Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1918 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Mrs. Hi R. Maraorf was a Chicago goer Tuesday. Frank Hill, Jr., was a Chicago goer Wednesday. Miss Lula Green went to Wheatfield Wednesday, where she will be employed. The Priscilla Sew club was entertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Elza Grow. Miss Lucille Philips of Monticello was the guest of Miss Ruth Wood Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Jennie Harris entertained several of her lady friends at the Harris home yesterday afternoon. Racine and Revere automobile tires, all sizes, at M. J. Kuboske’s garage, opposite Worland’s furniture store.John Braddock, who is employed at Gary, came down Wednesday evening for a visit until Sunday with his wife. Word was received here Wednesday by Joseph Groom; of Barkley township that his son, John Groom, had arrived safely overseas. Mrs. Jack Jones and three children of Gary came Sunday for a month’s visit with her mother, Mrs. Mary Drake, of just south of town. Mrs. Hurley Beam camd down from Chicago the first of the week to visit,, relatives, and Hurley came Thursday. Both will remain until Sunday. A war savings stamp is the only thing you can buy with the utter certainty that it will be better in five years than it was the day you bought it. We have been instructed to change the address of Frank Trulley’s Democrat from Camp Taylor, Kentucky, to Camp Greenlee, Chickamagua Park, Georgia, Motor Co. No. 3.

Miss Ada Robinson went to Gary Thursday for a visit with Miss Monta Oglesby. Fred Hemphill left Wednesday for Gary, where he expected to secure employment. - Mr. and Mrs. John Hemphill of .Chicago are visiting his father, I. N. Hemphill, and daughters. Miss Gertrude Thompson of Sullivan, Indiana, is here to spend the summer with her grandmother, Mrs. Frances Hopkins. Mrs. Elma Brown, one of the nurses at the county hospital, who had been visiting relatives at South Bend, returned here Wednesday. Miss Inez Keplinger left the first of the week for an extended visit with realtimes and friends at Dunkirk, Hartford City and Muncie. Everett Graham, Jr., of Cedar Falls, lowa, came the first of the week for a visit with his aunt, Mrs. E. M. Graham, and children. Mrs. C. C. Warner, daughter Helen, and her mother, Mrs. H. Purcupile, went to Chicago Wednesday for a couple of months visit with relatives and friends. A new supply pf Lakeview Lawn pound paper (correspondence size) and envelopes to match, just received in The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office supply department.

C. P. Fate of Crown Point was a business visitor in our city Wednesday. iHs son George, who recently enlisted in the medical corps, is now at Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and will soon sail for overseas, it is thought. The H. L. Barnes Construction company, a Delaware corporation, has qualified to do business in this state; $2,000 of its capital stock is represented in Indiana; automatic sprinkler contracting; O. K. Jtainier, Rensselaer, is named as agent. Mrs. Ira Coe returned to her home in Chicago the first of the week, after a visit here with her sister, Mrs. Jay W. Stockton, of west of town, and other relatives and friends. She was accompanied home by her nieces, Misses Cordelia and Almira Stockton.

Editor H. J. Bartoo and family of Remington attended the band concert here Wednesday evening. Mrs. S. M. Haas and two children went to Gary Wednesday afternoon for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Oglesby. Granville Moody and Milton Roth, Jr., left Thursday for St. Louis, Missouri, for a «visit with Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn. Omar Ritchey returned to Rensselaer Wednesday evening after a visit with relatives and friends at Indianapolis and other points. Mrs. Fred Markin, daughter Mary, Mrs. Allie Potts, T. M. Haniford and daughter Elsie went to Anderson Thursday to attend a camp meeting. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Mrs. M. E. Drake, Paul Healy and Elmer Wilcox of this city and Mrs. Jalnes Davis and Helen Reed of Kniman. Mrs. J. W. Leach and daughter, who had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Eldridge ot Barkley township. ’*ft zor their home at Geddes, South Dakota, Wednesday. . - The Kennedy hotel at Cedar Lake was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Incendiarism is suspected. The loss is estimated at several thousand dollars. Thomas Kennedy of Chicago was the owner. W. W. Sage of southeast Marion caught an opossum in his barnyard one day this week. The dog had chased it to the.yard where it curled up as if dead and was captured by Mr. Sage.

E. J. Randle was in Chicago Wednesday where he had three carload of cattle on the market. From there Mr. Randle expected to take a trip through Texas and Oklahoma and will also visit his brother, John Randle, at Sayre, Oklahoma.

Mrs. Sylvester Gray returned home Wednesday from a ten days’ visit with her brother, Charley Mustard, and family at 'Cylinder, lowa. She was accompanied there by Mary and Elda Mustard, who had been visiting here at the Gray home. A district meeting of bankers held at Hammond Thursday was attended by Judson J. Hunt and Howard Mills of the Trust & Savings bank, James H. Chapman of the State bank and James N. Leathdrman of , the First National bank of this city. Others attending the Democratic state convention from Jasper county, not mentioned in Wednesday’s Democrat, were E. P. Honan of this city and J. W. Selmar of Gillam township. Mr. Honan was assistant secretary of the convention for this district.

The trustees of the Lutheran congregation of Delphi decided in their last Sunday’s congregational meeting to drop the name "German from their constitution and henceforth the church body will be known as the Evangelical Lutheran St. .John’s congregation of Delphi. In the casualty list Tuesday in the list of killed in action appeared the name of Sergeant Stephen* George 'Sherman of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Sherman had visited Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Irwin of this city a number of times and also\clerked in the Fate restaurant, and will be remembered by many people here. The threshermen of Indiana have organized a’ brotherhood and pledged themselves to assist the government and the farmers in a real clean-u.p of the small grain crops, without the usnal waste. The state council is trying to regulate the charges for threshing. In several .counties the machines want five cents for oats and ten cents for wheat. The council believes that these charges are high and that the threshermen should voluntarily agree upon a schedule which will not sting the farmer. More about the threshing program later on.

