Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Joseph Frances, Sr., went to Danville, 111., Tuesday for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Adams and Gaylord Long of Ottawa, 111., visited relatives here the first of the week. - J. J. Hunt, A. 6. Laßue, George Casey and Theodore Keiper made a business trip to South Bend Tuesday. Mrs. John Mecklenburg returned home the first of the week from a visit with her son Charles and wife in Lafayette. W. D. Bringle has purchased of the local agents am Oakland touring car, trading in his “Country Club” car on the deal.

Mr. and (Mrs. Clayton Norgor of Dee Moines, Ta., were here to attend the funeral of their niece, little Virginia Norgor, Tuesday. Mr. and MrS. Ray Wood spent a few days this week with their daughter Ruth, who is attending Illinois State university at Champaign. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hollister went to Hopkins Park, 111., Tuesday for a visit with their granddaughter, Mrs. Walter Maines, and family. Howard York left the first of the week for Coalton, Ohio, to join a show troupe, the C. C. Rector Co., a tent show. Howard will do dancing, singing and specialty work. The Remington Farmers’ elevator people are talking very strongly of establishing a lumber and coal yard at that place. In fact, it is almost a certainty that they will do so, The Democrat is informed.

Charles A. Enz of Demotte was a business visitor in the city Thursday. A. M. Bringle, the veteran Fair Oaks rural mall carrier, was a visitor in the city Tuesday. Mrs. George Neal of Pittsburgh, Pa., is visiting here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S, Laßue. Mrs. Norman Warner passed her 83d milestone last Tuesday. For a woman of her age she is enjoying very good health now. Miss Pauline Hordeman of Chicago is expected to come today for a few days’ visit with her mother, Mrs. Barbara Hordeman, and family. F. W. Fisher of Kankakee township returned from Indianapolis Thursday where he had attended the “Welcome Home” Wednesday of the 150th F, A. Mrs. Oscar Williamson returned to her home in Chicago Wednesday after a visit here with her father, Hiram Day, who was Injured somewhat last week in falling from a ladder. White county has let the contract for some interior repairs to its court house to a Lafayette firm for $4,867. The repairs Include the toilet rooms, where new toilets, floors and wainscoting will be put in.

The annual encampment of the Indiana G. A. R. was held at Elkhart this week. Among the “old vets’’ from Jasper county attending the encampment were: D. H>. Yeoman, Henry Grow, J, C. Gwin and Elijah Stevens. Among the Chicago visitors Wednesday were Laban and Elmer Wilcox, Mrs. Delos Thompson and Misses Gertrude Leopold and Eva Moore, Mrs. I. H. Riley, Mrs. Firman Rutherford and daughter, Mrs. G. C. Brown, of Monon. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Sanders and Glenn Sanders* attended the funeral of their grandfather, John Sanders, at Frankfort Wednesday. The old gentleman was 83 years of age and died Tuesday from cancer of the face. President Wilson Issued a call by cable Wednesday for a special session of the congress, to meet Monday, May 19. The president will not be home from France for the opening day. The date fixed for the special session is much earlier than anticipated.

J. M. Sauser’s Boy Scouts have been supplied with new uniforms. That is, Troop No. 1 already has part of its uniforms and the rest are on the way, while Troop No. 2, recently formed with Edson Murray as scoutmaster and which now has 18 members and still growing, will be supplied later. Among those who attended the “Welcome Home’’ of the 150th Field Artillery at Indianapolis Wednesday were: B. F. Fendig, W. H. Parkinson, Frank Welsh, Edson Murray, W. L. Wood, James Lane, Stephen Brusnahan, Gravelous Hansson, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Rowles, Max Robinson, Dr. and Mrs, R. C. Beeler, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Murray, Mrs. C. W. Hanley, Mrs. J. E. Lamson, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rose and Mrs. Edward Rose. f— ■■■!, You can get foot comfort by having your feet examined by Dr. Scholl’s foot specialist at our Shoe Store on Thursday, May 15. —B. N. FENDIG.—Advt.

• W. J. Wright was in Indianapolis on business Thursday. Yesterday’s local prices on eggs and butterfat: Eggs, 40c; butterrat. 57c. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were John Eger, N. C. Shafer and Charlee Bibos. Ker the Dr. NchoU’s Foot .Specialist at B. N. Fendig’s Shoe Store on Thursday, May IS.— Advt, Bo lexer Kohler of Kansas City, Mo., came Thursday to see bls brother John, who is In quite poor health. v , Mrs. Harvey W. Wood, Jr., returned to Dayton, 0., Thursday after a few weeks' visit here with relatives. «■» Mrs. Maria McElfresb, one of Jasper county's oldaat continuous residents, celebrated her 80th birthday anniversary Monday. Monroe Carr,* who has been in quite poor health for same time, is now In quite a critical condition at his home Im the west part of town. < Mrs. George Stoudt of Remington was in Rensselaer Wednesday and Thursday, looking after her tenant properties and visiting her niece, Mrs. Charles Grow.

