Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1918 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

P. McLaughlin and son John of Remington were Rensselaer visitors Wednesday. Gas 24c; tires sold at 50c profit. We never close.—MAlN GARAGE, phone 206. j-10 Miss Helen Duvall went to Rockville the first of the week for an extended visit. 4 ■ - Mrs. Clint Brown of Huntington came Thursday for a visit with relatives and friends here. Misses Gertrude Jackson and Nell Ryan went to Indianapolis Tuesday, where they will attend a teachers’ college. Miss Nellie Doyle of Richmond, Indiana, came Wednesday to spend the summer with her cousin, Dr. Rose Remmek. Filing card cabinents, leveral different styles, carried in stock in .The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office supply department. Dr. J. Hansson, accompanied by B. Frank Alter, went to South Bend ■Wednesday and drove home two new Overland cars Thursday.

Joseph Kosta of Union township was in Chicago Sunday attending a big meeting of Bohemians, at which the German kaiser was roasted to a fare-you-well. Robert Earl Platt was in Chicago the first of the week and enlisted in the navy and will report for duty on May 14 at the Great Lakes Naval Training station.

Paul Strecker, son of Rev. and hfrs. E. W. Strecker, who has been connected with the Y. M. C. A. work at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, has enlisted in the navy and will be stationed at the Municipal pier in Chicago.

The high school graduating class autoed to Culver Thursday and enjoyed a b‘asket picnic. Mrs. Thompson Ross and little son Kennedy of Chicago came Wednesday for a visit with Mrs. Ora T. Ross. Mrs. Cora Alberson went to Plainfield) Indiana, yesterday where she will be employed at the Hendricks hotel. Miss Lucy Van Hook, who recently underwent'an operation in a Chicago hospital, has returned home and is doing nicely. J. A. Tune of Wilmington, Illinois, was here this week looking after his real estate interests in Milroy township. '

Harley Iliff of Burlington, Wyo., came Thursday night fdr a week’s visit with William M. Hoover and other relatives. Vern Crisler went to Hammond Wednesday via auto. He was acco>mpanied by little Martha Grant, who will visit her grandmother at that place. Oren Norman went to Plymouth the first of the week to see his brother, Van Norman, who had his arm broken Monday when trying to crank an automobile. Gaylord Nowels of Longmont, Colorado, w"ho had been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels, spent a few days the first of the week with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fritz at Delphi.

Some Gifford boys attempted to pass another Ford car driven by a Snow boy Tuesday evening just north of town, and the Gifford car struck loose sand and turned completely over twice. The' occupants escaped injury and with but little damage to the car.

The Jasper-Newton Medical association met Tuesday night with Dr. T. E. Collier at Brook, sixteen of the twenty-four physicians of the two counties being present. Those from Rensselaer attending were Drs. Kresler, Gwin, English and Washburn. Drs. Washburn and Gwin have offered their services to the government in the call issued for doctors from Indiana.

Bogue Butterworth, residing just west of Surrey, is confined to his home with sickness. Mr. Mrs. Ransom Elijah of Mt. Ayr took the train here Thursday for South Bend for a visit with relatives. William Keene and daughter. Miss Sylvia, and Miss Maude Hudson of Goodland, ere visitors in the city Thrusday afternoon. Quite a nice rain fell at Remington and vicinity Wednesday night, it is reported, but scarcely a drop of water fell here. * Peter Nomenson of Dwight. Illinois, was in. Rensselaer Thursday on business connected with his real estate holdings in Jasper county, Charles Payne of Hammond is at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Payne of this city, and is in quite a serious condition from tuberculosis. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Harmon, accompanied by Miss Anna Stocksick and Mrs, John Marynell, were in Logansport Wednesday, making the trip via autq.

Prof. Ray C. Yeoman of Purdue university has been appointed a delegate to the joint on engineering corporation or C - the American Society of Engineers, to be held at the City club in Chicago.

Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Sam Karnowsky, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thompson, Mrs. Vernon Nowels, Miss Anna Leonard, Mrs. W. J. Wright and children, Mrs. Cordelia Williams, Mrs. Elmira Stockton and Mrs. C. H. Porter. Quite a good many of the farmers have been busy this week planting corn. The ground is in good condition and it is probable that with continued weather most of the corn will’ be planted by the end of next week.

Miss Grace Stoker, who for the past few years has been the music and art teacher in the Rensselaer high school, left Wednesday for her home at Downer’s Grove, Illinois. Miss Stover has, accepted a position in Marshall Field’s art department and will not return to Rensselaer another year.

