Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1918 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

C. W. Rhoades was in Lafayette on business Tuesday. Beef by quarter or in small quantities.—C. H. LEAVEL, phone 647. a - The Home Economics club will meet with Mrs. Williami Traub today. George Sage of near Goodland was a business visitor in the city Thursday. William Barkley came down from Chicago Thursday to look after some business matters. Tull Malone was called to Buffalo, White county, Wednesday by the serious illness of his sister.

Mrs. Minerva Mills sends The Democrat a renewal of her subscription from New Point, Indiana, for another year. Mrs. J. D. Allman spent last Sunday in Chicago with her daughter Florence, who is attending Northwestern university there. Harley Lamson and son Alfred, who had been visiting relatives here for the past few days, returned to their home at Bluffton Tuesday. Misses Marguerite Norris and Delia Paulus returned to Greencastle Tuesday to resume their studies at Depauw university after a few days’ vacation spent with their parents. Chicago goers Wednesday were Dr. J. Hansson, Hugh Kirk, George Dong, C. P. Moody, R. D. Wangelin, Dee Maudk, Milton Mauck, Walter Kelly and Miss Nellie Makeever. Mrs. S. H. Cornwell went to Remington Thursday to help care tfor a sixteen-year-old son of Paul Cornwell, who was reported to be very low with double pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Wynegar and baby came up from Dafayette the first of the week for a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Wynegar and Mr.i and Mrs. T. W. Grant.

This does settle it, and Germany might just as well lay down her sword—they have begun closing the breweries in Germany to save th 3 barley for food, and have even cut off the supply of beer to the soldiers.

Nate Welsh, son of Frank Welsh of Jordan township, and Ara Bullis, also of Jordan, who had recently passed the examination for enlistment in the U. S. navy, went to Indianapolis Wednesday to report for service.

B. S. Fendig was a visitor Wednesday. John Bicknell was in Monticello on business Tuesday. I have sales for every day in February except three Saturdays. —W. a. Mccurtain. Mrs. Laura Fate went to Crown Point Thursday for a few days’ visit with her son, Clarence Fate, and family.

W. E. Harris has moved from the Leslie Clark tenant house on Weston street to the Mrs. Stockton house next door north. . Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Misch of Wheatfield attended the funeral of William Shirer here Wednesday, returning home Thursday morning. The Priscilla Sew club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. F. H. Hemphill. Next Thursday afternoon it will meet with Mrs. G. H. McLain. The secretary of state’s office has been temporarily out of automobile license plates for the past few days, but expects another supply almost any day now.

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 25 c.—MAIN GARAGE. f-1 St. Andrew’s Catholic church in West Hammond was destroyed by fire Monday with a loss estimated at $25,000. The motor fire truck stalled in a snow drift and could not reach the fire. Louis Putts, who had been home for the past month from Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, where he had been in training in the army flying corps, went to Indianapolis Wednesday to report for duty. Earl Clouse, who for several years has been employed as driver of one of the transfer buses, has resigned his position and gone to Gary to seek employment. He has been succeeded here by Roy Stephenson. J. H. Biddle of Remington sends us a check to boost his subscription to 1919, and adds, “We are shy on most everything in Remington except snow, cold weather and rheumatism, and we are hoping to get short on them very soon.”

The general store at t Moody belonging to Fred Markin caught fire Wednesday evening about 6 o’clock from a defective flue. Practically the entire roof of the building was burned off before the blaze could be extinguished. Fortunately no goods were stored on the second floor and Mr. Markin’s loss will not be heavy.

Well, now, Mr, Groundhog, let’s hear from you. O. K. Rainier went to Chalmers Thursday to look after some business matters. i- . ' Little Winifred Burchard was confined to her home the past week with chickenpox. W. F. Gilmore returned to his home at Decatur, Indiana, Thursday after several days’ visit with relatives here. N. Osborn of Gillam township will have a big public sale on Thursday, February 21, of stock, farm implements, etc. Watch for bills. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, $1; oats, 80c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.75. The prices a year ago were: Corn, 98c; oats, 49c; wheat, $1.55; rye, sl.lO. Mrs. R. F. Burnham left for her home in Boston, Massachusetts, Thursday, after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Spitler and other relatives. Mrs. Susie Lister came down from Chicago Wednesday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Reed. Mrs. Reed has been quite sick for the past few days. Mrs. Martha Washburn and daughter, Miss Mary, left Thursday afternoon for a couple of months’ sojourn at St. Augustine and Daytona Beach, Florida.

