Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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

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.

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.