Mr. and Mrs. James Gray of Gowrie, lowa, came yesterday for a few days’ visit with the former's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. S. Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Gray are new ly-weds, having been married Wednesday. Mr. Gray has been drafted in the national army and will be called for duty either the 15th or 25th of this month, and will go to Camp Dodge, lowa, for training.

Walter Nagel, who went with the 'last bunch of Jasper county boys to Camp - Taylor, writes home that he has just been transferred from 27 Co. 7th Battalion, 159 Depot Brigade, to 1 Co. 3rd ißattaUon. sarhe brigade, and that several of the Rensselaer boys . were transferred with him, but that Harold Fidler, who had been bunking next to him, was not transferred to the same company. He said -he had met Art Battleday, Joe Thomas, Louie Misch, and other Jasper county boys who had been there for several months, and that the latter came home Tuesday to assist in farm work (near Wheatfield) for a month.

Yesterday's local markets: Corn, | $1;, oats, 70c; wheat, $2; rye, $2. t The prices a year ago were: Corn, $1.56; oats, 65c. Dr. Hansson has rented the Horton building, lately vacated by Fred Hemphills blacksmith shop, and will use it for garage purposes. * Miss Celia Anderson, teacher in ■ the fifth grade of the Rensselaer l schools for several years, returned. to her home in Anderson Thursday. 1 Miss Anderson is. another teacher who may not return here next year.

Mr. and Mt's. W. F. Kratli and little son left Thursday for Ishpeming. Michigan, where Mr. Kratli will teach in the schools there until about July 1. Mr. Kratli has been princiiial in the Rensselaer schools for the past few years and will probably return next year.

Miss Ruth Wood, who has been in Chicago for the past two weeks, receiving instructions preparatory to taking up Chautauqua work, came down Wednesday to attend the alumni banquet. Miss Wood will leave next week for Texas where the Chautauqua company will open for the season. Lloyd Ford of Remington, who for some years has been engaged in conducting a meat market at that place with one of the Hensler boys, has recently purchased the Todd meat market at Kentland and will move to the latter place. Hi® brother, Louis Ford, now of Newport, Kentucky, will be associated with him in business at Kentland. Mrs. Laura Michaels, who was called to Del Norte, Colorado, some time ago by the illness of her daughter-in-law, Mre. George Michaels, directs us to change the address of her Democrat to that place, as she has decided to spend the summer there. Mrs. George Michaels is improving nicely from her recent illness.

Among the Chicago goers Tuesday were J. J. Montgomery, Gravalous Hansson, Sam Fendig, William Traub, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McFarland, Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe, Mrs. Firman Thompson and A. Halleck of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hicks and two children and Miss Gertrude Besse and Del Yeoman of Remington. Well, how are things coming with you? We expect some troubles. If we did not have we would think things were coming too easy. Understand this, the Studebaker farm wagon is the best wagon put upon four wheels; the bigger the load the lighter the draft. I have one price for all, and quality Is guaranteed at C. A. ROBERTS’, Front, St, Rensselaer, f ts The twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. ans Mrs. Chris Morganegg, Jr., residing in Illinois, but who is visiting at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Arthur Waymire of Union township, was bitten just back of the knee by a dog at the Waymire home, causing quite" a ‘bad wound. The dog was immediately killed and the head sent to Indianapolis to determine whether or not the animal was rabid.

Charles Merica, father of W. J. Merica, who was engaged in the bakery business in Rensselaer several years ago and went from here to Kentland, where he is engaged in the same line, died at the home of the latter last week, aged seventytwo years. His death was caused from tuberculosis. He had made his home with his son for the past three or four years. The remains were taken to his former home at Delphi for burial. Quite a number of automobile tourists are passing through Rensselaer nowadays, but nothing like the number in former years. Among those during the past few days was a party from Florida and another from New York City, they being perhaps those tourists coming the greatest distance. The Main and Central garages are making a special effort to route tourists through Rensselaer by way of Mt. Ayr, to Chicago and Indianapolis, and this route is not only 13 miles shorter in distance but has much better roads, it is said, than the official route through Morocco, Brook, Goodland and Remington, the roads north of Morocco being in bad condition, it is reported The road from Thayer south to Mt. Ayr and thence east to Rensselaer and south to Remington has been covered with guide boards and it is probable that a great depl of the tourist travel will be diverted through Rensselaer as a result.

John Priest, traveling passenger agent for the Monon, has received a letter from General Passenger Agent Cockrell, with headquarters in Chicago, that all passenger agents and some of t'he freight agents have been dismissed. Passenger agents in Milwaukee, St. Paul and points in the West and South have been discharged and will look for other employment. Mr. Manny, who resigned last week as division freight agent at Michigan City, is interested in banks there and is through with railroad work. His position has been abolished. —Lafayette Journal.