Mrs. Mell Griffin returned to her home in East Chicago Wednesday after a few days’ visit with her brother, (Harvey Lowman, who recently underwent an operation at the county hospital. Mrs. Bert Hopkins left the first of the week for Miami, Florida, where she will spend several weeks with her sister, Mrs. F. E. Mauck of Muncie, who is spending the winter at that place.

One local coal dealer got in a car of hard coal Wednesday, but closed it all out next day, and yesterday there was not a pound of hard coal in the hands of any of the dealers. Another carload was expected, however, in a day or two. Have you secured your motor license for 1918? If not, better delay it no longer. Miss Mabel Nowels, notary public at The Democrat office, has all the necessary application blanks and will fill out and send in the application for you without expense to you aside Ifrom the fee to the secretary of state and 25 cents notary fee. The funeral of Harry Biggs, who died last Sunday at his home in Canon City, Colorado, was held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of his father, A. J. Biggs, on West Washington street, services being conducted by Rev. G. H. Clarke, former pastor of the Christian church here, but now of near Franklin, Indiana, and burial made in Weston cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morlan received a letter Wednesday from their daughter, Mrs. Jay Nowels, saying that she and her mother-in-law, Mrs. John Nowels, who had intended to leave -Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for Rensselaer Thursday, had decided to remain there and the latter's husband, who had spent some time at iHattiesburg, returning home a few weeks ago, will probably go back again. Gaylord Long, who enlisted in the aviation division of the navy some time ago and has since been stationed at the Great Lakes Training station near Chicago, came home Wednesday on a thirty-day furlough. He had expected to go to Camp Perry for three months’ training but the camp would not be prepared to give the training for another month yet, therefore the aviation division was granted furloughs.

Ira Brown, who has been living on the "Welsh Bros, farm in Jordan township, will have a sale on February 14 and as soon thereafter as possible will leave with his family for Pennsylvania, where he bought a farm last fall of 100 acres one and one-half miles from Lottsville, just over the line from New York state and twelve miles from Jamestown, New York. Richard Potts, who now lives on one of the Lawler farms west of town, will occupy the farm vacated by Mr. Brown.

Charles Shaw and. Charley Osborne were in Indianapolis Thursday. Henry Purcupile, who suffered a second stroke of paralysis last Friday, is now in a very critical condF tion and' little hope is held out for his recovery. Misses Gladys Reeve and Bertha Daniels, who are now employed in Chicago, in office work, will come today to spend Sunday with their parents her'e. When you want a real good lead pencil—something better than you can get elsewhere —try the pencils for sale in the fancy stationery department at The Democrat office. February’s advent had no effect on the temperature, the mercury registering 8 below yesterday morning at 8 o’clock. The day was bright and pleasant otherwise, however, and as the main traveled roads have become quite good again ffor sleighs this is really not such bad weather after all, except that it takes lots of feed for stock and an extra amount of fuel. It is good, healthy weather.

John Eger was in Chicago again Thursday and reports that Mrs. Eger, who is in the Phesbyterlan hospital there taking treatment, was examined again by X-ray while Mr, Eger was there. While it has not been fully determined as yet whether an operation will be performed or not, the chances are strongly that it must be. The expectation now is that the operation will probably be performed early the coming week. Rev. G. H. Clarke of Johnson county, who was called here yesterday to preach the funeral sermon of Harry Biggs, was shaking hands with his many friends here for a short time both before and alfter the funeral, returning home last evening. He reports his family as all well. He is now located as pastor of a rural church some four miles south of Franklin, and his health is better than it was when in Indianapolis, to which city he went from here.