Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Simon Thompson spent Tuesday In Logansport. Mrs. M. A. Gray of Remington went to Valparaiso Wednesday. M. A. Gray and daughter of Remington were visitors in the city Wednesday. Clyde Garriott has purchased a fine new Saxon touring car from Kuboske & Walters. Mrs. J. C. Bristow went to Cullom, 111., Tuesday to spend Decoration day with relatives. Mrs. (Elizabeth J. P. Alter left Thursday for an extended visit in New York and other eastern points. Mrs. Clyde Gunyon returned Wednesday from a visit with her Bister, Mrs. William Steiner, at Jerseyville, 111. Mrs. Nicholas Krull and son, Nicholas, Jr., of Kentland visited her mother, Mrs. Charles Ramp, here Tuesday. Mrs. D. W. Waymire of this city and Mary Rex of Independence visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michal at Reynolds Wednesday. Among the Chicago goers Wednesday were Grauville Moody, E. J. Randle, A. R. Parkinson and Misses Jean Jones and Ruby Briney. Herman Hordeman unloaded his new threshing outfit Wednesday, consisting of a 25 h. p; Russell engine and a 36x60 Nichols & Shepard separator, all up-to-date and a fiandy outfit.

Mrs. Frances Hopkins and daughter, Miss Gertrude, went to Sullivan, Ind., Wednesday for a couple of weeks visit with another daughter of the former. Miss Nelle Thompson of Sullivan, who had been visiting them and the G. E. Murray family for about a week, accompanied them home. Mort Murray, who has been in a hospital at Waukegan, 111., for the past two months suffering from gangrene poisoning, following a severe attack of influenza, and had a part of one foot amputated, is expected here Sunday, June 8, to remain indefinitely with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Murray. The' fine growing weather of the past week is still continuing and everything is coming on splendidly. Corn planting is practically over with and cultivating it for the first time will start in many fields next week. The meYcury at 2 p. m. Thursday and yesterday registered 90 degrees in the shade.

Mrs. George Dolson of Chicago was here over Decoration day.’ A. C. Harrington of near Goodland was in Rensselaer on business Thursday. Frank Howard, the Remington furniture dealer, was in the city Thursday. X Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilcox, Laban Wilcox end Harry Wiltshire were Chicago goers Tuesday. Ed Bellows and children of Remvisited here Thursday with his mother, Mrs. A. J. Bellows. John Sharp and family of Chicago Heights spent Decoration day here with relatives and friends. Hon. W. L. Wood has been appointed chairman for Jasper county of the war savings stamp committee. Ellis Thomas, city marshal, is getting out again after being confined to his home for the past week with sickness. Several members of the Rensselaer Temple attended the district meeting of Pythian Sisters at Morocco Wednesday.

H. E. Remley of Wheatfield atthe state meeting of the Masonic lodge at Indianapolis this week as a delegate from the Wheatfield lodge. • Mrs. Harry Wemple of Janesville, Wis., came Wednesday for a visit with her husband's sister, Mrs. J. J. Montgomery, and other relatives and friends. Mrs. E. T. Harris returned home from Mudlavia the first of the week where she had been taking treatment for rheumatism. She is considerably Improved. Ralph Chupp of Indianapolis, Frank and Nathan Chupp of Edinburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chupp of Attica were here to attend the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Charles Rowen, Wednesday. The Jackson highway, especially through Jasper county,* has been “marked” the best during the past week that it has ever been, and more people have come this way to the Indianapolis races than for several years.

Mrs. Elizabeth Alter of Park avenue is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ross Grant, and husband add other relatives in Chicago, after which she expects to go to nnont, Colo., to spend the summer with another daughter, Mrs. Charles Nowels. Dan Morrissey, one of the Operators at the Monon station, returned home Tuesday evening from a two weeks’ vacation spent in Salamanca, N. Y., with his parents and brother, the latter having just returned from overseas. He also visited Olean, Dunkirk and Buffalo. W. D. Bringle returned Thursday from a pleasant visit with his brother, Victor Bringle, at Ortley, S. D.* where he enjoyed some of the best fishing that he has had in years. On his way home he stopped off at Des Moines, la., for a short visit with the Langwith family. While Harry Watson was cranking his Ford car Thursday morning at his home in the southwest part of town, the car started up and ran off the embankment into the river, falling bottom side up in the water. It was righted and brought back on dry land after considerable effort.

Yesterday’s local prices on eggs and butterfat: Eggs, 38c; butterfat, 58c. Rev. B. H. Horton and wife of Mt. Ayr were visitors In the city Thursday. There was no city or rural mall delivery yesterday except special delivery on account of Its being a legal holiday. R. E. Roadlfer arrived In Rensselaer Wednesday from Camp Custer, Mich., and continued on ,to his home near Remington. Yesterday's local markets: Corn, 11.65; oats, 64c; rye, 81.33. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 81; oats, 65c; wheat, 82. Hurley Beam came down from Chicago Thursday to remain over Decoration day and Sunday. Mrs. Beam also came down yesterday. Miss Martha Ramp returned home Wednesday from a several weeks* visit with her sister, Mrs. Henry Regus, at New Orleans, La. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Greenwood and children, Russell and Glonn, of Remington were guests of friends ’in the city yesterday.—Lafayette Journal.

Mose Leopold attended a Jackson highway meeting at Wolcott Thursday evening and spoke In the interests of said highway over the old J. H. route. John Rodgers, aged 52, an employe in the freight depot at Monon, (fled Monday morning from carbolic acid poisoning, supposed to have been taken with suicidal intent. Mr. and Mrs, C. G. Spitler, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Murray and J. J. Hunt drove to South Bend Wednesday in the former's automobile and on Thursday attended a bankers’ meeting held there. Mr. and Mrs. Milo F. Long, who recently moved to Indianapolis, where the former was employed in a furniture factory, have returned to Rensselaer and Mr. Long is now employed by the Rensselaer Manufacturing company.

George Fate of Crown Point, who recently received his discharge from the army service after having been stationed in Panama for several months, is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. C. P. Moody, of Barkley township this week. „ Among those from out of town here for Decoration day were: F. B. Meyer of Gary, Bruce Pumphrey And family of near Columbia City, Homer Hopkins of Monticello, «Mrs. Chester Zea and son of Hammond, "and Jake Moore of Racine, Wis.