Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1918 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

W. L. Bott spent Sunday with his mother at Star City. Among the Chicago goers Friday were Robert Loy, Paul Miller and S. Speigel. Miss Anna Best of Chicago spent Sunday here with her mother, Mrs. George M. Myers. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoeft of Geneseo, Illinois, are here visiting their daughter, Mrs. Loren C. Sage. Miss Helen Parkinson went to Attica the last of the week to visit her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Linn. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Wangelin capae the last of the week and will remain here until Mr. Wangelin is called for service. 'Filing card cabinents, leveral different m>!es, carried In stock in The Democrat’s fan c / stationery and office supply department. Mrs. Lonnie Ham,, who had been visiting relatives and friends at Morocco, took the train here Saturday for 'her home at French Lick. Mrs. Rue Parcels and two children of Amarillo, Texas, came Saturday for an extended visit with her husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Parcels.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keller and daughter, Miss Lois, Miss Marion Keller, Mrs. K. Grimes and Mrs. Agnes Grimes of Winamac spent Sunday .here with Mys. Keller's sister, Mrs. W. L. Bott.

Mrs. I. B. Washburn is visiting relatives near Logansport.

Old H. C. of L. is beginning to feel the effects of the war garden industry. Gas 24c; tires sold at 50c profit. We never close.—MAIN GARAGE, phone 206. Among the Lafayette goers Saturday were C. L. Morrell and Misses Grace Moore and Eva Halsema. J. J. Montgomery left Monday morning for Camp Taylor, Kentucky, to. visit the Jasper county boys. Mrs. Mary Cowden, who had been visiting relatives here, returned to her home at Logansport Saturday. Chas. Grow went to Wabash county Saturday to join bis wife, who is there visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Paxton. Miss Flaustine West went to Thayer the last of the week for a few days’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Mann Spitler. Mrs. J. J. O’Brien and little son Frank went to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the last of the week for a visit with relatives. Earl Adams and John Gallagher have rented the John M. Knapp property on south Park avenue and are keeping “bach” there. Mrs, Rice Porter and her guest. Miss Maude Harrington of Goodland, Miss Mabel Atwood and Russell Lesh were Lafayette goers Friday. Mrs. Ida Pierce and daughters, Miss Gladys and Mrs. Elmer Seller and baby, came from Greencastle via auto last week for a visit with ■relatives and friends here. Mrs. J. J. (Hunt and two children and her mother, Mrs. J. M. Wasson, went to Columbia City Friday for a week’s visit with another daughter of the latter, Mrs. A. S. Xowels. i

Miss Ethel Hermansen, Miss 'Lillian Christianson and Jack Christianson of Chicago spent Sunday with the former's sister, Mrs. Lew Robinson, just east of town. * Mildred Jane Robinson accompanied her aunt to Chicago for a week’s* visit. Howard Abbott anCr Ceorge Constant of Indiana Harbor and Miss Bertha Daniels of Chicago spent Sunday here with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniels. They were accompanied back to Chicago by Miss Gladys Reeve, who had been visiting here since Memorial day. Mrs. Gerald D. Strong and little son of Jackson, Michigan, came Saturday afternoon for a month s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hartley. She was accompanied from Chicago by Mrs. W. H. Arnold, sister of Mrs. Hartley, who spent Sunday at the Hartley home, ' i turning to Chicago Monday. Alex Miller, who had been visiting" relatives at ML Ayr, Rensselaer and other points, went to near Winamac Sunday with Frank Haskell, and after a short visit there will return to his home at Columbia City. He was accompanied by Mrs, Winona Dunlap and two children of this city, who will spend some time at the Miller home, Mrs. | Dunlap and Mrs. Miller being sisters.

Home-grown peas are now on the local market. 1 t Charles Pefley was a Chicago goer yesterday. X. G. Halsey was a business visitor at Fisher, Illinois, Monday. Harry Eger, John Braddock and Lee Myres were Chicago goers Monday. Rev. and Mrs, A. G. Work of Detroit, Michigan, are .visiting relatives and old friends here. Mrs. Charles Jouvenant of Chicago is visiting her sister. Mrs. Lottie George, here this week. Forest Morian came down from Chicago and* spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morian. Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Luers and daughter of Kouts spent Sunday here with Mrs. Luers parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Xowels, Paul Kealy expects'' to enlist shortly in the Naval Reserve band at the Great Lakes Training station, Chicago, it is said. Leo Worland has been laid up for the past week from* infection, following the extraction of a tooth. ‘He is now able to be out, however. William Brunton of Morocco, who had been spending a short furlough With relatives and friends at that place, took the train here Sunday for Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

