Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1918 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Mrs. W. H. Beam and daughter, Mrs. Dean Merica, visited relatives in Reynolds, Thursday. Everett Warren and children went to Lafayette Thursday for a short visit with relatives. Estel Price returned to his home near Buchanan, Michigan, Thursday after spending a few days here. Miss Lucille Luers leaves today for Washington, D. C., to take up her duties as a stenographer for the government.

Call phone 537 for dates and terms as clerk for sales. Satisfaction guaranteed. Outlet for notes if desired.—E. P. LANE. ts

Miss Zella Daugherty left Sunday evening for Cleveland, Ohio, to take up her training for a Red Cross nurse at a hospital there.

“Frenchy” Deshand, who ,has been sick for four weeks, will now take up his taxi and livery. Calls will be answered at phones 365 or 410. —Advt. n-9

Attorney George E. Hershman of Crown Point was in Rensselaer ( a short time Thursday, going from here to Kentland to look after some matters in court. A. S. Laßue reports the sale of 80 acres of land 4 miles north of Remington, owned by Mrs. Matilda Dluzak, to J. J. Lawler of Chicago, who owns an 80 adjoilP ing. The Jasper County Sunday School convention will be held at Rensselaer November _l4 and 15. It is your duty to be there. EvCry school should be represented. Good program.—Advt. n_ 9 We are unloading a car of ” Michigan winter apples. Baldwins, Spys, Greenings, Bellflowers and other good varieties. —$4.50, $5.00 and $5.50 a barrel; 40, 50 and 60 cents a peck.—EGER’S GROCERY.

W. C. Kincaid of Rensselaer was, here last week making arrangements to move to this city for future residence. Mr. Kincaid is a, traveling salesman for the International (Harvester Company.— Monticello Herald, i Mrs. Wiliam Faylor reports that the North Union Auxiliary of the Red Cross had cleared the following amounts at sales where they had served lunch: October 28, Robert Smith sale, $20.46; November 2, Charles Rice sale, $20.59; November 4, J. H. Brown sale, $11.40, making a total of $52.45. Miss Alice Worland, who left here last week for Denver, Colorado, for the benefit of her health, stopped over in Chicago and was joined there by her sister, Miss Helen Worland, who had been taking a nurse’s course at' the St. Mary’s hospital in that city, and both left on Tuesday evening for Denver. Miss Helen will enter a hospital there to finish her course in nursing.

Alfred Thompson and Victor Hoover were down from Chicago Tuesday to vote. John Sanders and Rolla Gates, who are employed at Hammond, were home Tuesday. Lafayette goers Tuesday were .Frank Ham, Jack Carmen, Rev. E. W. Strecker and Mrs. L. H. Hamilton. Just received a car of extra choice Michigan apples; fine for immediate or winter use.—ROWLES & PARKER. Mrs. John Eger and Mrs. A. J. Bellows went to Hammond Wednesday for a short visit with Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Parrett.

Isaac Leopold attended the funeral of James C. Jones .former treasurer of White county, at Monticello Thursday. Now is the time to put in your w’inter supply of apples. Unloading a car of fancy fruit Saturday and Monday.—ROWLES & PARK' ER. Among the Chicago goers Wednesday were Granville Moody, W. C. Babcock, B. K. Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. Van Grant and Mrs. Firman Thompson.

The Jasper County Sunday School convention will ba held at Rensselaer November 12 and 13. It is your duty to be there. Every school should be rejreeented. Good program.—Advt. n-9

Miss Margaret Babeock, who has been attending ths State university at Madison, Wisconsin, is visiting her parent*, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Babcock. She wll not take up her studies again at the university until the evening of' the second semester. Jennings Winslew, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Winslow of Fair Oaks, died Tuesday evening at 6:25 o’clock from pneumonia. Funeral services were held at the Fair Oaks oemetery Thursday afternoon at 1 p. m., where bur al was made.