J. V. Helper of wear Plymouth, formerly of near Rensselaer, has just bought an 80 acres adjoining his 160 acres on the east, making him 240 acres of farm land now. Miss Margaret Werner returned home from Indianapolis Wednesday where she had been attended a school for the blind and will spend the summer vacation here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Werner. Zern Wright and family moved Wednesday Into the rooms crver Wright Bros, restaurant, recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Vern Nowels, and their property on McKinley avenue Is to be occupied by Carl Wood and wife, the coming newlyweds. Alex Quinn, whose farm buildings were destroyed by the cyclone last Sunday evening, carried |7,100 cyclone Insurance on buildings and personal property In Howa>rd Mills' agency. The adjuster was here Thursday and yesterday working on the adjustment of the loss. Id Wednesday's Democrat a imuddle of the type In a birth announcement left out the correct name of the parents. It should have read: "A son was born Saturday evening to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rockwell at the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Osburn,” of west of town.

The meeting night of the Health Culture club is changed to Monday night each week. Members of the club are notified to meet at the home of Mrs. Fred A. Phillips Monday, May 12, at 4 p. m., and to bring luncheon if weather is favorable, otherwise meet at library at the usual hour. —PRESIDENT. Sunday’s heavy rains left many lakes of water in the fields and no doubt quite a little wheat and oats have been drowned out as a result. Rain Tuesday night and again most of Thursday made it too wet all week for the farmers to do much in their fields, and it looks now as though corn planting will be considerably late. Rensselaer is to have still another cream buying station to be located in the old county clerk’s office on the east side of the public square and managed by Frank Morlan, who has his auto tire repair business in the rear part of the same building. This company has creameries at Watseka and Danville, 111., and other points. Letters remaining in the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ended May 5 were: Mrs. John Kritcher, A. B. Lowman, Mrs. G. Dixon; Mrs. S. C. Beal, Taylor Masteson, Mrs. Albert Summers, Mr. and Mrs. William E>nwin, George Powers, L. F. McDonald. If not called for the above letters will be sent to the deadletter, office May 19. Tony Keiper returned Thursday evening from a visit to his farm near South Bend and with his brother John near Plymouth. He reports that it has been too wet there for some time to do much of any farm work, and that there are some farmers who have not yet finished sowing oats, while no plowing at all has been done for corn.-1 T

J. P. Ryan and aon of Gillam were In the city yesterday. E. P. Honan has been under the weather again for the past week, but Is able to be out a part of the time. Dr. C. E. Johnson retnrned home Thursday from Council Bluffs, la., after a few days spent there with hie parents. Thomas L. Hendricks left yesterday for Rochester, Minn., where he will make his home with his son near that place. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thorston Otterburg of Barkley township died Wednesday morning. The little one was about three weeks old and had been weak from birth.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Beam have gone to housekeeping in Monon where the former Is night agent, at that place, Mrs. Beam going over Thursday to take up her residence there. Frank Gorham, aon of Mrs. George Gorham of this city, who has been in France for several months, sailed from Luxemberg for the U. 8. May 5 and is supposed to land in New York tomorrow. May 11. Members of the 150th regiment, F. A., who were sent to Camp Taylor for deimcibilltatlon and discharge, will all receive their discharges by today, it is said, and will be able to spend Sunday at their homes. Mrs. M. D. Gwin received a telegram Tuesday from her husband, stating that he had landed at Hoboken, N. J., Monday, and in another telegram from him Thursday he stated that he was leaving for Camp Dlx that evening and thought he would be discharged in a few days. _____ Mrs. Mary E. Flaming, aged 83 years, died at Longcllff Thursday morning and the body was brought overland to Rensselaer and thence to Brook, her old home. The fu-. neral will be held at the Methodist church tn Chat eity this afternoon at 2 o’clock and burial made In the Brook cemetery. Mrs. Fleming was the mother of Mrs. Charles Owen of southeast of town, and she also had a son living in Morocco.

Yesterday's local markets: Corn, 81.58; oats, 64c; wheat |1.30; rye, >1.50, The prices one year ago were: Corn, 81; oats, 70c; wheat, 81; rye, 81. Frank J. Kuboske, aged 31 years, died at Newland yesterday morning of tuberculosis, leaving a wife and flve small children. Deceased was a native of Poland, and came to Newland some three months ago, where he was working as a day laborer. The funeral will be held Monday at 9 a. m. from St. Augustine's Catholic ohuroh in Rensselaer and burial made In Mt. Calvary cemetery south of town.