Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1919 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Milt Roth has purchased a fine new Nash touring car. D. F. Maish of Frankfort, who owns a ranch east of Fair Oaks, was up this week looking after business matters. B. N. Fendig, G. J. Jeseen, Sam Roth, Granville Moody and Ed Ranton were among those going to Chicago Tuesday. At the regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus Tuesday evening the order voted to purchase |SOO worth of Victory bonds. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bender, who had • been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hagins, left Tuesday for their home at San Francisco, Calif. James Campbell, who recently returned from overseas, arrived in Rensselaer Wednesday and continued on to his home at Wheatfield, having received his discharge from the service. ' Mrs. L. E. Dowell, Mrs. Had Spencer and Miss Alice Burling of Remington took the train here Tuesday afternoon to attend the grand lodge meeting of the Order of Eastern Star at Irfdianapolis Word. received from Mort Murray, who is In a hospital at Waukegan, 111., where he recently underwent an operation for the removal of a part of his foot, is that he is now getting along nicely and it is thought that another operation will not be necessary.

. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Randle were Lafayette goers Tuesday. Among the Lafayette goers Wednesday were E. P. Lane and Stewart Learning. Mrs. L. H. Hamilton spent Thursday in Lafayette with her daughter Marie. IMiss Nile Britt of Barkley township went to Attica Wednesday to attend the funeral of a relative. Mrs. F. D. Burchard and daughter Winifred returned Wednesday fram a visit with her parents at Redkey. Two good things—your money and my seed corn. Let’s swap. Also a good, sound, work mare, wt. 1500, for sale cheap.—HENRY PAULUS, phone 938-G. About 68 couples were present at the dance given by the Van Rensselaer club Tuesday night. The Ben Young Saxaphone orchestra of Indianapolis furnished music for the occasion, and a most enjoyable time was reported by all present.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the Rensselaer postofflee for the week ended April 21: Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Parks, Joseph Woolever, Bert Harrington, Ora Hurley, Arb Bullis. If not called for the above letters will be sent to the deadletter office May 5. ‘‘Frenchy’’ Deschand drove up to Chicago Wednesday with his big Chalmers car, taking H. B. Tuteur, M. Leopold, Vern Novels, Simon Thompson and HowarO <»ark up to see the ball gaime. It rained in Chicago, however, until about 2 o’clock and therefore no game was played.

Mrs. S. M. Laßue went to Delphi Thursday to visit relatives. Yesterday’s local prices nn eggs and butterfat: Eggs, 37e: butterfar, 63c. Miss Sara Alice O’Neal went to Indianapolis Thursday for a visit with friends. Mrs. Ruby Walker of Indianapolis ia visiting her sister, Mrs. David McConnehay. Rev. J. M. D. Davidson and wife ot McCall, 111., are visiting the former's sister, Mrs. G. A. Williams. Mrs. Julia A. Treanor of Remington, widow of the late Hugh Treanor, deceased, has been granted a widow’s pension of >25 per month. M. J. Kuboske has sold a Saxon Chummy roadster to D. A. Yeoman, son of Victor Yeoman of Barkley township, and a Dort touring car to Paul Lesh of Union township. M. J. Kuboske has taken on the agency for another popular make of automobile, the Dort, an advertisement o/f which appears on another page of today’s Democrat. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were E. D. and Leonard Rhoades. T. M. Callahan, Mrs. Harry Wiltshire and little granddaughter of this city, and Fred Hicks of Remington.

Robert McDonald of Hanging Grove township, has received the appointment as rural route carrier out of McCoysburg, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of R. L. Bussell some time ago. Abe Martin says: Th’ Home Circle Brewin’ club ’ll bottle at t£’ home o’ Marne Moon t’nlght. Th’ woman that used t’ shy at steppin' in a buggy now has a daughter that’d step on a camel. George Ferguson and son Frank of Wheatfield were in Rensselaer Wednesday. Frank arrived home Saturday after spending almost two years in the aviation service, much of which time he was in France. The Unique club of Pythian Sisters will meet next Tuesday evening, April 29, with Mrs. Mae E. Babcock at her home on Park avenue. She will be assisted by Mrs. B. F. Barnes, Mirs. Anna Bott, Mrs. Belle Blue and Mrs. Elisabeth Hans.

The women of Jasper county are tinwe to the slogan, “Sure! We’ll finish the job.’’ But two townships have a change Ln chairmen —Kankakee and Union. Mrs. Amos Davisson is serving as chairman of Union township in the absence of Mrs. Dexter. The house occupied by Samuel Graves near Monon vZas destroyed by fire Monday morning, the Children of Mr. Graves barely escaping with their lives, and all the furniture was destroyed. Mr. Graves’ wife was recently killed by being struck by an automobile on the street in Monon.

No bettor Job work produced In thio section of Indiana than that turned out by The Democrat. A 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Festus Chupp of near Surrey is quite sick with pneumonia. John Middlekamp of near Knlman was slightly Injured Tuesday when a team he was driving ran away, throwing him out of the wagon. Mrs. H. F. McCracken and daughter will return to her home Ln Gary tomorrow after spending the week here with the former’s sister, Mrs. E. N. Loy. Yesterday’s local markets: Corn, >1.55; oats, 66c; wheat, >2.30; rye, >1.55. The prices one year ago were: Corn, fl; oats, 83c; wheat, |2; rye, 32.

Dr. J. Hansson has taken on the agency for the "New Elgin Six" automobile, having Jasper, Newton and Pulaski counties for his territory. See advertisement on another page. An epidemic of suicide has struck Indianapolis during the past week, and from Friday night to Wednesday morning no less than six suicides , were ' reported in the city. Chicago will nave to wa’ch out or she will be outstilpped in notoriety by the Hoosier capital. The Main garage has gotten out a valuable road map and guide for tourists of the Jackson highway from Rensselaer to Chicago and Rensselaer to Indianapolis. They are for gratuitous distribution, and if. you are going to make a trip to either of these cities or to intervening 'points on this line you should call at this garage and get one of these guides.

Mrs. Harry Taylor ot Wolcott died at the Wabash Valley sanitarium, Lafayette, at 4 o'clock Thursday morning of Bright’s disease. She had been a patient at the sanitarium for the past two months. Besides her husband she is survived by a son. The body was brought to the home Thursday afternoon, and Interment will be made at Meadow Lake cemetiry near Wolcott.

About the happiest man in town Thursday morning was Harvey Davisson, when he received a telegram froma his son Vern stating that he had arrived (from overseas and landed safely in Hoboken, N. J. Vern enlisted io the service as an ambulance driver with the French army in July, 1917, and -Left Rensselaer on July 17. He and Sam Duvall saw more active service, of course, than any other Jasper county men. Seventy-seven acres, known as the J. Frank Meeker farm, two miles north of Crown Point on the Gary & Southern traction line, have been bought as a site for Lake county’s tuberculosis sanatorium. The price was 3165 an acre. Announcement was made by Herbert E. Graham, secretary of the Lake County Tuberculosis Prevention society. Either one large building or several small structures will be erected by the county commissioners, who have 3100.000 to spend for the establishment of the institution. •

Hiram Day has sold his property east of town, known as the old Bedford property, to the Gaines brothers, one of whom resides at Brook and one at Chicago Heights, bait both will move here, It is understood, and occupy the place. The consideration was SII,OOO, or $4,000 more than Mr. Day paid for the property a couple of years ago. He has since spent quite a little in Improvements, however. Possession is given December 1, when Mr. Day will move back to his property on north Cullen street, now •occupied by H. H. Potter.