Paul S. Strecker left Monday afternoon for Chicago, w-here he has entered the naval officers’ reserve training school, and is stationed at the Municipal pier. The State Council of Defense is asking Jasper county to erect 116 silos to help produce more meat for our army. Why not build this year and help go over the top?— Advt Captain C. C. Bassett, who is now located at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is spending a furlough with home folks at Goodland, and Friday spent a few" hours in Rensselaer. Mrs. Bruce Porter of Kingman, Kansas, who had been visiting her mother, Mrs. Fannie Parkinson, left Monday morning for Fenton, Michigan, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Skidmore. Come to see me il 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. 'tf Uncle Norm Warner, who has been in a critical condition of health for some time, has so far recovered that he was able to co.me up town Monday afternoon, for the first time in several weeks. W. O. Gourley *and family, who have been occupying J. C. Gwin’s tenant house in the east part of town, moved yesterday to Gary, where Mr. Gourley has secured employment as policeman at the steel mills.

Mrs. K. T. Rhoades came up from Lafayette, where she is attending business college, and spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Parkinson. Monday she started from Lafayette for New York City to see her husband, who is at Camp Mills, Long Island, before his departure overseas. Mike Wagner has written home from Ft. Hamilton, Brooklyn, X. Y., that William Duvall, Louis Putts and himself had been selected to go to Italy with a regiment of heavy artillery to be made up there and sent later to help the Italians whip the German and Austrian forces on the Italian front. Considerable apprehension was felt by relatives here over the fact that Vivian Ra-mey U Leet”), who went to Chicago a little more than a week ago for a few days and had not yet returned nor had relatives or friends heard a word from him Monday. However “Leet” returned home yesterday forenoon and the suspense of his relatives is over. He said that he had gone on to Missouri, was the reason he did not return home before, and neglected to write.

Subscribe for The Democrat. Mrs. Mell Haas and children went to Logansport yesterday for a visit with her mother. Revs. Strecker and Fleming went to Lafayette yesterday to attend the rural church conference at Purdue. Simon Fendig, Jojin Biggs, E. Jensen and Charles Jensen of Wheatfleld were visitors in the city Monday. Yesterday's local markets; Corn, $1 ; oats, 6»c; wheat, $2. The prices a yeak ago were: Corn, $1.45; oats, r»6g. - 1 Miss Margaret Shannon of Cambridge City, lowa, is spending a few days here with her aunt, Mrs. Q. E. Murray. City School Superintendent C. R. Dean is putting in his summer vacation behind the rails of The Trust & Savings Bank. Miss Nan Carr of west of town left Sunday for an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Knowlton, near Mitchell, South Dakota. Ara and Ben Bullis and Hugh Iliff of the Great Lakes Training station,' -Chicago, came down Saturday and spent Sunday with their parents in Jordan township.

Seventy members from Fowler, Kentland and St. Joseph college were given the second and third degrees in t)he K. of C. order Sunday at St. Joseph college. The degrees were conferred by teams from Lafayette and Ft. Wayne. The economical way to buy correspondence stationery Is in pound boxes or bulk quantities. The Democrat handles several different styles and qualities of such papers, with envelopes to match, In its fancy stationery department. Scores of Rensselaer people mingled with the hundreds from other places who visited the WY L. Gumm peony farm at Remington last Sunday. The flowers were at their best then and they certainly' presented a most beautiful sight.

Mrs. John Moore of Chicago is visiting her husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Moore. Mrs. Moore had been with her husband at Houston, Texas, but he has been transferred to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and is thought will soon start for France. Dr. E. Robb Zaring, editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate, of Chicago, will deliver the address at the Monnett School for Girls commencement at the Methodist church tomorrow evening. Dr. Zaring is a very bright .man and will have some good things to say. Mr. and Mrs.'W. H. Beam, Mrs. Don Beam and W. C. Babcock drove to Reynolds Sunday to attend the funeral of William Thornton, a nephew of Mr. Beam, who of pneumonia at Ft.» Sill, Oklahoma, after having been in training for army service just a yea*. W. R. Gates, who has been running a lunch and soft drink establisment on Washington street for several weeks, known as the “Yellow Front,” has taken over the management of the College Inn, and moved into same Sunday night. He had built up a nice trade in the “Yellow Front” and will no doubt do a splendid business in his larger and better fitted quarters.

It is believed by many that the German submarines which have befft plying off the north Atlantic coast the past feHv days have a supply base somewhere on the Mexican gulf, and the fact that hundreds- of chasers and sub destroyers are now hunting the U-boats will probably soon lead destruction as wellas the location of their supply base, if they have one on this side of the water.