Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1918 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

S. Spiegel was in Chicago on business Saturday. Beef by quarter or in small quantities. —C. H. LEAVEL, phone 647. Lieutenant Edward L. Watson* spent Friday in Chicago Heights with relatives. Mrs. John Lyons and little daughter of Gary are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Moore. Mrs. C. ,P. Moody went to Crown Point Saturday for a short visit with her son, Clarence Fate, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilcox returned Sunday from a few days’ visit with relatives in Indianapolis. •‘Uncle” Joseph Smith passed his eighty-first milestone Saturday and is good for several laps more, let us hope.

I will sell 6 good O. I. C. brood sows, all bred, at the K. Zillhart sale Saturday, February 23.— DAVID ZEIGLER. f-23 Lloyd Johnson of the aviation division of the Great Lakes Training station spent Sunday with home folks in Barkley township. Misses Hazel Reeve and Alice Daniels spent Saturday and Sunday in Chicago with their sisters, Misses Gladys Reeve and Bertha Daniels. Ellis Thomas, city teamster, went to Montmorenci Saturday to attend the funeral of his grandmother. During his absence Chester Zea had charge of the fire station. > — C. P. Moody, O. K. Rainier and J. J. Montgemery wore in Lafayette on business Monday, driving down in the former’s car, which he left there to have repainted, and returning via rail.

Lucius Strong has been confined to his home on McKinley avenue for the past week from a sprained ankle, caused from stepping into a small hole in the ice. The injured member is much better at this time, however.

George A. Williams was in Lafayette on business Saturday. Mrs. S. C. Myers of Indianapolis attended the funeral of Mrs. Daniel Boardwell here Friday. Among the Clhicago goers Monday were E. L. Hollingsworth, Gerald /Hollingsworth and Roscoe Halstead.

■— I Chicago goers Saturday were Mrs. | Will Rowles and son Max, Miss Hazel Lamson, H. O. Harris and Rev. Father Benedict. Mrs. Alex Elijah and baby and Mrs. George Handley of near Mt. [ Ayr went to Indianapolis Saturday for a visit with relatives. Mrs. B. Murray of Atlanta, Georgia, spent Friday here with Mr. and Mrs. William Hogan. She had been visiting relatives at Lafayette. Frank Timmons, who has been in Louisiana for some time, arrived in Rensselaer the last of the week, going from here to his home in Remington.

The Dorcas club of Remington was to repeat its home-talent minstrel play at that place last evening, and Lon Healy’s new war song, “I’m Rarin’ to Go,’’ is one of the hits used in the play.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bristow and baby of Algona, lowa, came Saturday for a week’s visit with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bristow, of south of town, and Mrs. mother, Mrs. Sarah Reed, of this city.

A depot organization for the engineers’ corps-is being established at Camp Taylor to serve a number of cantonments with trained men in that branch of service. Among those selected for this unit appear the names of Othel J. Caldwell, Anton DeGroot and Herman P. Lange, three Jasper county boys.

H. W. Kiplinger of Gary spent Saturday with his family here.

The Priscilla Sew club will meet, tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. W. H. Parkinson on College avenue. Miss Monta Oglesby of .Gary is here for an extended visit with her aunts, the Misses Grace and Fame Haas.

Mr. and Mrs. John Roadruck of, Morocco spent a few days the first of the week with the latter’s mother, Mrs. E. J- Morris. * Oscar Weiss of Newton township went to Lafayette the last of the week to take a short course in -animal husbandry at Purdue university. Mrs. E. A. Gardiner of Kankakee, Illinois, came yesterday for a visit with iher daughter, Mrs. Lesley Miller. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, $1; oats, 82c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.90. The prices a year ago were: Corn, 96c; oats, 55 c; wheat, $1.70; rye, si- 25 - i >SB The John W. Faylor farm of 160 acres in Union township sold last Friday at public auction, brought $88.50 per acre. William A. Davis of Kniman was the purchaser.

Nightwatch Frank Critser has been confined to his home for the past week with a severe cold, bordering on pneumonia, but at this writing he is considerably improved. John Robinson and W. S. Parks have been subbing for him during his illness.

Word was received here last week of the death of Mrs. Rufus Giver of Hammond. Mrs. Giver was a sister of Mrs. John Webber of this city and Mrs. Will Eldridge of near Rensselaer. The .funeral was held at Hammond Saturday and was attended by Mrs. Eldridge, Mrs. Webber, Mrs. Ann Norris and Mrs. Will Holmes.

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.

A. F. Long left Saturday for Niagara Falls, New York, to visit his wife, who has been there with their daughter, Mrs. Russell Strawbridge, for some time. Mr. Long will remain for about a week and it is not probable that Mrs. Long wijl return home with him. During Mr. Long’s absence C. C. Warner is assisting George in running the drug store. J. W. Smith was down from Walker township Saturday for the first time in several weeks. The last time he was here previously he got snow bound and did not get home for three days. Mr. Smith wifi move from the Dr. Turfler farm to Dr. Kresler’s farm, east of town, about March 1, and a Mr. Parker from near Roselawn Will move on the. farm he vacates in Walker.

"Be Ifair to the coal dealers, ’ yowls the Republican. .Sometime, after the coal dealer editor has received the dividends on his stock, why not ask the coal dealers to be ■fair with the public and at least not hold it up for more than the .very liberal rates fixed and published by the county fuel administrator? Of course, this has never occurred to the "unselfish” editor of that sheet. The Democrat received a card Saturday from Joe Meehan, formerly of Remington and well known to a good many of its readers. Joe has been with one of the Allies’ bands over in France for the past couple of years, and in the few words written on the card, which was mailed January 21 in Paris. Joe says, "Hello everybody. Am here on leave but will write you more later. Too busy now.’’ The words “too busy now,’ were heavily underscored, and K Joe is anything like he used to be we can surely believe it—-in Paris.

Womans 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

if you are going to use fertiliser this year—and you should—call and see Thomas E. Reed, Remington, R-3, or phone 79-J and talk with him about it. Read his ad in another part of this issue of The Democrat. Until further notice the surgical dressings department of the Red Cross shop will be closed to regular workers on Thursday arid Saturday evening of each week. The class for instruction in the standard course will meet at 7 o'clock on Thursday evening of this week for the first lesson. About two inches of snow fell Friday night and considerable of the snow remained on tho ground until Monday. But rain Monday night, with rising temperature, removed the last vestige except possibly a very few scattering drifts in unexposed places. The mercury dropped to within a few degrees of zero both Friday and Saturday nights, but yesterday afternoon it registered 56 degrees in the shade at 2 o'clock. A telegram was received here Monday morning announcing the death of Mrs. E. K. Mason of Grand Rapids, Michigan, she having died on. Sunday. Mrs. Mason is well known to many of the older people here, being a sister of Mrs. E. L. Clark of this city and John L. Osborne of Hanging Grove township. The funeral will be iheld at Grand Rapids Wednesday and burial made in that city.