Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1919 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

W. I. Hoover was in Delphi Wednesday on business. Freeh fruit and vegetables at the E. S. Rhoads grocery once every •week. —Advt. Mrs. E. AL Powers is visiting her sister, Mrs. Graham, at Wolcott for a few weeks. Levi Anspach of Michigan is visiting his sister, Mrs. Levi Herr, and family at McCoysburg. Among the Chicago goers Wednesday were W. C. Babcock and eon William and Mrs. S. C. Irwin. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Sanders and Mirs. Henry Paulus and son Keith were Lafayette goers Tuesday. The banks were clftsed all day Wednesday in honor of the birthday anniversary of former President Abraham Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Linder returned to their home at Hume, Illinois, Wednesday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Alex.Merica. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Padgitt and eon Keith visited their* daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Allman, in Indianapolis a few days the first of the week. s Elmer Wilcox of Cincinnati, Ohio, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wilcox. Champ Monroe and son James of lowa are also visiting at the Wilcox home. Mrs. Alice Knox, after a visit with her brother-in-law, Thomas Knox, went to Chicago Wednesday for a visit with relatives there before returning to her home at Clarksburg, Ohio. Now is the time to buy tires before the war tax goes on. We have a large stock of standard and blemished tires at $1 profit. Gas at 24c.—THE MAIN GARAGE, best in Rensselaer. f 26

More soldier boys returning home from t>he various camps during the past few days are: Warren Griggs, Camp Johnson, Florida; John Harmon, from overseas;, James Krlz, from Fort Dodge, lowa. When looking for a . registered Shorthorn bull this spring, don’t forget Chauncey Wood will have what you want in his closing-out sale next month. His prize winning herd bull wilf be included in the offering, also some yearlings. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Paxton returned home Tuesday evening from Chicago where both had been in a hospital for treatment for several weeks. They are considerably improved and hope, with carefully observing the instructions of the doctors, , to come out as well as can be expected.

Pefley pays the highest prices for raw furs. —PHONE 475. ts E. D. Rhoades and son Leonard went to Dowagiac, Michigan, Thursday on business.

Simon Cook of Hanging Grove township returned Wednesday from a business trip to Chicago. Among/the Chicago goers Tuesday were Mrs. Alfred Donnelly and little daughter and Russel Strawbridge. Word has been received here of the birth of a daughter to Mir. and Mrs. Mort Murray at Gary last Tuesday. We shave a carload of lime rock for agricultural purposes in transit, should be here this week. Phone your orders to FARMERS’ GRAIN CO. X Mr. and Mrs. Warren Washburn and son Bert and Mirs. Warren Wilson and daughter Virginia of Goodland were Rensselaer visitors Wednesday. • J. D. Allman visited his daughter Aileen at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Wednesday. Miss Allman is suffering from a case of mumps. Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. Zillhart returned to their home in, Thursday after a visit with the latter’s brothers, Bruce and O. G. 'Baker, of Barkley township. Leave orders now for fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery, etc., for spring delivry. All trees guaranteed to grow or replaced free of charge.—CHARLES PDFLEY, phone 475. The men members of the Methodist church entertained their ladies at the church Tuesday evening, serving a fine turkey dinner, at which former Superintendent of the City Schools I. N. Warren was toastmaster.

L. H. Potts, who has been suf-; sering with a cancer in his side for the past few months at the home of his sister, Mrs. John L. Nichols, is now in quite a critical condition and is under the care of a special nurse. Contrary to general belief, the Rainbow division, in which are several Jasper county boys, is not to return from overseas soon, according to General March. This division is with the army of occupation and is not among the divisions that h&Ve been selected' for early convoy home. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Anderson went to Monon 'Wednesday where they will make their future home. Miss Nina Anderson, who had been visiting at the Mel Abbott home since the former’s marriage last Saturday, returned to Monon with them. The state senate, by a vote ot 48 to 1, passed the Van Auken bill to bar the German language from the high schools Thursday. The bill amends the (present statute to read in part: “Langauge (foreign), Latin or any foreign language except German.” An amendment is being prepared to include the lower grades. Herman Leßeaii of Wolcott and Miss Marie Dluzak of Remington were married at the Sacred -Heart church at Remington *Wednesday morning, coming to this city immediately where they took the 10:36 train for Chicago for a few days’ visit. They will take up their resiednce on a farm near Wolcott about March 1. -

