Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1918 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

goodland (From the Herald) William L. Wood of Rensselaer Was a caller in Goodland Monday. Last Sunday evening Lt. Harry O’Neal left for Camp Humphrey, Virginia, where he has orders to report May 1. Seymore Hickman, who has been visiting relatives at Vincennes. Indiana, since last February, returned to Goodland and Mt. Ayr this week. Mrs. J. G. Kinneman, who has been visiting with relatives and friends in California for the past four months, is expected home the last of this week. W. A. Medlock received a letter from his brother Ray, that he had arrived in France safe; He enlisted at Cincinnati in squad 300, 22nd engineers corps. Lemont Dunkle, who is employed at the Gary steel mills, was home for commencement exercises last Friday night, returning to his work the first of the week. The first of the week the Public Service Commission of Indiana handed down its decision with the Western Indiana Telephone company of this city in which the latter’s petition for an increase was refused.

RENSSELAER. IND.