Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS

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BROOK (From the Reporter) Alva Grenard came over from Rensselaer Friday on business. Don Burley was a Rensselaer visitor Thursday of last week. Mrs B. F. Newell was in Chicago the first of the week, taking special treatments. Rev. Dillman went to Silver Lake Tuesday and brought his father home with him. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Robinson oi Rensselaer were calling on Brook friends Monday evening. Mrs. Chas. Bowman of Remington was visiting her brothers, Nason and Frank Turner, the first of the week. Richard B. McCoy of Denver, Colo., was here Tuesday and Wednesday visiting his aunt, Mrs. W. E. Harry. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Clark and Mr and Mrs. Harry Lent drove through to Chicago Tuesday, returning Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Thornton visited with the former’s parents, Mt. and Mrs. G. L. Thornton, in Rensselaer Sunday. Henry Spitler and wife returned from Logansport Thursday. They report Mrs. George Bartley very sick with sciatic rheumatism. Rees Clinton and wife and son Russell and Mts. John Hudson visited from Saturday until Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clinton at Kewanna. Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook of Joliet visited at the Byron Park home the last of the week. On their return home they took Dr. and Mrs. Crooks with them. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Cooke and daughter Pauline of Goodland and Mire. Zella Allen and granddaughter of Chicago called on the editor and wife Friday evening. Warner Allis returned home this week. He had spent 12 years in the navy as a member of the 'marines and has concluded to rest awhile. He was among those who served in France.

Rev. Taylor and wife of Otterbein were guests of E. M. Unger and family Tuesday. Rev. Taylor was in charge of the Morocco circuit at one time and has many friends in this vicinity. J. W. Bartholomew, a prominent lawyer of Quarpau, Okla., gave his mother and sister, Mrs. Ephriam White, a surprise by arriving unannounced after an absence of 15 years. He lieved at one time in Newton county and has mgny friends here. Young John Condon and a companion of Momence left last week on a trip down the Kankakee, Illinois and Mississippi rivers. They will make the trip in a canoe and will carry a cbmping outfit with them and exrppct to land in the Gulf of Mexico. Frank Corbin and wife, Miss Lou Kemper, Sant Kemper, Harry Kemper, Grant Shaffer, wife and daughter were in Indianapolis Wednesday to see their brother Ralph, who was with the 150th F. A. of the Rainbow division. They report “Curley” looking fine and glad to get home. Mrs. Burford Lyons was called to Marshall, Ind., this week to attend the funeral of a nephew, the son of her brother, Oscar Burford. The little fellow was four years of age. He started to cross the street to a neighbor’s and an auto came along.

He thought to avoid it by jumping backward and was caught by a machine co 7XI ng from the other direction. He was thrown to the pavement and the skin torn from the side of his face and head. He was taken to Che hospital and Che wound dressed. In a few days he returned home and lockjaw set In and death resulted.