Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1918 — FRANCES VILLE [ARTICLE]

FRANCES VILLE

(From the Tribune) Mrs. Jack Reeder went to Atwood Saturday to visit with her parents. Mrs. J. P. Arnbrecht was called to Kokomo Saturday on account of the sickness of a relative. The death of Mrs. Royal Brenneman occurred this morning at 11:30. At the hour of going to press the funeral arrangements had not been made. Curt Hudgens arrived here from Camp Taylor Tuesday evening on a ten days’ furlough. He has been in the hospital for several days and is home to recuperate. ~ j Mrs. Isa Richard returned to her home in Jewel, lowa, Monday after several weeks’ visit with her bro-

ther, W. D. Byers, and family, and other relatives in the vicinity. Albert Anderson is critically ill from pneumonia at Camp Taylor, and messages received here yesterday state that his Chances for recovery were not very encouraging. ’ Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson and daughter visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Richardson of Decatur, 111. They were accompanied as far as Danville by Mrs. Joseph Gran and daughter and her father.

Mrs. Margaret Hill and daughter. Miss Alice, have returned from a six weeks’ stay at Asheville, N. C. En route they stopped over at Knoxville, Cincinnati and spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Patty at Vicksburg. Mrs. Marion Rotruck left today for Hammond, where she will visit a sister for a few days before going to Detroit, where she will join her husband. Mrs. Rotruck has the honor of being the first woman in the community to register. John Brannan, age seventy-five, one of the old residents of White county, died at his home in Monon Tuesday morning about half past 9. He had been ill since last fall, having suffered a stroke of paralysis, but for the last week had been, improving so much that he was able to walk around- In spite of his illness his death was • quite sudden. I William S. Stevens was born in Champaign county, Ohio, April 26, ,1828, departed this life April 21, 1918. Had he been permitted to live five days longer he would have reached the ripe old age of ninety years. was married to Maltilday Deinory December 3, 1868, a woman of strong Christian character, while her life was cut short in early youth, yet the influence of that life has continually been a leaven, not only in the home, but in the whole community. To this union was born two children, Mrs. Ida Culp of Monon and James W. Stevens of near Medaryville. Mr, Stevens and family came community in 1864, having settled on the farm where his son now resides. IHe was the last of a family of four children. The pride of his heart were fen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. These with a boat of friends are left to mourn the loss. Those attending the services from out of town were Mr. Tom Stevens, Miss Anna Clark, Mr. Jacob Demory, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Crouse, nieces and nephews from Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Faris and -Mrs. Tom Knotts of Gary. In the Spice islands the cloves are sometimes cured by being smoked over a wood fire until they assume a deep brown color, when the further drying is accomplished by the sun. Occasionally the buds are scalded before being dried. If* bright, sunshiny days prevail arti-. ficial heat may be dispensed with and the buds sun dried from first to last. The crop loses about 60 per cent in drying.