Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1918 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

A. E. Malsbray of Lafayette was a business visitor in the city Tuesday. Frank Welsh andß. D. Thompson were in Wheatfield on business Tuesday. Miss Pearl Putt of Kniman took the train here Tuesday for Brook, where she will visit friends.

Nathan Chupp, who had been spending a few days with his parents, returned to his home at Edinburg Wednesday. Among the Chicago goers Wed- t nesday were B. Forsythe, C. P., Wright, William Traub, Elmer Gwin and Mrs. Charles Porter. B. J. Jarrette spent Wednesday In Warsaw with his wife, who is visiting relatives there and who was taken sick since going there. A. Pearson returned to his home in Chicago the first of the -week after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Osa Ritchey of Jordan township.

Lafayette goers Wednesday were Florence and Alice Ryan, Mrs. J. D. Martindale and daughter Thelma, Mrs. Judson Adams, Mrs. William Daniels, Mrs. J. F. Payne and Mrs. Frank Hoeferlin and two children.

Attorney J. A. Dunlap and William Wells were Lafayette visitors Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Osborne went to Strawn, Illinois, Wednesday, called there by the serious illness of the former’s sister. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Eigelsbach went to Martinsville Wednesday, where the latter will take treatment for rheumatism-. Mrs. Victoria Pierson, who has been visiting relatives here for some time, returned to her heme at . Fremont, Michigan, the first of the week. Come to see me if you need a Buggy, a Farm Wagon or a tonic for your stock. I handle the Clover Brand tonic, and none is better. Money refunded if not satisfied.- — !c. A. ROBERTS. ts Among the Chicago visitors Tuesday were S. P. Hilliard, R. V. Halstead, W. V. Porter, Charles Pefley, Granville Moody, G. J. Jes|sen, Elmer Daniels and Dr. and ' Mrs. W. L. Myer.

Mrs. Laura Michael of this city received a letter from her son, George, formerly of this county but now living near Del Norte. Colorado, announcing the arrival of a baby girl on March 18. C. K. Brown, who is moving from the Gus Yeoman farm in Newton township to a farm near Wheatfield, was in Rensselaer on business Thursday and ordered The Democrat sent to his new address.

Mrs. Charles Ramp, who has been spending the winter at New Orleans, Louisiana, with her daughter, Mis. Henry J. Regus, returned home the latter part of last week. She enjoyed her visit in the Louisiana metropolis .very much. Nate Welsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welsh of Jordan township, who enlisted in the navy recently, received word to report for duty and left Wednesday for IndianapoAra and Ben Bullis, also of Jordan township who enlisted [at the same time "as Mr. Welsh, also went to Indianapolis Wednesday via Remington.

W. S. Parks was a Chicago visitor yesterday. Robert Loy spent Saturday night and Sunday in Monticello, the guest of Randolph Gardner. Chicago goers Thursday were Dr. F. A. Turfler, Miss Anna Leonard and Fred Hicks of Remington. Ellis Jones, Samuel Bowman and J. M. Ott were among the Remington visitors in the city Wednesday David Blitstein was down from Chicago this week looking after his real estate interests near Newland. S. D. Clark and son Ray of Wheatfield and James Clark of Kersey were visitors in the city Thursday.

March 29 is “Good Friday,” the proper time to "plant potatoes, according to the old adage, to obtain best results. John Donnelly and family left Thursday for Holyoke, Colorado, near which place they will make their future home. Hiram Day with his force of helpers went to Fair Oaks Wednesday where they have the job of plastering the new school building. The Unique club, Pythian Sisters, will meet next Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Harry Kresler, instead of Mrs. Hale Warner, as previously announced.

Merrill Freeland, a Newton township soldier boy who has been located at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, for some time, arrived in Rensselaer Friday morning for a twelve-day furlough.

The Republicans will hold a dismeeting at Lafayette Monday, and the Democrats will hold a district meeting at Hammond next Saturday, to talk over their respective plans for the coming campaign, A blaze which originated in the workroom of A. Beasley’s studio at Monon Saturday afternoon destroyed the entire chemical equipment, entailing a loss of about S3OO, which was covered by insurance. Mr. Beasley was former Ij located at Remington.

George M. Babcock, who has been stationed for several months at j Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, : with a ground squadron in the aviation division, has succeeded in securing a transfer to the East, and will go to Utica, New York, where he will take machine gun training Jat the Savage Arms Co. plant. . He is expected home in a day er tyo for a. short furlough while on his way from San Antonio to Utica.

C. J. Hobbs of Hebron was in the city on business Thursday. Frank Lewis of Lafayette was a business visitor in the city Thursday. Advices received by friends here are to the effect that Dr. C. E. Johnson arrived safely in France last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Braddock moved Wednesday into the E. L. Hollingsworth rooms over Wood & Kresler’s barber shop. Mrs. Hlarry R. Kurrie and children were expected to conle down from Chicago yesterday to remain here until after Easter. Among the out-of-town bidders at the Lewis & Leatherman Hampshire hog sale Wednesday was Attorney- Hume L. Sammons of Kentland. Yesterday's markets: Corn, 85c; oats, 87c; wheat, $2; rye, $2.30. The prices a year ago were: Corn, $1,03; oats, 58c; wheat, $1.80; rye, $1.30. The little 16-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cox, who has been quite sick for several days with bronchial pneumonia, is quite a little better.

Mr. and Mrs. John Horton will go to Chicago Monday where John will take a course in dentistry. They expect to secure rooms and do light housekeeping. A couple of freight cars got off the track near the furniture factory at an early hour yesterday morning and held up trains No. 35, 36 and 4 for some little time. The economical way to buy correspondence stationery is in pound boxes or bulk quantities. The Democrat handles several different styles and qualities of such papers, with envelopes to match, in its fancy stationery department.

The fire company® was called out Tuesday evening to the home of James M. Yeoman in the southeast part of town, who lives in the Mrs. Farmer property. Some straw in their barn had become ignited but was soon extinguished with but little damage done.

A few boxes of bond and linen finish odd sizb and square envelopes in. The Democrat’s fancy stationery department that will be closed out at two bunches (50 envelopes) for 5 cents. This is but 1-10 of a cent each. Call in and get some of these envelopes while they last. Understand they are made of good bond paper, but are of sizes that do not sell as rapidly as some other lines. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Parks and little daughter of near Etna Green, Kosciusko county, came Monday evening for a few days’ visit witlf his brother, W. S. Parks, and family, and with relatives and friends at Remington. They will leave about April 1 for Balser, Wyoming, where Mrs. Parks’ father is located and has a large sheep ranch. If pleased with the country they will locate there permanently. At the request of the War Department The Democrat has been requested to procure for that department for immediate, use for intelligence purposes, photographs, drawings and descriptions of bridges, buildings, towns and localities now occupied by the German forces in France, Belgium and Luxemburg. Anyone having postcards, pictures, etc,, of any of the subjects desired will confer a favor on the War Department by bringing or mailing same to this office.

A. p. Lee informed The Democrat yesterday, in speaking of the fine weather we have had this March so far, that forty-two years ago the 28th of this month, when he was living at Loda, Illinois, there came the worst storm that he ever saw and the roads were blocked with snow for several days. Farmers came to town on horseback to procure groceries or a sack of coal to keep their families from freezing, and fhany others burned corn as fuel until the roads became passable.