And still we get no rain. Bruce White was in South Bend on business Wednesday and Thursday.' Dr. H. L. Brown returned Tuesday after attending a state meeting of the Masonic Oder of Shriners in Indianapolis. Mrs. Charles Mann and little daughter of Cincinnati, Ohio, are visiting her Mr. and Mrs, J. A. McFarland. Yesterday’s local markets: Corru $1; oats, 72c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.25. The prices a year ago were: Corn, $1.55; oats, 56c.* C. J. Stebbins, former manager of the Standard Oil Co. of this city, but now located at Plymouth, was a visitor in our city Wednesday. John Moore is one of the latest Rensselaer boys to land overseas, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Moore, receiving word Wednesda f evening that he had safely' landed. Miss Ruth McKenzie, who has been attending the Sacred Heart school for Girls at Louisville, Kentucky, came home Thursday , morning, the school closing on Wednesday. Morocco Masons are to celebrate St. John’s day next Monday, and advertise that they have secured seven airplanes from Rantoul,»lllinois, field to be there as an added attraction. Mr. and Mrs. David Haste and little daughter went to Gary yesterday where Mr. Haste expects to. be employed. They have rented 1 rooms and will do lighl housekeeping for the present. C. A. Teuter and Simon Thompson were Indianapolis goers Thursday to see about enlisting in the army service. The latter desires to ejiter the next officers’ training camp, which opens about August 1.

W. T. Jenkins and granddaughter. Miss Vesta Jenkins, who have been visiting the former’s daughter, Airs B. F. Barnes, for the past two weeks, left Thursday for Peoria, Illinois, for a visit with relatives there before returning to their home at Buckner, Illinois. .Jerry Healy, who has been employed at Rhoads’ grocers for the past five years, lias resigned his position there and Wednesday went to work with his brother, John, in the latter’s shoe shop, taking the place of John’s son Paul, who has joined the Naval Reserve band. E. D. Rhoades and son have purchased the large barn belonging to Peter Nomenson, on Cherry street, built some years ago by Barkley brothers, and will use the material therein for the construction of at garage and store house on Mr. Rhoades senior’s property on the corner of Front and Cornelia streets. A TO %-pound daughter was -born to Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Carey of Westfield June 14. Mrs. Carey was formerly Miss Minnie Kissinger, daughter of Mr. • and Mrs. Charles Kissinger of Jordan township. This is the first grandchild in both the I£issinger and Carey families, and is consequently a babe of much importance. ■w' - ' The prospects are that the wheat harvest will scarcely be out of the way before the oats are ready to cut. Oats are now headed , out and indications are will be ready to cut early in July. The dry weather of late has not been favorable to the mats, and the straw is going to be rather short. It is probable that the yield Will be much less tifen last year.

W? Ih Ritchey of this city received a telegram Thursday morning from George Michael of Monta Vista, Colorado, stating that "his ( mother, Mrs. Laurd Michael of this city, but who had been visiting there for several months, had undergone a major operation in that city the previous day and that she passed through theoperation nicely. and the doctors stid everything looked favorable for her recovery, but that he would keep him posted daily. ♦ - - Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Gwin went to Chicago Wednesday evening where they met Mr. and, Mrs. H. L. Barnes of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who had driven to Chicago in their new Franklin ca|, and on Thrusday drove down in the Barnes car accompanied by Mrs. Barnes and little daughter, who will make an extended visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Rainier, Mr. Barnes leaving Chicago the same day on a business trip through the southern states. I.

Advertise In The Democrat The merchants at Parr have signed an agreement to kep their stores closed on Sundays. Ms. Harry Jacobs, who had been visiting her father, M. A. Dewey, near Remington, returned to her home at Grayford, Jennings county, Tuesday. Mrs. Don Beam went to Chicago yesterday to meet her husband, who is a musician in the U. S. navy. ,and they expected to come to Rensselaer last evening. Jesse Welsh will return to his home in Chicago today after a ten days’ visit with his brothers, Ben and Lonis Welsh, of this- city, and other relatives. \ Helen Fagin, the Lafayette girl who was charged with being an accessory before the fact in the murder of Peter Mataxis, proprietor of a Greek shoe-shining parlor at Lafayette, last fall, in a joy ride arranged by the Fagin girl, was acquitted of the charge Wednesday by- a jury in the Montgomery circuit court. 1 A juvenile circus or show for the benefit of the Red Cross, was given by a company consisting of Mary and Elsie Washburn, ‘Sonny’’ and Freddie Fendig. Virginia and Ruth Thompson. Mary and Errett Graham, Kennedy Ross and Katherine Baumgartner Tuesday afternoon in the Dr. Wiuhbiink garage. The youngsters were attractively and wonderfully costumed, and in addition to the acrobatic stunts given gave a number of songs and recitations, which were appreciated by all present. At ‘ the close of the entertainment punch and wafers were sold and a dozen eggs donated by Mrs. G. M. Myers were auctioned off by Mary Washburn, the receipts totalling $16.07, which was turned over to the Red Cross. The oldest of these youngsters was perhaps about twelve years and the youngest three years, and much credit is due these young patriots for the goodly sum realized.