Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — Page 5

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1918

CAR FDRDSONjTRACTOR DEMONSTRATION on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16 We will hold a plowing demonstration on the land belonging to the Indian school, situated one mile south of Rensselaer. Anyone interested in tractors should see this wonderful machine work. CENTRAL GARAGE CO. Phone 319. - - Rensselaer, Ind.

The WEEK'S DOINGS

H. E. White was in Lafayette on business Wednesday. Mrs. Addie Comer and daughter Marie were Chicago goers Wednesday. L. A. Bostwick is employed as assistant and civil engineer for the Monon railroad. Yes, you can buy plenty of genuine wheat flour now without buying any substitutes with it. Mrs. Sadie Galbraith went to Logansport’Thursday for a several weeks visit with her father, James Bavor. ' Mrs. Henry Paulus and son Keith of west of town went to Lafayette Wednesday to have the latter’s eye treated. If you are going to buy underwear or sweaters, you can save money by buying of THE G. E. MURRAY CO. n-30

E. Blitstein of Moody, who was kicked by a horse Saturday and sustained a badly broken leg, was taken to Chicago Wednesday to a hospital. Effective December 1, the sugar (allotment per capita of three lbs. per month will be increased to four pounds. The flour substitutes have also been eleminated. The Marion township War Mothers will meet at Mrs. J. E. Lamson’s Saturday afternoon, November 16. All new War Mothers are urged to be present at this meeting.—Advt. W. I. Hoover has sold the two Dodge cars he drove through from Detroit the last of the week, Bert Hopkins of Rensselaer, getting one and J. F. Payne of north of town, the other.

Do you get up at nights Hanoi is surely the best for all kidney or bladder troubles. Sanol gives relief In 24 hours from all backache and bladder troubles. Sanol Is a guaranteed remedy. 35c and SI.OO a bottle at the drug store. —Advt.

Mrs. A. E. Gardiner went to her home at Kankakee, Illinois, Wednesday after several weeks visit here with her daughter, Mrs. Lesley Miller. She will later return and spend the winter here with Mrs. Miller. Don Beam and Don Wright arrived home Tuesday evening from New York on a ten day furlough. These boys have made seven round trips across the "pond” on the U. S. transport Von Stuben as members of the naval band. This has been a fine week for corn husking and evidently the farmers have been improving the time, as few have been in town. It would seem that thousands of the farmer boys who are in the training camps in this country could now be granted 30 or 60 day furloughs, at least, to come home and assist in gathering this crop

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Mrs. A. F. Long spent a few days in Chicago this week. Russell Lesh has been confined to his home since Monday with sickness. Mrs. William Steele left Thursday for her home at Peosta, lowa, after a visit with relatives here. Fresh ground, mew corn lineal. Ask your grocer or call IROQUOIS ROLLER MILL, phone 456. —Advt. Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Elijah of near Mt. Ayr went to Niles, Michigan, Wednesday for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Nelson, son Albin and daughter Lulu, of near Tefft were Rensselaer visitors Thursday. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Ed. J. Randle and John Eger of this city, and Dr. E. Besser of Remington. Mrs. John Eger, who had been in a hospital in Chicago for a few days, returned home with her husband Thursday. Mrs. E. L. Bruce of soutneast of town went to Crawfordsville Tuesday to visit her son, Harley Bruce and family.

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

The postoffice did not get moved yesterday as anticipated several days ago, and it will probably be two weeks before Everything is in readiness in the new location.

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

>H. B. Brown of Indianapolis came Wednesday evening to attend the funeral of his brother, Gail Brown of Kniman, who was killed in an automobile accident Monday night.

Bert Welsh left Wednesday for his home at Grandview, Wisconsin. He was accompanied as far as Chicago by his sister, Miss Carrie Welsh, who will spend a few days with relatives. Herald Littlefield, who had been in Chicago for the past week endeavoring to enlist in the army service, has been accepted as a truck driver and is now in training at Camp Scott, Chicago. A. S. Laßue reports the sale of the S. E. Kershner 60-acre -fhrm just west of the county poor farm to T. J. Prouty, at $14,500, or nearly $250 per acre. The farm is well improved. Possession is given March 1. The Overland automoobile, the Thrift car. Different models on hand for immediate delivery, also different makes of automobile tires, all sizes, and prices right. Second hand cars, in good shape, for sale.—Rensselaer Overland Co. —J. HANSSON. Russell Critser, who started for Camp Taylor, Kentucky, Wednesday after spending a short furlough with his mother and other relatives here and who had got no response to his application for an extension of the furlough, was granted another week’s extension but word did not reach here until about 2 o’clock Wednesday. His folks reached him by telegram at Bedford and he returned home Thursday morning.

