Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1918 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

C. H. Peck was over from Remington Wednesday. William Stitz of near Remington was a business visitor in the city Saturday. Elmer Pihegley of southwest of town was in Monticello on business Wednesday. Mrs. K. T. Rhoades went to , Lafayette Sunday, where She is taking a course in stenography and typewriting.

Wallace & Baugh of Lafayette ■will be at the MaJceever hotel on Tuesday, April 30, for the making of loans on chattel property. —Adv. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hallagan and the fopmer’s sister, Mrs. A. E. Delouest, returned home Wednesday after spending the winter at Ocala, Elorida.

Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Dr. F. A. Turfler, G. J. Jessen, S. H. Cornwell, S. Speigel, Russell Willetts, Mesdames R. D. Thompson, Vern Nowels and Miss Anna Leonard. Mrs. F. M Stover returned to her home at Downers Grove, Illinois, Wednesday, after spending several days here with her daughter. Miss Grace Stover, music and art teacher in the Rensselaer high school. t _ Among the Chicago goers Wednesday were W. C. Babcock, V-. J. Crisler, Gerald Hollingsworth, Granville Moody, Jr., Roy Stephenson, Alfred Donnelly and Mrs. C. H. Porter of Rensselaers and Mabel Cain of Remington. Harry Hartley and Michael Kanne of this city and E. G. McCullom of Wolcott were in Toledo, Ohio, Tuesday and Wednesday looking at a grain drier used in an elevator there. They are contemplating installing a drier in the Farmers Grain company elevator here in the near future. During Mr. Hartley's absence Lester Rich of Indianapolis had charge of the elevator h6re.

John Holliday went to Hammond on business Thursday. Mrs. John R. Phillips of McCoysburg spent Thursday in Rensselher. William H. -Hershman of Walker township was in Rensselaer on business Wednesday. Mrs. Fannie Wasson and two children went to Winchester Wednesday for a visit with relatives. Father 'William 'Bordenian of Frankfort came the first of the week for a short visit with relatives here. y Mrs. Ira J. Coe came the first of the week from (Chicago for a visit with her sister, Mrs. J W. Stockton, west of town. Read the list of farms advertised for sale in another column of today’s Democrat by George F. Meyers, the Rensselaer real estate dealer. 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

Mrs. O. S. Baker and two children, Dora and Edward, spent a few days the first of the week with her daughter, Mrs. George Wenrick, and family, who reside a few miles north of Goodland.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the Rensselaer post office for the week ending April 15: Sylvester Schwager, Archie O’Daniel, Jeff Stanley, Herschell Blaze, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Cover, Mrs. Eva Stockdale, Lloyd Cape. If not called for the above letters will be sent to the dead letter office April 29. Ellis Thomas, the city teamster and Imafshal, has repainted the automobile parking spaces on our brick streets, and the words, "No Marking Here,” appear in front of each water* hydrant. This space is reserved so that a hydrant can be quickly reached in case of fire, and the instructions should be observed by the public. In the larger cities it is a finable offense to park a car within a given number of feet of a fire hydrant.

A. O. Yeoman of Kingman, Kansas, came Tuesdaj r for a couple of weeks visit with relatives and old friends. Mt. Yeoman, who left here forty years ago and located in the Sunflower state -when it was in its infancy, is looking wriil and has prospered nicely since leaving Jasper county. He states that they had about three inches of rain in his locality last week and a big wheat crop is assured. Corn is looking fine also, and some is being 'plowed over for the first time.

Zeb Swaim of near Aix has been quite sick for several days. Raymond McKay is confined to his home with a severe sore throat. “Uncle Stern’’ Iliff of Jordan township has been confined to his home for several days with sickness. J. F. Bruner of Rantoul, Illinois, visited here Wednesday and Thursday with his daughter, Mrs. Leo Reeve. John Morgan of Elwood came Wednesday evenipg for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gtorge Morgan. George A. Green has rented the Mrs. Stocksick residence on north Weston streets and will move into same in a few days. Mrs. William Noland of Dixon, Tennessee, is visiting Mrs. Ralph Johnson of Barkley township and Mrs. Howard Burr of near Parr. William Eisele, who has been at Heron Lake, Minnesota, for several weeks running a tractor on a big ranch, returned home Thursday evening. Lester Rich and Miss Catherine Watson returned to Indianapolis Thursday after a few days spent here .with relatives and friends. They made the in Mr. Rich’s auto. Mr. and Mrs. John Eger went to Chicago Thursday where Mrs. Eger will remain for several days at the hospital to have her neck treated, which has been giving her some trouble of late.

