Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1919 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

The Battle Ground camp meeting will open July 31. Official estimates are piat 20,000 American soldiers married foreign brides while overseas. Miss Marjorie Morlan spent a few days this week with Mrs. Ernest Moore at Lowell. Mrs. Myra Newton of the Monnett school left Thursday for her home at Canandaigua, N. Y. A steam merry-go-round has been set up on the river bank just across the Washington street bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blitstein of Chicago visited here this week with Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Callahan. Mrs. George M. Robinson is building on a bathroom and adding city water to her home on Park avenue. iHarry Gifford drove down another new Elcar automobile, for which he has the agency, from Elkhart this week. Mrs. S. M. Haas and son Bernard of Logansport epent a few days here this week with her sister, Mrs. N. C. Shafer. Among the Chicago goers Wednesday were Dr. J. Hansson and Misses Jane Parkison, Marie Hamilton and Velma Rich. Mrs. J. H. Chapman and Mrs. Stella Ketchum: and daughter Mary went to Spurgeon Bay, Wis., Tuesday for a couple weeks’ outing. Among the Chicago goers Tuesday were John Marlatt, F. G. Deschand. Dr. E. N. Loy of this city and Dr. A. P. Rainier of Remington. A new high record price for live hogs was set in Chicago Wednesday, $23.35 per cwt., the highest price ever reached in the history of this country.

Misses Evangeline Dickinson and Dorothy Haas returned to their home at Berwyn, 111., the first of the week after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murphy. William Barkley of Aberdeen, S. D., came this week to join his wife and daughter, who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Starr, for several weeks. Mrs. A. E. Wallace and children will again spend the winter in Chicago where her little daughter, Mary Agatha, will attend school. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wood will move September 1 and occupy the Wallace home in the north part of town during their absence. Mrs. Richard P. Howell and babe of Butte, Mont., left the first of the week for Detroit, Mich., to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Brown, after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hopkins and other relatives. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Beulah Brown, who had also been visiting here for several weeks. ' .

Miss Day Jordan of Barkley township went to 'Muncie Ttresday for a week's visit. Mrs. W. D. Bringle left Tuesday for Helena, Mont., for a month's visit with relatives. Lieut. W. I. Spitler went to Camp Custer, Mich., Tuesday to receive his discharge from the service. Miss Chloe Kenton of Mitchell, S. D., came Tuesday for a visit with relatives and old friends here. C. J. Dean and Barney Kolhoff returned Wednesday from a prospecting trip to points in Michigan.

Mrs. C. E. Lohr and sister. Miss Martha Critser, and Mrs. C. E. Baumgardner were Chicago visitors Wednesday.' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parcels of St. Louis, Mo., are visiting former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Parcels. Dr. Hansson returned Thursday evening from a trip to Racine, Wis., bringing back two more Mitchell cars, for which he has the agency. Miss Gerda Otterburg returned to her home at Lake Geneva, Wis., Thursday after a visit with her brother, Thorston Otterburg, in Barkley township. Mrs. N. C. Shafer and children drove to Logansport Thursday for a visit, and were accompanied by Mrs. S. M. Haas and children and Mrs. C. G. Newby. Miss Grace Waymire returned to Crawfordsville Wednesday where she is an Instructor Id Wabash college, after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waymire. *C. C. Warner returned to his work at Gary Wednesday after a short visit with his family here. Mr. Warner will return next Wednesday to again take up his permanent residence here.

If in the market for an automobile do not forget to give a good look at the new line of tars Dr. Hansson has an hand for demonstration. It is good policy to buy the best value for the least money. —Advt. A new lot of pen and pencil tablets, lead pencils, pound and box correspondence stationery (including Thistle Linen), envelopes, etc., just received in The Democrat's Fancy Stationery and Ofilce Supply Dept. Dwight Curnick, son of Rev. P. C. Curnick of Indianapolis, a former pastor of the M. E. church of this city, was in Rensselaer Tuesday and Wednesday for a few hours. Dwight is traveling for ( a coal company ,now. Albert Quinn returned to his home at Gary Wednesday after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Quinn, of southeast of town. His wife and two little daughters, who accompanied him here, remained for a longer visit. S. W. -Idyers of Monticello, a brother of G. M. Myers of this city, suffered a severe attack of heart trouble last week caused, it is thought, by over-exertion in cranking his Ford roadster, and his condition has given his family considerable concern. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Schaeffer and Miss Alice Middleton drove to Lafayette Tuesday and visited “Uncle” Will Erwin at the Home hospital. They report Mr. Erwin as getting alpng nicely from his recent operation. They made a stop at Chalmers on their way home and brought Mrs. Albert Wolfe and daughter Of that place home with them, who visited friends here until Wednesday. 1 % T Miss Gladys Reeve of this city is employed in the Continental & Commercial National bank in Chicago, just across the street from the Illinois Trust & Savings bank, on which the big dirigible balloon fell last Monday evening, killing 11 people and injuring many others. The employes of her bank heard the crash and thought it was a bomb that had exploded. They rushed to the street and saw the fire in the wrecked bank and the dead and injured being carried therefrom. i

