Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1918 — GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU

GIFFORD ' Roscoe Zook is confined to his home with the grip this week. Mrs. Wm. Obenchain called on Mrs. Guy Zook Monday mprning. Alonzo Daniels was seen going through our burg Monday morning. Miss Martha Logue spent Tuesday night with Miss Opal Hankins. Mrs. Orvel Fisher spent Tuesday ■with her mother, Mrs. Keene, of this place. lHarry Reed and Guy Zook called. t>n Andy Slisinger and Ed Oliver Tuesday evening. Reuben Snyder and daughter, Irene, went to Illinois Saturday for a visit with relatives. Mrs. Glare Hall went to Beave. City Saturday for a short visit with her brother. She will also visit another brother at Hopkins Park. Mrs. Eu Timmons went to Kersey Monday to spend a few days ■with her daughter, Mrs. Lonzo S troop. « Ralph Timmons and father, Ed Timmons, went to Brook Wednesday to husk corn, but came home Saturday and thought they would Wait and go later, thinking tho Corn would husk better. Several from here are preparing to go to other points to husk. George Lambert, who is working at Kensington, Illinois, in a Shell plant, was back to cast his vote Tuesday, also Wm. Steele. Sheridan Logue and wife went to Chicago Tuesday to look for a location. They have work there. They will return with an auto van to get their houshold goods and the rest of the family.

BROOK (From the Reporter) S. W. Myers and wife of Monticello visited at the Howard Myers Home this week. Miss Ethel Reed has been in Kentland this week assisting at the treasurer’s office during the rush of tax paying. George Weishaar, wife and daughter Gertrude, spent the last of the week with his son, Frank, and family at Peru. Mrs. Bruce Boagley and little Bon came from Louisville the last of the week to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. 'Harry. Miss Lou Kemper returned from Little Rock, Arkansaw, on Monday, ■where she has spent the last six ■weeks with her sister, Mrs. Calvin Stone. ' W. E. Harry arrived home from Camp Travis, Texas, on Tuesday evening. He reports a decided improvement in his son, Sargt. Clifford Harry, who had pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Blaesy and Mrs. Westfall returned with Mr. Sam Kenoyer of Oklahoma the last of the week. They will make an extended visit in the southwest. Dorsey Merchant, who has been in Detroit visiting, received word to come home and after being inducted at Kentland started at once for Fortress Monroe where he will enter the Coast Artillery school. Word came to Thos. Fitzpatrick that his brother James had arrived safely at Glasgow, Scotland. He

is with the 106th Engineers. He 1 feels better now as he said he wasn’t afraid of the Huns, but was of the water. Mrs. Bessie Hyberger died at her home in Dixon, Illinois, last Saturday. The remains were brought to Brook on Wednesday for burial. The interment was in the Pleasant Grove cemetery. Services by Rev. Dillman. Lois Anne, -daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Doud of Jasper county died on Saturday morning. The little one was six weeks old and died from mal-nutrition. The funeral was held at the home Sunday and was conducted by Rev. Wilson and the burial was in the Brook cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Gaines and daughter, Jennie, returned Monday from Crete, Illinois, where they were in attendance at the golden wedding of the former’s parents. They were accompanied home by two uncles of Mr. Gaines, Acy Little of Lake Benton, Minnesota, and Hiram Little of Missouri. Little Margaret Palmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Palmer, died last Saturday. She was ten months old and several weeks ago contracted influenza while she recovered from this she had an attack of entero-colitis which caused her death. The funeral was held at the hoime Monday afternoon and was conducted by Rev. Wilson. The burial was in the Brook cemetery.

VIRGIE John Zellers was n Rensselaer Monday. Earl Williams has quite a case of the mumps. Charles LaCosse visited the Wiseman family Monday. Bert Demoss and famiily went to Demotte Monday. John Reed and son were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Marion Cooper and family were Rensselaer goers Monday. Mrs. George Cover visited the Wiseman family Thursday. The sale of C. R. Rice, held at the Earl Williams place, attended. Mrs. W. W. Zellers and son called on the James Wiseman family Friday evening. Mr. Cook, the overseer of the C. F. Claussens’ pickle plant, was in our town Monday. Mrs. George Coover has returned from Hebron where she has been visiting' relatives. Ancil Potts and family spent Sunday with the former’s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Potts. Mrs. C. A. Harrington, Mrs, John Maher and Mrs. Lewis Harrington took dinner with the James Wiseman family Friday. Miss Indus Wiseman returned home Tuesday from Hammond where she has been visiting het sister, Mrs. L. R. Zellers, for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ilarringtoon took dinner with the C. A. Harrington family Thursday, It being the fifty-ninth birthday anniversary of Mrs., Harrington. LEE Mrs. C. A. Lefler and Mrs. Gifford Marrs did shopping in Monon Tuesday afternoon. Earl Stiers of Medaryville made a short visit here with his parents during the past week. O. A. Jacks and Charles Lefler are doing carpenter work for Mrs. Stamp, north of Monon. Large Brothers had a car load of apples here this week. They came from Pennsylvania. S. M. Jacks has been quite sick with the influenza, but is improving slowly at this writing. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Estei Osborne and Mrs. John Osborne, Jr., visited Mrs. J. H. Culp. Mrs. Robert Jordan and daughter, Mrs. Hubert Maxwell and baby, called on Mrs. J. H. Culp Wednesday afternoon. There was a very large number attended the funeral and burial of Roy Bussell last Sunday at the Osborne cemetery. J. H. Culp and wife and son, Gail, and Mrs. C. A. Holeman visited Sunday with Mrs. Estella Holeman in Monticello. Robert Overton and family of north of Rensselaer and Job Overton and wife of Monon, visited Sunday here at their brother Frank’s,