Charles Spain returned to his home at Wabash Wednesday after a short visit with hi* grandmother, ( Mrs. E. Israel, who makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Stackhouse. Mrs. Israel has been sick for the past week with grip, but is some better at this writing. The Republican, in its mention of the arrest of Harry Watson for illegal voting, says his vote was not challenged at the polls. This is not time. This vote was twice challenged and he swore it in. He was also twice warned that if he tried to vote his vote would be challenged. Fred Mecklenburg, who had been in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for some time, came home Tuesday evening to be examined for the U. S. army service. He passed the examination but if not called for service soon will return to Philadelphia where he has employment. For the past couple of weeks The Democrat has been literally swamped with soldier’s letters and it has been impossible to put only a few of them in type or to have the space to print them, therefore not many of these letters appear, as a consequence. Don’t be offended if letters you have sent or handed in are not printed, for it is absolutely impossible to print them all.

Owing to the influenza quarantine the Jasper County Sunday School convention has been indefinitely postponed. • Yesterday’s markets: Corn, $1; oats, 63c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.45. The prices a year ago were: Corn, l$l; oats, 55c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.60. We are now unloading a car of extra fancy Michigan apples—all the good varieties. For immediiate use and winter storage.—ROWLES & PARKER. Among the Chicago goers Tuesday were Dr. J. Hansson, L. A. Bostwick, E. M. Graham, Forest Morlan, Mrs. W. C. Babcock and Misses Rose and Lucille Luers. Charles Mann, one of the Monon mail clerks between Cincinnati and Chicago, stopped oft here Wednesday and visited until Thursday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mann.

Sanol Eczema Prescription Is a famous old remedy for all forms of Eczema and skin diseases. Sanol is a guaranteed remedy. Get a 35c large trial bottle at the drug store. —Advt .

Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Dexter of Union have received word of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Armstrong of North Hampton, Massachusetts, the latter being their daughter.

Woman’s 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 35c trial bottle at the drug store.—Advt.

Miss Stella and Henry Platt returned home Thursday from Hampton Roads, Virginia, where they were called a couple of weeks ago by the illness of their brother Robert Platt, who is in training there. They left Robert quite a little better but not yet able to come home.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jinkerson of Chicago have been visiting the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wiltshire for a week and on Tuesday Mr. Jinkerson^ ’ was called to report for army service at Waco, Texas;. Mrs. Jinkerson will remain here with her parents during his absence. The remains of Wayne West, son of Mrs. James West of this city, who died at Denver, Colorado last Saturday, arrived here Thursday .morning and funeral services were held that afternoon at 4 p. m. at Weston cemetery where burial was made, services being in charge of Revs. J. C. Parrett of Hammond and J. B. Fleming of this city. Miss Luella Robinson, who took the civil service examination some time ago for a government position, received a telegram from Washington that she had received an appointment with a salary of $l,lOO per year with a raise to $1,200 in three months. Miss Robinson will leave here next Friday for Washington to take up her duties. Miss Josie Dexter of Union township, who took the examination at the same time, also received an appointment and will no doubt leave for Washington with Miss Robinson. Miss Dexter is now employed in Chicago.

In a letter received Tuesday evening from C. A. Tuteur, Washington, D, C., enclosing his subscripton, Art says: “Enclosed please find $2 to pay for the ‘LightGiver’ during the year to come. This would have been attened to sooner, but today I am just out of the sick room, having been on the flat of my back for the past two weeks with the ‘fluu’ I think that I am all right again, although the recovery is worse than the illness itself. There is nothing new to report, everything is going along just as smoothly as though it was oiled, and we all look for a speedy unconditional surrender of the Germans. But you know as much as we.”

I Saturday and Monday we will unload a car of extra fancy apples in barrels. Special prices on unloading days.—ROWLES & PARKER. At a meeting held Thursday night by the health officer, doctors and school board it was decided that the schools would not be opened for another week, or until November 18 th. While sawing wood with a buzz saw Wednesday, Charles Cain got his right hand against the saw and the first three fingers were quite badly cut as a result, but none of them were taken off, and the wounds will soon heal. “Reddy" Robinson, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mr*. Dan Robinson of this city, narrowly averted being seriously injured Thursday afternoon while riding his bicycle down main street and in trying to dodge a large automobile ran directly in front of the Ford car being driven by Mrs. W. S. Parks. The boy landed between the wheels and the car passed over him without touChlpg him, and he escaped injury being frightened. The wheel was quite badly damaged. The accident happened in front of B. N. Fendig’s shoe store.