton township returned home Wednesday from a week’s viist with his son, Everel, Smith, and family at Burke. South Dakota. Mrs. C. C. Starr and granddaughter, Miss Genevieve Starr, went to Chicago Thursday to spend a few days with her daughter, Mrs. William Barkley. Something doing all the time at our MAJESTIC RANGE DEMONSTRATION week of November 12 at our store. Better not miss it. —WARNER BROS.

To the housewife —“Minnetonna . Brand” butter price is regulated bv the price of butter-fat, lc above market price to cover manufacturing. This week, 45c.—J. C. HARRIS & SON. Al Robinson, formerly of this city but now of Lafayette, was here Wednesday, making his rounds as a traveling salesman for a tool company. His son Virgil is now located at Great Falls, Montana.

Mrs. Paul Hall and Miss Jane Parkison spent Thursday in Lafayette. John O’Connor spent Thursday with his son Joe and family at Hammond. Thomas Logan and Charles Odom of Gillam township were visitors in the city yesterday. Miss Thelma Wynegar is spending the week-end at Wheatfield the guest of Miss Jessie White. Try The Democrat’s want ad columns. You will be most agreeably surprised by the results. Mrs. Al McClintic of Monticello returned home Wednesday after a visit here with her sister, Mrs. Ed Walker. Mrs. C. C. Warner and daughter. Miss Helen, went to Chicago Thursday to spend a few days with friends. Mrs. Judson J. Hunt went to Berwyn, Illinois, Wednesday for a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Albert Coen, and family. Mrs. H. W. Timmons of Manteno, Illinois, who had been here visiting her sister, Mrs. Sallie Woody, of Jordan township, returned home Tuesday. Mrs. (Herman Churchill and two children of Osage City, Kansas, who were here during the last illness and death of the former’s grandmother, Mrs. Ham, departed for their home Tuesday. Chauncey Wood of south of town went to Crawfordsville Wednesday to attend a stock sale, and remained the rest of the week visiting his two sisters, Mrs. Loma Bruce and Mrs. Mabel Rishling.

Fred Phillips has purchased of Mrs. Alice Woody her fifty-flve-acre farm in Jordan township—tjie former J. A. Keister farm —and Mrs. Woody and daughter will return to their former home in Montana, it is understood. The price paid was sl3l per acre. There was no school on Thursday and yesterday because of the state teachers’ meeting at Indianapolis, which was attended by about twenty of the local teachers. Mr. Clev 7 enger spent the two days visiting the Valparaiso and Chicago schools, Mr. Dimmitt at Russiaville. Miss Stover .at , Elgin and Chicago and Miss Anderson at Hammond and Chicago. The offer of a set of kitchenware FREE to every purchaser of a MAJECTIC during demonstration week is genuine. It is an out-and-out gift to every purchaser of a MAJESTIC range and the price of this range with a reputation remains the same. See this demonstration during the week commencing November 12 at our store.— WARNER BROS. Grant Lutes, who had been living on the Rowles & Parker farm east of town, recently moved his household effects in with his brother-in-law, Mr. Lowman, and will move on Elzie Grow’s farm in Milroy township the coming spring. Arthur Mayhew of Newton township took Lutes’ place and he and Rowles & Parker will go into the stock business in partnership.

Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office. Vote for James Snedeker for city councilman in the Third ward. Mrs. Mary Peyton went to Otterbein Thursday for a few days’ visit with her niece, formerly Miss Mary Weathers of Rensselaer. H. B. Tuteur returned home Thursday evening after several days spent in Indianapolis on military and other business. The Rensselaer milk dealers have combined to boost the price of milk to 9 cents a quart, the new price going into effect Thursday. The local Chapter of the Red Cross shipped fifty Christmas kits Thursday to headquarters at Fort Wayne, which will be sent to the soldiers. Yesterday’s Rensselaer markets: Corn, old, $1.50; oats, 55c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.65. The prices one yearago were: Corn, 76c; wheat, $1.60; oats, 49c; rye, $1.15. Mrs. J. R. Phillips of McCoysburg, who had been visiting here, returned to her home Thursday. She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Van Wood, and children for a few days’ visit. Have you seen Mr. Jay Hedgesthe MAJESTIC range demonstrator? He will be here all week of November 12. Have him show you the greatest improvement ever put on a range.—WARNER BROS.

A. J. Bissenden went to Kankakee Wednesday to visit his brother, Tom Bissenden, and family for a few days. He was accompanied by his niece, Miss Nellie Tridel, of Paxton, who had been visiting here.