Ray Brien went to Hobart Wednesday for a week’s visit with relatives. Ed Bellows and family of Remington were—y Ist tors in the city Wednesday. Miss Esther Gant of Attica is visiting her sister, Mrs. Eugene Hasty, here and also relatives at Parr. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wood, Sr., went to Clark’s Hill Wednesday for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. William Risbllng, Mrs. fi. J. Dowle and daughter Gertrude of Downers Grove, 111., will return home today after a visit since Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Prior Miller Raub, a prominent farmer and stock grow’er of White county for many years died at his home in Chalmers Tuesday after an extended illness, aged 55 years. i We are unloading another carload of Armour’s hog, stock and dairy feed. Save corn by buying this v feed. Cheaper than corn. — IROQUOIS ROLLER MILLS, phone 456. J 2« Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Barnes and daughter of Atlanta, Ga., made a short visit here Wednesday with Mrs. Barnes’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Rainier, while enroute to Oshkosh, Wis., in their automobile. Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn and daughter of St. Louis, Mo., came the first of the week for a visit with Mrs. Dunn’s father, Granville Moody, of Barkley township and her sister, Mrs. George Long, of Rensselaer. Ferman Schultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. August R. Schultz of Union township, arrived in Rensselaer Wednesday from Camp Mills, N. ¥., where he had been mustered out of the service. He spent almost a year overseas.

Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Thonnton of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Mel Thornton and son of Brook returned from South Bend Thursday where they had been called by the serious Illness of Mrs. George Thornton. They report her on the road to Tecovery now. George W. Hopkins returned Wednesday from a month’s visit in Oklahoma City, Okla., with his sister, Mrs. Frank W. Hardy, and family. Mrs. Hopkins stopped over for a few days’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Lesta Snively, in Indianapolis, and Mr. Hopkins came on alone from there. Dr. J. Hansson received the sad news by letter yesterday from Sweden of the death of his elder brother, Martin Hansson, who died June 30 in a hospital in Lund, Sweden, following an operation. His age was 58 years, and he leaves two brothers and one sister. He was unmarried. For prompt and satisfactory job printing bring your work to The Democrat’s job printing department. It employs expert printers and carries a larger stock of goods in this line than you will find in any shop in this section of the state. Buying this stock in large quantities for cash and discounting all bills makes it possible to do first-class work at a very reasonable price. Call 315 when in need of printing of any kind.

P. D. Wells was over from Morocco yesterday. A. D. Washburn of" Kentland was a Rensselaer visitor Thursday. Ora Jones and Mrs. Noah Zeigler were among the Lafayette goers Thursday. Yesterday's local prices on eggs and butterfat: Eggs, 39c; butterfat, 54c. Mrs. Simon Thompson entertained the Girls' Hiking club Thursday evening at her home just north of town.

Mrs. John Raisor and babe, accompanied by Mrs. F. A. Grouver, wont to her home at Lafayette Thursday. Mrs. E. if. Michaels of Union City capie Thursday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Lamson, of Jordan township. C. B. Steward attended the annual meeting of the Ohio Farmers’ Insurance company agents Winona the first of the week. . M. J. Kuboske went to Chicago Thursday and drove home another Saxon Chummy Roadster for the Kuboske & Walter agency. You oan still buy a good rub-ber-tipped lead pencil for a nickel in The Democrat's fancy stationery and office supply department. Mirs. Edward Loeb and brother, Ernest DeMoss of Pontiac, 111., came Thursday for a visit with their sister, Mrs. John Newcomb, of Barkley township.

One of the big attractions at the "Big Day’* doings at Remington Wednesday was a passenger-carry-ing airplane that is alleged to have taken up 26 passengers there during the dayr Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Miller have received word from their son Philip stating that he had been discharged from the service and with his wife would arrive in Rensselaer about August 18. Rev. E. M. Kuonen of Reynolds, a., former pastor of the Barkley M. E. church, who had been overseas in the Y. M. C. A. work for the past year, arrived at his home in Reynolds last week. The work of razing the old White livery barn is making good headway and it is expected to have it out of the way so that work may begin on the excavating for the basement by next Wednesday.

. Yesterday’s local markets: Corn, $1.88; old oats, 75c;' new oats, 73c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.46. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.20; old oats, 68c (new oats not quoted then); wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.50, ' Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Healy have purchased the W. D. Sayler property on the corner of Weston and Cornelia streets, occupied by Claude Kruzain, consideration $2,500. They have bought the property simply as an investment, and do not expect to occupy it. New price records were established in the local hog market yesterday when $23.10 was paid for a load of fine stock brought In by Cecil Ray of Crane. The total weight was 17,260, and Mr. Ray received $4,985.40 for the lot. — Yesterday’s Lafayette Journal. dry weather has also practically ruined the blackberry crop, which gave promise of being unusually large a few weeks ago. The berries have dried up on the bushes and the few that are being picked afre composed principally of seeds and have very little substance to them. Jacob Herr, a prominent farmer of Monon township, White county, died at his home near the Lowe bridge on Thursday afternoon of last week and was burled in the Bedford cemetery in Monon township Saturday/ afternoon. He is survived by the widow, three sons and one daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hamilton of Indianapolis are spending a week’s vacation here with the latter’s father, N. H. Warner, and wife, after which they will go to Erie, Pa., at which place Mr. Hamilton will be employed as one of the managers of the Erie Drygoods Co. Zern Wright, who has been employed in the W. X Wright furniture store for several years, has resigned his position to devote his entire time to the former Nowels restaurant, which he and his brother Don purchased some time ago. Zern *ls a licensed embalmer of several years’ experience and will help W. J. out occasionally in the future when necessary.