Hugh Treanor, Jr., of near Wolcott, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Hugh Treanor, Sr., were in Rensselaer Thursday and made The Democrat a pleasant call. Mr. Treanor had driven over to get some grinding done at the Iroquois Roller Mill. Now every Wednesday we ship Felt, Velour, Panama, Leghorn, Bangkok Hats to be dyed, cleaned and reblocked the new styles. They come back to you as good as new. IT PAYS. Bring your’s at once to the Home of Good Clothes. —WILLIAM TRAUB, Tiensselaer, Ind. if

Mrs. Magdalena Meyer, the aged mother of Mrs. Mary Meyer-Healy, stumbled and fell while out in the back yard at their home on the corner of Work and Front streets Tuesday afternoon, and it was necessary to carry her into the house. While it is thought that no bones were broken, she was quite badly shaken up and bruised by the fall and is still confined to her bed. Corporal Louis Misdh- sends us frojmi Camp Taylor a copy of “Trench and Camp,” the Y. M. C. A. training camp publication, giving a sketch of the life of Col. William L. Gut/hrie, the beloved commander of the 309th engineers, who died at Camp Taylor recently after a short illness from pneumonia. Also a sketch of Col, Jarvis J. Bain of Indiana, who succeeds Col. Guthrie. Thomas Cox of this city, who offered his services to the British government several months ago, has been ordered to report for duty and will leave next Monday for Chicago, from whence be will go to Toronto, Canada, where he will receive the necessary training for duties at the front. Mr. Cox served in the English army before coming to America several years ago. His family will be properly taken care of by the Canadian government during the time he is in the army and will receive $67.50 per month, it is understood.

The elevators here have been buying a lot of rotten corn lately and paying 40 to 4 5 cents per bushel for same. This used to be considered an excellent price for firstclasts corn, and it is certainly a mighty good thing that farmers are able to dispose of the bad corn that they had sorted out and which no domestic animal would eat at all. for such a liberal price, as apparently the corn is At for nothing but fuel. It is understood that this rotten corn is being ( shipped to distilleries and being made into alcohol, large quantities of which is used in making war munitions.

C. P. Fate of Crown Point was a visitor in the citjr yesterday. W. B. Yeoman drove over from Columbia City Thursday on business and too spend a few days with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mi's. James Duffy, who 'have been in the East, spent a few days here this week with the latter’s sister, Mrs. W. 11. Beam. Yesterday’s local markets: Corn, 90c; oats, 81c; wheat, $2; rye, $2. The prices a year ago were: Corn, $1.40: oats, Q6c; wheat, $2.25; rye, $1.4 0. Mr. Chapman has received a nice large county flag and also a flag for each township, for the splendid response made to Uncle Sam s appeal for funds. I Mrs. J. W. McConahey, who had been visiting here for two weeKs with her mother, Mrs. Henry Randle, and other relatives, returned to Pullman, Illinois, yesterday. W. J. Wright and Ray Parks, who left for Ravena, Ohio, Monday night to" drive home a new automobile ambulance which Mr. Wright had purchased at the factory there, did not reach home until yesterday.

Alva Simpson, who has been employed at the Farmers elevator for some time, ‘has resigned his position there and is moving to Frankfort where, it is understood, he will be employed in a garage. He is succeeded at the elevator by William Martin. Mrs. Philip Lagen and daughter Phyllis came Wednesday for a visit with her father, Nelson Rand/e, and other relatives. After tihefr visit here they will join Mr. Lagen at Albuquerqbe, New Mexico, to wihich place they have recently moved from Glenwood, Illinois. Edmond Robinson, who is in the headquarters company of the 137th field artillery at Camp Shelby, issippi, came Wednesday for a tenday furlough. Leland McClanahan and a few other boys from Camp Shelby whose names we did not learn, are also home on furloughs.

Mr. and Mrs. George Stoudt drove | over from Remington Thursday and met their daughter. Miss Ruth Stoudt, who is attending the Conservatory of Music in Chicago and came home to remain until .after the commencemerit exercises of tho Remington high school, her brother Robert being a metriber of the graduating class. E. H. Alford of Chicago, who was arrested recently on the charge of defrauding I. O. McCullough, formerly of Newton township, out of $5,000 in a deal in stocks, and who is seeking to evade extradition to Indiana through habeas corpus proceedings which were to have been heard last Tuesday, is still in the City, the hearing having been postponed until next Tuesday. Harvey Wood, Sr., was eighty years old last Wednesday and a fatmiily dinner was held in honor of the occasion, all -his children being present with the exception of Mrs. Mabel Rishling of near Crawfordsville, who was unable to attend on account of Mr. Rishling being laid up with a broken leg. (His brother, Eli Wood of Monon, who was eighty-two years of age on March -23, was here for the occasion. (j A Christian science lecture held at the First Christian church in Lafayette Monday night was attended by the following people from Rensselaer: Mr. and Mrs. C. Earl -Duvall, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. ‘Reeve, daughter Hazel and son Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Reeve, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pullin, Miss Elizabeth West, Cal Cain, Mrs. Isaac Kepner, Vernon Nowels and son Harold, Mrs. S. C. Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gilson, Mrs, W. C. Babcock, Mrs. Jennie Jessen and Mrs. N. - Littlefield.

John F. Mitchell passed his sev-enty-fifth milestone Monday, and in honor of the occasion about forty members of the G. A. R. and the Milroy Circle came with baskets well filled with good things to eat and spent the day with him. The out of town guests were MT. and' Mrs. Harrington and two sons and Mrs. Merritt of Chicago. Mr. Mitchell was presented with one dozen Amer-, ican Beauty roses by his wife and seventy-five’carnations, one for each year of his life, by his Chicago friends.- •

Mir. and Mrs. John Horton came down from Chicago last evening to spend the week-end with home folks. Mrs. Horton and baby expect to remain here with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Eisele, but John will continue his studies at the dental school there, coming down on Friday elvenings to spend the ■week-end with ‘his family.

RENSSELAER. IND.