Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1918 — NMGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NMGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

GIFFORD Our school closed this week. Lon Daniels left for North Dakota Tuesday. Oats sowing and garden plowing is the order of the day. Lida and Johnnie Akers spent Saturday and Sunday in Gifford. Ralph Timm and Ralph Ballard ot Medaryville spent Sunday here. Church services Saturday evening and Sunday. Everybody come. iHhrry Johnson of Hebron spent Sunday evening -with Vernie Keen. Guy Zook "and family called on George Lambert and daughters Tuesday evening. George Kimble of Hebron spent Saturday and Sunday with Charles Walker and family. Mr. and Mrs. Tayolr Hankins and children and ' Mr. and Mrs. Earl Haniford and son spent Easter with Charley Britt 'and family. Dice Zook and son Orval and brothers, Clarence, Guy and Jud, were Demotte goers Saturday. The latter’s wife accompanied them to Wheatfield to see a doctor. Mts. May Smith and children of Laura visited friends here Tuesday, and announced a farewell dance at their home Saturday evening, April 8. They will move to Benton county. William Steel, George Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker, Miss Sylvia Grim, Harry Reed, Will Obenchain and Miss Vesta Brown were among the Rensselaer goers Saturday. A letter was received from Reuben Snyder, who went to North Dakota March 25, saying ’ that he liked that country fine and had killed three geese, and one jack rabbit since his arrival. .

American firms now have an opportunity to supplant Germany in the hardware trade of Italy, Spain - and Portugal, according to a statement issued by the department of commerce.

Mourning the Departed. The newest thing in mourning is' dark blue. It is not for the sod half of! the menage, but for the widow who: disagrees with her othe’r half, whoi seeks the courts to cut the knot. Such a person was seen yesterday and when asked if she had lost some one replied: “Yes, my husband.” “When did he! die?" “Don’t understand.” “I di-1 I vorced him. I felt for a time that I' should retire quietly, and now that I have emerged I wear a compromise color —blue. I didn’t really dislike my husband, but I had to divorce him. The mourning is half for him and half for; the memories. But, poor boy, he married again. His stenographer.”—New York Tribune.