The North Union auxiliary of the Red Croee cleared $29.09 on their lunch served at the Maish sale Thursday. Yesterday's local markets: Corn, |1; oats, 63c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.45. The pricee a year ago were: Corn, 90c; oats, 60c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.60.

You can get the pure buckwheat flour, that famous brand Early Breakfast, prepared buckwheat flour. Call your grocer or IROQUOIS ROLLER MILL, phone 4 56. —Advt. Woman’s friend is a Large Trial Bottle of Samol 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.

Mrs. M. D, Gwin received a card Tuesday stating that the ship on which her husband had sailed for France had arrived safely, and on Thursday evening she received a cable from the doctor also telling of hts safe arrival.

Any one contemplating a trip to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, don't hesitate to make the trip for you will sure be delighted with the trip. The land company sure treated us royally on our trip. D. S. Makeever and wife. —Advt.

The party who borrowed the plow from Brown’s gravel pit north of town had better return it at once, as it is known who borrowed it and if it isn’t returned at once it may prove to be a very expensive pIow.—JOHN L. S. GRAY. Carl Eigelsbach and Max Kepner, who were to have left here Wednesday for Camp Polk, Raleigh, North Carolina, to enter the truck service, did not leave, as a tele-g-ram w r as received about 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon cancelling the order for men in that branch of the service. Harry Jinkerson, who was sent from Chicago last Thursday to Camp Forest, Georgia, for military training, was discharged on account of physical disabilities. He returned to Rensselaer Wednesday evening and with his wife will again take up their residence in Chicago where he is employed by Morris & Co. Letters remaining in the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ending November 11: Bertha Bostwick, Vern Childers, Mary Reed, O. L. Calkins, Elsie Haniford, Mamie Reed, W. R. Shesler, J. W. Smith, George W. Hobson, Mrs. Ed Cox, Floyd M. Harrington, Win. McCartney. If not called for the above letters will be sent to the dead-let-ters on November 25.

A mentally unbalanced press correspondent sent out a dispatch from Lafayette to Wednesday’s Chicago Herald-Examiner, stating that George Ade, the noted author and playwright, was critically ill at his home near Brook and the doctors held out no hope of his recovery. As a matter of fact Mr. Ade is sojournling at French Lick and was never in better health. Word was received Wednesday from Lieut. Gwin Thomas, who was wounded in France and arrived in New York last week in a critical condition, that he was some better. His father, G A. Thomas of Monticello, left for New York last Friday and on Monday his mother was sent for. Lieut. Thomas aside from suffering from wounds received has developed pneumonia. He is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Severns of Francesville, had a narrow escape from serious injury shortly after 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon when their Chevrolet car was struck by an interurban car at the southwest corner of the court house square and the car was wedged between the car and the curbing. The front of the automobile was damaged, but it was repaired at a local garage and they were able to continue their trip.—Yesterday’s Lafayette Journal.

FOR SALE I have for gale the J. J. Lawler lands, located in Jasper and Newton counties. Call at my office in Odd Fellows building for prices and terms. 120 aereg for sale I%* miles of Jasper county court house at a bargain; 80 acres, improved, 4 miles of Remington, at , a bargain. 80 acres southeast of Francesville for sale or trade; 6room house, burn, good chicken house, other outbuildings. A. S. Laßue Rensselaer, Indiana

THE TWWkA-WBEK DEMOCRAT

Mrs. E. T. Gregg of Greencastle left here Tuesday evening for Chicago after a yiat at the J. E. Lamson home. The echoola at Parr have been closed for the past few days on account of a new outbreak of influenza there. Charles Raub, a prominent citizen and banker of Chalmers, died Thursday after eight days illness from influenza, aged 39 years. Leo and Robert Reeve, our two city mail carriers, came out yesterday in brand-new grey mail carrier uniforms.