Tunis Snip and Peter Walstra of Keener township returned Wednesday from a visit with their sons and other Jasper county boys at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky. They report that all were in good health and well pleased with soldier life. thus far. In order to conform with the rest of the state and the nation the wheatless and meatless days have been changed from those previously announced to Tuesday and Wednesday. We will obey the rule if the government will assure us wheat and meat for the remainder of the week. Col. Mike Duffy was in town Monday on business\a£/the court house. When the bond solicitors were around Mike found his ready cash at a low ebb, so he went to the bank and borrowed SI,OOO to invest in Liberty bonds. Said it was worth that much to live in this country. That’s standing by the colors.—Kentland Enterprise.

Vote for Cleve W. Eger for city councilman for the First ward. Hog cholera has broken out in two widely separated points in Bens ton county—Union- and Pine townships—and efforts are being made to prevent the further spread of the disease. E. L. Hollfagsworh went to Louisville, Wednesday evening to attend a Y. M. C. A. meeting. (Hie also intended to visit the Jasper county boys at Camp Taylor--near that city. The cafeteria supper given at the Parochial school hall Thursday evening by the Young Ladies’ sodality of St. Augustine’s Catholic dhurch added a little more than $74 net to the new church building fund. It is reported that Elizur Sage, formerly of Rensselaer, has recently traded his large real estate holdings near Redwood Falls, Minnesota, for 600 acres of land near Rochester, Indiana, and will move back to Hoosierdom. —-— » Don’t forget the next time you need a lead pencil to try -one of those superior quality pencils handled in The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office supply department —a fine Faber pencil at “bebefore the war prices,” 5 cents.

Vote for “Nattie” Scott and Edward Herat'h for city councilmen-at-large. Their names will appear on the ballots in all three wards, but the names of the ward councilmen will appear only on the ballots used in their respective wards. Harry Watson’s fine new kellistone bungalow on Park avenue is almost completed and Mr. and Mrs. Watson will move into same in the near future. This is one of the most attractive new 'houses in Rensselaer and cost between $4,000 and $5,000. The old Bruce Wlhite property on the corner of Cullen and Susan streets, which is being thoroughly remodeled by the present owner, John I. Gwin, is going to make a very nice, modern home when completed; in fact, one of the best houses on that street. There was very little damage done on Hallowe’en this year, the youths’ activities being mostly confined to upsetting outbuildings and other minor depredations. Numerous parties about the city and a dance at the armory proved attractive and entertaining to many;* Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Payne of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Payne of Indianapolis are here for a visit with the two gentlemen’s uncles, James N. and David Leatherman. The former drove through in their auto and were joined by the latter at Indianapolis. Charles Pullins and son Emmet have bought of Lawrence Baker of Miami, Arizona, the latter’s remaining 160 acres of his deceased father, W. P. Baker’s, lands, a few miles north of town, paying therefor $l5O per acre cash. They also get this year’s corn crop, it is understood. There are no improvements on the land.

N. Osburn and daughter, Miss Nellie Osburn, were down from Gillam township Thursday. Mr. Osburn will move the coming spring to the former Elizur Sage farm in Newton township which he purchased last spring. Jasper Houston. who now lives on the former Matt Zimmer farm in Giflam, will move on the 452-acre farm which has been occupied by Mr. Osburn for the past thirteen years and which is owned by Mrs. Sarah E. Wright of Kankakee, Illinois. Mr. Houston’s married son will occupy the farm to be vacated by the former. E.rhardt Wuerthner of Newton township has become thoroughly convinced that it pays to use The Democrat’s want ad column. Some days ago Mr. Wuerthner for the first time invested a quarter in an ad in this column. iHfe had some twenty-five bushels of potatoes more than he needed for his own use and an extra wagon and some calves. Before noon of the day the ad came out in The Democrat he began to receive teephone calls in reply, and all the potatoes were soon sold. He says that z he could have sold more than 1,000 bushels if he had had them, as he had more than twenty-five calls and one party wanted to buy a carload. He also sold the wagon as the result of the ad and has had several calls about the calves.

If it’s anything in cardboards, cards, envelopes or papers of any kind The Democrat undoubtedly has it. The Democrat has been awarded the work of printing the next annual catalog of the Jasper County Poultry association, which will be issued some time in December, and blds fair to be the best catalog ever put out by the association. The work of compiling the catalog and booking advertisements to appear therein, in charge of the secretary, A. E. Wallace, is progressing nicely. The coming exhibition will without doubt be the best ever held in the county.