Rev. J. B. Fleming went to Gary] yesterday morning to attend a Red Cross meeting. Mrs. E. W. Strecker went to Covington Wednesday for a visit with old friends. Mrs. Jack Jones and children of Garg came Thursday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Drake. Mrs. S. M. La Rue and Mn and Mrs. George Morgan spent Thursday in Roselawn with the former’s husband. Rev. A W. Bebout, an Old and respected citizen of Newton county, died at hie home in Morocco Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Charles B. Wells returned home Wednesday evening from Attica where, she had been visiting her son Isaac and family. Among the Lafayette goers Thursday were H. H. Potter, 8. L. Wells, Mrs. H. E. Parkinson, Mrs. C. H. Mills and daughter Dorothy. Mr. and Mrs. Fred King left Thursday for their home at Grand Forks, Minnesota, after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Cornwell. We have unloaded this week another car of Armour Stock Feed. This is an excellent feed for 'hogs and dairy purposes.—lßOQUOlS ROLLER MILLS. It is understood that the marriage of Miss Marguerite Irwin of this city gnd Mr. Earl Parsons of Logansport will take place today, Lbut no details have been given to the public at this writing. S. P. Chenoweth was down from near Demotte Thursday having some bills printed at The Democrat office and advertising his public sale, notice of which appears in another column of today’s issue. • Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Simon Thompson, B. F. Fendig, Mrs. C. Earl Duvall, Miss Adelaide • Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Nowels, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thompson, Ivan Carson and Dr. F. A. Turfler. f There was an overflow attendance at the high school auditorium Wednesday night to the basketball game between the Brook and Rensselaer high school teams. Brook won by a score of 20 to 16. The game is said to have been very rough from start to finish by several who attended. Thursday was the 74th birthday anniversary of Mrs. I. D. Walker of Barkley township, and some thirty-five old friends and neighbors, including Uncle Charley Pullins with his violin, gathered at the Walker home and helped her celebrate the event. A general good time is reported. Sergt. Raymond Heath of Monticello cjme, over Wednesday and Is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Elmer Phegley, of southwest of town and Mrs. Nettie Hoover and Charles Phegley of this city. Sergt. Heath has only recently returned from overseas, and has received his discharge from the service.

The farm of John F. Teeter, located just west of this city, has been sold to J. D. Rich of Brook, who will us it for a feeding station for cattle and hogs. The farm, consists of 196 acres. Mt. and Mrs. Teeter moved to North Dakota a few years ago, prior to which time they occupied the farm recently sold.—Monticello (Herald.

George M. Babcock went to Chicago yesterday to spend the weekend. Yesterday'r local n erket pc on eggs and butterfat were: £<s, 3?c; butterfat, 45e. John Merritt was In Monon yesterday on business for the k-Ci quota Roller Mills. More ra’n fell Tlvrsday night and yesteidily and snow and colder weather was prophecled, with ••fair" today. Miss AlVerta Simpson of the Monnett school went to Chicago Thursday to attend a convention of Methodist Deaconesses. Yesterda 1 s local ma’lets: Corn, 11.12; oats, 53c; wheat, 12.11; rye, 11.20. The prices a year ago were: Corn, |1; oats, 81c; wheat, |2; rye, >1.90. Frank Welsh of Jordan township reports having seen a flock of about a dozgn robins Thursday out in his woods. All were singing Democratic anthems favorable to a league of nations; not a proGerman among them, Frank says. Lieut. Patrick Maloney, who only recently 'returned from overseas, where for the past year he had been an instructor in an army aviation camp, with his father, Thomas Maloney, of Kankakee township, was in Rensselaer Thursday.

W. L. Bott visited his wife, who is in a hospital in Logansport, Thursday. Mrs. Bott went to Logansport last week to consult a do.ctor and was taken to the hospital at once. She is reported some better, and if she continues to improve will be home in a fqw days. Spencer 'H. Holmes, son of Mr. end Mrs. Sam Holmes of west of town, and Miss Flote>e Wa'*<’r, (’..nughber Mr. and iMrs. Ed Wtlker of r-is city su prised their friends by go'ng over to Danville, Illinois, Tuesday, and getting married. Tie young couple expect to reside on tha Harley Lamsun farm w'rt of town And another thing that should be stopped p. d. Q. is the intemperate mouthings of the Bolshevikis who have broken into .the U. S. congress. They are doing ■more harm, if anything, than the I. W. W., for their incendiary talk is but Inciting the latter to go to more desperate extremes to overthrow all law and order. Shut off this bunch of higher-up radicals in our national house of representatives.