JN HANDS OF PHILLISTINES

sold them for $7,871. This was given to Halstead in two checks. In the meantime Martin opened an account in a local bank in which Halstead’s $1,500 had been placed. While here Halstead introduced Peck as his nephew but the Sedwick company became suspicious. An inquiry was made at the hotel for Halstead which was answered by Peck who was in Halstead’s room, and shortly after noon the two men left the hotel for another. The next day Halstead was sent to Hammond, Ind., where he was to meet Peck and his client who wished to purchase the land and he was also to receive his portion of the $30,000 he had made on the stock market. The Sedwick company, however, when they were unable to locate Halstead, notified the banks to stop payment on their two checks. The bank did not get the notification in time, it is said, and it is said Martin drew both, with the additional $1,500, leaving a balance of about S4O at the bank. This was on November 6. Halstead said that after leaving here he received a telegram from Peck dated at Shelbyville, Ind., in which he said his client was ill but that he would keep the engagement at Hammond. Halstead did not realize he had been swindled, he told the police, until Peck failed to appear at Hamm»nd.

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

A man comes in where I am toiling, to keep the pot at home a-boiling. He sees the sign, “Be brief—l’m busy,” but he is fatuous and dizzy. Time on his hands is heavy hanging, and he is fond of vain haranguing. He talks of Europe’s battles gory, or tells a long bewhiskered story, until I take him by the galways and push him down the stairs and hallways. And to the office boy I mutter, “I left that old gun in the gutter. If you would earn your weekly pittance, you’ll see he no more has admittance.” How welcome is the man who enters our offices or business centers, as though he knew our time’s worth money, who has no chestnuts labeled “funny,” who springs no wearisome orations about the foreign warring nations! He gets right down to crucial matters, nor for a minute yawps or chatters of things which cut no grass or clover, but hastes to get his business over. We all admire this fellow greatly, admire his manner, calm and stately, admire his tact/ and princely carriage; we’d let him have our aunt in marriage.

Purchases of sugar for family use may be made monthly hereafter upon the basis of the three pound per person ration. This regulation succeeds that for bimonthly purchases on the two-pound per person per month basis. Hotels and restaurants are subject to an interpretation of the three pounds per ninety meals sugar ration by the following: ‘Tn no event shall the amount of sugar served to any person at any one meal exceed onehalf an ounce.” One teaspoonful of sugar or its equivalent may be served for tea or coffee, plus one teaspoonful for fruit or cereal (not for both) and one small lump for demitasse. Bean packers throughout the country will be allowed to operate at normal capacity for the three months beginning today. The Food Administration announces that Itjis assured of sufficient tin-plate to permit the packing of beans in normal quantities. Canners will be allowed to use up all odd-sized tins now on hand, but additional purchases of tins smaller than the number two size will not be permitted. The canners will not be allowed to contract for more than a three months’ supply of either cans or beans, nor will shippers be allowed to sell beans to canners without first securing Food Administration permits. Carr & Crosby of the Centilever hotel, Ft. Wayne, were permitted to pay SSO to the United War Work fund, in Allen county,,for having used double their sugar allotment for October.

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OFFICIAL FOOD NEWS

By Dr. Harry E. Barnard,

Food Administrator for Indiana.

GREAT HAMPSHIRE HOG SALE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM LAFAYETTE, IND. 85 Head 85 Head SOWS, EARLY SPRING GILTS AND BOARS From such Sires as “GENERAL ALLEN” No. 1061, “HIGH ROLLER’S LAST” No. 52189, LOOKOUT QUALITY” NO. 47075 and “LAFAYETTE ALLEN” No. 41787. ALL BRED FOR EARLY FARROWING. Sale will be held in our warm pavillion, Tuesday, Nov. 26th, 1918 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. J. CROUCH & SON, Lafayette, Ind.

