Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1918 — The WEEK’S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK’S DOINGS

Rex Warner went to Cincinnati, Ohio, Wednesday On business. W. W. Sage of southeast Marion was in Lafayette on business Wednesday. O. K. Rainier was looking after his farm interests near Chalmers Wednesday. Walter, the little son of Sheriff aad Mrs. B. D. McColly, is recovering from an attack of pneumonia. M. I. Adams spent a couple of days the first of the week with his son Lee and wife at Ottowa, Illinois-. Mrs. Beta Stiefel returned to her home in Chicago Wednesday after a visit here with her brother, William Traub. Floyd Spain was in Chicago Tuesday to attend a meeting of the stockholders of the Elgin Automobile company. William Holmes returned to Gamp Shelby, Mississippi, Wednesday aifter spending a short furlough here with his wife and other relatives. Emmet Pullins of Barkley township was in Chicago a few days this week, where he is exhibiting some Bronze turkeys at the poultry show being held there. Mrs. Laura B. Fate, who had been visiting for the past three weeks with relatives at Pittsburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, returned home the first of the week. Mrs. M. E. Drake received a telegram Wednesday announcing the birth Of a son on January 8 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jones at Gary. Mrs. Jones is a daughter of Mrs. Drake. Sanol Eczema Prescription is a famous old remedy for all fcrms of Eczema and skin diseases. Sanol te a guaranteed remedy. Get a 35c large trial bottle at the drug store. ts Mr. and Mrs. John Kanne and Mrs. Guss Kanne and children of Campus, Illinois, came Wednesday for a visit with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kanne, and other relatives.

Beef by quarter or in small quantities. —C. H. LEAVEL, phone €47. Dr. I. M. Washburn was in Monticello Thursday afternoon on business. J. J. Hunt, Harry -Hartley and W. C. Babcock were in Indianapolis on business Thursday. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Delos Thompson and Mesdames Charles Osborn and Frank Tobias and Miss Nettie Price. Miss Rebekah Fendig was taken to Lafayette Monday by her brother, Simon Fendig and wife of Wheatfield, where they placed her in a home. Yesterdays markets: Corn, $1: oats, 75 c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.60. The pfices a year ago were: Corn, 92c; oats, 52c; wheat, $1,70; rye, $1.15. Claude Welsh returned to his work at Lafayette Wednesday after spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welsh, of Jordan township. A. E. Coen returned to his home Berwyn, Illinois, Wednesday after a short visit here with relatives £tnd attending the annual meeting of the First National bank stockholders. _ We have a complete record of your car and serial number, so let us fill out and send in your license application. We take care of the whole matter for only 25c. —MAIN GARAGE. * M

Mrs. Anna Edge returned to Danville, Illinois, the first of the week where she is attending Brown business college, after a few days spent here with her mother, Mrs. O. M. Pee"k, of just north of town.

Miss Anna Leonard went to Chicago Thursday to meet her sister. Mrs. Edward L. Watson, who was returning from Camp Shelby, Mississippi, where she had been with her husband, Lieutenant Watson, for the past few months. Simon Thompson exhibited some of his birds at the Lafayette poultry show held there this week and received several awards. On Black Langshans he received Ist cock: Ist and 2nd hen; Ist, 2nd and 3rd cockerel; Ist and 2nd pullet; Ist pen. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Wilcox of the county farm and son Jesse of Indianapolis went to Bloomington, Illinois, Tuesday to attend the funeral of the former’s mother, who died on Sunday previous at her home in Sloan, lowa. Her age was eighty-six _ years. Among the Chicago goers Wednesday were J. A. Dunlap, C. C. Warner, L. A. Harmon, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig, Mrs. Kate R. Watson and Mrs. William E. Jacks and daughter of this city, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Brook and C. H. Graves of Morocco.

The Democrat’s supply of Service Flags is going fast Better come in and secure one before they are all gone, as we shall get no more after the present lot' is exhausted.

Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Hochstetler, who had been visiting their son Simon and family in this city and other relatives at Mt. Ayr and Morocco, returned to their home in Goshen the first of the week.

A new supply of typewriter ribbons and “Grabler Check ProtectI ors' just received in The Demo- , crat’s fancy stationer?* and office supply department. We had been temporarily out of the latter for some weeks and could not get more until this week. Mrs. Mark Reed, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank ’ Borntrager, at Ft. Wayne, and her 1 mother, Mrs. George Kessinger, at ' Lagro, returned home the first of the week. Mrs. Reed has taken up her residence with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Reed, and John Reed and wife will occupy her house on College I avenue. ■

Paul Strecker, who has been spending a ten-day Furlough here with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Strecker, returned to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, yesterday. Paul is connected with the Y. M. C. A. work at Canip Shelby and on Wednesday was in Indianapolis conferring with the state secretary of the association. . Mrs. A. F. Long left on Friday last for Niagara Falls, New York’, to spend a couple of months or mor© with her daughter, Mrs. Russell Strawbridge, and family. “Uncle” Abe is stopping with hi§. son George and family during her absence, but thinks that he, too, will run over to the Falls for a week some time during the winter. The packages of Democrats which should have gone north on the milk train Wednesday morning failed to go for the reason that the mail carrier who took them to the Monon station, through some mix up, brought them back again. Therefore they did, not go north until afternoon and consequently could not get out on the rural routes until Thursday morning. '■. .

We" certainly have been getting plenty of zero weather this winter so 'far—and snow. too. The mercury has dropped below the 0 practically every night for the past week and most of the ice from Sunday morning’s sleet is still covering everything. Thursday the cold moderated a little and a few inches of snow fell during the early hours Friday morning, it still continuing when The Democrat went to press Friday afternoon, about five or six inches having fallen up to that time. Fortunately there was no wind, and it did not drift. John M. Knapp sends The Democrat a renewal of his subscription from Panama, New York, and adds a few words which will Be of interest to the many friends of Mr. Knapp in Rensselaer and Jasper county. The letter was written Wednesday, and Mr. Knapp said: “Today we are having quite a snow storm, but not cold. Crops here were good except corn, which did not generally mature. Potatoes were good;-I had 205 bushels from slightly less than one acre. Milk is bringing good money; sell ours at cents at the farm. Pork 24 cents per pojind. For one that enjoys farming the chance to make good was never better. I am keeping fourteen head of cows, all Holsteins except one.”