Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1918 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Vance Collins was in Gary on business Tuesday. George L. Maines went to Ohio on business the first of the week. Gas 24c; tires sold at 50c profit We never close. —MAIN GARAGE, phone 206. j-10 Miss Jean Landers of Chicago visited here with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rhoades this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wood visited their daughter, Miss Ruth, in Chicago the first of the week. Mrs. Mel Abbott and daughter Madelene visited in Indianapolis a few days the first of the week. Misses Stella Bristow and Opal Reed left Thursday for Burt, lowa, for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde "Bristow. Mrs. Leo Reeve went to Rantoul, ■lliinois, Wednesday for a few days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bruner. Filing card cabinents, several different styles, carried In stock in The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office supply department.

D. M. Worland informs The Democrat that his son John is now over in France, in fact has been for about six weeks, and Paul is supposed to now be on the way there.

Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Spitler and daughter, Mrs. Malcolm Clark of Wheatfield, visited Lieut. W. 1Spitler and fannnly at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan, a few days this week. Chicago goers Wednesday were Ernest Abbott, Carl Worland, Mrs. M. D. Gwin and sister, Mrs. Barnes and Miss Ollie Tanner of this city, and Misses Marie Pollock and Mary Miles of Wolcott.

Mrs. Newt Waterman of Chicago came Wednesday to visit a few days with her sister, Mrs. N. Littlefield. Mrs. W. H. Beam went to Lafayette Wednesday for a short visit with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Busha. Yesterday’s local markets: Corn, |1; oats, 68c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.75. The prices a" year ago were: Corn, $1.58; oats, 68c; wheat, $3; rye, $2.

Rensselaer sports who make .pilgrimages to the oasis of Beaverville, Illinois, should take warning of what befell those Fowler sports and make a detour of Morocco on their return trip. Womans friend is a large trial bottle of Sanol prescription. Fine for black heads, eczema and all rough skin and clear complexion. A real skin tonic. Get a 50c trial bottle at the drug store. —Advt ts Several of our Rensselaer boy > have recently secured employment in Gary, among whom are Delos York, George Jloover, Leonard Gourley, Mike Porter, Leland Coilins, 'Hildred Pefley and Mort Murray. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Mesdames J. H. Chapman and G. A. Williams, S. Spiegel, Floyd Meyers, Charles Pefley and Fred Hemphill of this city, and Fred Peck and H. IH, Bowman of Remington. In a letter written home last Sunday and received here Thurs day, D. J. Babcock says that the 105th Engineers unit is still at Camp Sevier, South Carolina, but are all ready to leave at a 'moment's notice. Some of the other units left last week, it is supposed for overseas service.

Vern Jacks went to Gary Wednesday on business.

G. A. Jacks of Lee was a visitor in the city yesterday. Paul Beam and Jay D. Roth went to Chicago Thursday to look for employment. K Among the Chicago goers Tuesday were H. F. Parker, S. P. Hilliard and B. N. Fendig. The Democrat’s fancy stationery department is the economical place to buy your correspondence needs. Miss Lillian Diener returned to her home in Chicago the first of the week after a visit here with Mrs. Mary Meyer-Healy.

Mrs. Sarah Domke and Mrs. Eva Hunt, who were here to attend the funeral of their brother-in-law, W. W. Reeve, returned to their home in Medaryville yesterday. Mrs. W. C. Kincaid and children went to Indianapolis Thursday to visit her parents, Mr. Kincaid having gone to Nebraska earlier in the week to visit his parents.

The picture slide show given at the Gaiety airdome Thursday night for the benefit of the Jasper County War Mothers by State Geologist Barrett, “Beauty Spots of Indiana,” was fairly well attended and was quite interesting, except that the picture machine was not working well and did not show up the views as plainly as it should. The 309th engineers, with trains and full equipment, will hike to Indianapolis some time next month from Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, and be encamped at Fort Benjamin Harrison for probably two weeks. The engineers are composed of draft men from Jasper, Newton, Lake, Porter, Laporte and Starke, counties, east Chicago and Gary, under cotawnand of Colonel Jarvis Bain.

Clyde Reeve of Deleware county, New York, came Tuesday evening, and the reason that he had not come in time for his father’s funeral was due to the fact that he did not knoivof the latter's death until he reached here. He had been wired shortly before Mr. Reeve's death that the latter was very bad and to come if he could, and he had tried to reach the folks here Sunday by wire to learn of his father’s condition, but was unable to do so. He therefore started for Rensselaer Monday. He will probably remain here over Sunday.

Will M. Chappell, formerly of Remington, writes The Democrat from Portland, Oregon, and directs us to change his paper to his new street address, 1222 East 17th street North, and says: 'I have bought a fine 8-room bungalow and have moved into it, and so we are ‘living’ once more. What a relief to get out of a flat and have, come place to stretch, and natural fir trees for shade and lots of flowers. I am still working for the government with a recent raise of 50 cents per day and working Sundays now'. Got in my day this Sunday at noon, was assigned so much work to do and got through at noon. The big plant is running 24 hours a day now and eimploying 2,000 soldiers. The coast is surely doing its part in getting out airplanes.”

Mrs. Jesse Nichols received a letter a few days ago from her nephew’, John Groom, who with John Moore is stationed at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, stating that they were expecting to leave for the war zone very soon.