THE BLUE TRIANGLE AT RUSSIA’S FRONT

The Blue Triangle clubrooms in Petrograd were in half shadow. A few scattered candles flung gleams as persistent and as vague as Russia’s hope of liberty. A hundred Russian girls and six young men were guests of the first Young Women’s Christian association in all Russia. It was a gala afternoon tea but It was dark because the winter days end at three o’clock and there is a restriction on the use of candles and kerosene as well as of electricity. The girls were making merry even in the gloom of winter, the twilight and the tragedy of war. One slender white-faced girl with purple-shadowed eyes was merrier than all the rest. Iler wit and ringing laugh were contagious. “Sonya is wonderful tonight,” one girl whispered to another as she stirred gently into her tea the one lump of sugar doled out carefully for the party. The Y. W. C. A, secretaries had been saving the sugar for months —putting aside at each meal one of the two lumps served with the coffee in the restaurant, that there might be a bit of sweet for this first party. There was no bread. “Sonya Is not drinking her tea,” her pale little admirer went on, “yet she fainted this morning at the factory and the forewoman said she wai hungry.” “We’re all hungry,” was the monotonous reply. “It wasn’t that” Something stopped* the laughter and talk suddenly but the hush that fell In the dimly lit room was as joyous as the gaiety. One of Russia’s greatest singers stood by the piano and lifted up her glorious voice filled with the tears and heartbreak that people at peace call thrills. They went away early when the music was done —these sad-eyed, halfstarved little guests of the Blue Triangle—for danger lurks In the dark Of Petrograd streets, robberies and murders—sharp little by-products of a nation’s chaos and a world at war. Sonya lingered after the others were gone. She was standing close by the secretary-hostess’ chair when she turned from saying good-night to the last one of the other girls. The laughter had died out of the girl’s eyes and the gaiety from her voice. “Will you give me a note to the factory superintendent,” she asked, “telHng him I’m attending classes here at night?” She spoke in French, for she knew no English, and the secretary, no Russian. “Yes, If It will help you.” The secretary was glad to give her such a note but she was curious. "Tell me why.” “If he knows the girls are going to night classes he won’t put us on the night shift He will let us work days so we can come. Yesterday I asked for the night shift Today I have changed my mind.” The secretary wondered. Sonya had not been in any of the classes. Had the bright little party given her an Interest in the work of the association? Had the friendliness of the American secretaries reached her?

Federal

ANY PERSON Can live in comfort in old age by saving when youi|g. We invite every young person in this community to open a savings account with us. $1 makes the start. - Four per cent interest makes it grow. J* J* J* THE TRUST & SAVINGS BANK The Bank on the Corner and oa the Square. RENSSELAER, IND.

Whs it the music that had given her nn impetus to study toward something beyond a factory? “What is it that Interests you?” the secretary asked her. “You are not in any of the classes now, are you? What is it you want to take up?” “This morning 1 looked out the factory window," and Sonya’s voice reminded the secretary of the call of a night bird before a storm. “Down in the courtyard was a crowd and three men were killed. Killed by the police—the bolshevik police, while I stood there and watched. They said they were anarchists. One was my brother. Another was my sweetheart. I came here tonight to forget. But I cannot forget. Always I will remember. I want nothing now but to carry on their work, and to do that I must study and learn—l must learn English and many other things. I want to go In all the classes. If the foreman at the factory knows I do that, he will help. He will let me work days.” In the dark, the hunger, the cold, and the terror of Petrograd, the Blue Triangle is sending out its shining invitation to the bewildered women and young girls of Russia. It is offering a little oasis in the midst of the chaos where they may come and rest and relax, play games, listen to music, study English, French, stenography, bookkeeping, or music, and as one tired girl expressed it, forget for the moment that they are in Petrograd. Most of the girls who gather at the sign of the Blue Triangle are bookkeepers and stenographers, but scattered among them are factory girls, domestics, and girls who never have worked. “In Petrograd and elsewhere tn Russia,” says Miss Clarissa Spencer, world secretary of the Y. W. C. A. who started the work in Russia, “girls formerly employed In government offices come to us who have struck against the bolshevlsts. They’re out of jobs. They’re hungry. One girt told me she couldn't take gymnasium work. It gave her such an appetite. But they refuse to return to work for the bolshevlsts.” Miss Helen Ogden, one of the Y. W. IC. A. secretaries who was forced tn leave Petrograd on account of the GerIman advance, writes home that: "It’s like living on the screen of a melodrama to be tn Russia. Bullets and are almost as familiar street sounds here as the clang of the street Icar and the honk of the automobile at home. Here we learn to live and work under frequent shooting and street 'battles and. to flee when we are told by the authorities that we must.** A curious method of catchins turtles in the West Indies consists of attaching a ring and a line to the tail of a species of suckerfish known as the remora. The live fish is then thrown overboard and immediately makes for the turtle It can spy, to which it Attaches Itself very firmly by means of a sucking apparatus on the top of the head. Once attached to the turtle, so firm is the grip that fishermen on drawing in the line bring home both turtle and the sucker.

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