Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1919 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Walter Kelly of Newton township was a Lafayette goer Saturday, z George Miller of Morocco is now employed in the Wright Bros, restaurant. C. T. Johnson of Dallas, Tex., is visiting his daughter, Mrs. John A. Dunlap. Miss Ella Best of Chicago came Friday evening for a visit with her mother, Mrs. George M. Myers. Mr. and Mrs. William Moore spant the week-end with their daughter, Mrs. John Lyons, at Gary. Mrs. William Shindelar left Saturday for Great Fails, Mont., for a visit with, her brother, George Lr. Keeney. A Mrs. Guy Titue and two children As Crawfordsville spent the week--end here with her brother, M. F. Long, and wife. Misses Minnie Hemphill, Jane Parkison and Tillie Malchow went to Winona lake Saturday to spend a week’s vacation. Miss Madeline Moore went to Lafayette Sunday evening for a few days’ visit with her aunt, Mrs. E. W. Hickman, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keeler of Winamac drove over Sunday and epent the day with the latter s cousin, Mrs. J. C. Passons, and husband. ■ 1 Lieut. Frank Hardiman arrived home Saturday morning from Camp Taylor where he received his discharge from the service. Lieut. Hardman spent about 20 months overseas. Adrian Birusnahan of Gordon, Wis., is visiting his uncle, S. A. Brusnahan and family of near Parr.. Mr. has only recently _ returned from/ overseas, where fie was for several months with the army of occupation in Germany. Ross Benjamin arrived hoime Friday evening ‘’from Camp Mills, N. Y., after spending 16 months overseas in the U. S. postal service. He has been notified by the governiment that he can resume his old position with the railway mail service after a 30-day vacation. Roy Stephenson came Friday evening from Toledo, 0., to join his wife and daughter who had been visiting relatives here for the past five weeks. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson and daughter end the former’s mother. Mra. W. H. Stephenson, went to Lake Maxinkuckee for a few days’ outing with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Frye. All returned home Sunday.

Vern Nowels is driving a new Ford coupe. Yesterday’s local prices l on eggs and butterfat: Eggs, 39c; butterfat, 56c. Mrs. John Ward and Mrs. Charles Jacks spent Saturday in Hammond. H. W. Kiplinger of Gary spent Friday night qnd Saturday with his family here. Mrs. Carrie Dayton and daughter Myrtle will go to Chicago today, for a week’s visit with friends. C. W. Duvall, who is employed in East Chicago, spent Saturday and Sunday here with his family. Yesterday was the second anniversary of old Company M’s being federalized to help in the world war. Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet of Barkley township went to Indianapolis Saturday for a few days’ visit with their daughter. Mr. and Mrs. John Duvall of Chicago came Saturday for a few days’ Visit with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duvall.

Mrs. W. R. Gates and son Francis returned to their home at Hammond Monday after a visit here v'itji her mother, Mrs. Eli Crltser, and other relatives. Charles Smith, who Is now working in a job printing shop in a . suburb of Pittsburg, came Saturday for a few- days’ visit with relatives. Bruce White went to Lafayette Sunday and brought home his wife who had been in the St. Elizabeth hospital there for the past five weeks. She is considerably improved in health. Joseph Meyer and two children, Frank and Elizabeth, of Pittsburg, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Meyer and little son of Danville, 111., are here visiting the (mother of Joseph and Frank, Mrs. Magdalena Meyer. Misses Luella Harmon, Bernice Long, Helen Warner, Helen , Kiplinger, Luella Robinson, Marie Hamilton and Lawrence McLain, Robert Loy, Ernest Harris, Forest Merica and Floyd Hemphill attended a dance at Kentland Friday night. Mrs. B. D. McColly returned home from Chicago Friday evening where she visited her daughter, Mr?. George Smith, Who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Hahnemann hospital. She was along nicely when Mrs. McColly left. At last we have received our long expected car of old wheat Aristos flour. You earn, not go gvrong by putting away some of this old wheat flour, as this will be the last car we will have made out of old wheat, and the new wheat flour will not be good for at least sixty days.—EGER’S GROCERY.

.Charles Bibos made a trip to SuJlivan Monday. George F. Meyers and son Floyd were Chicago goers Friday. W. J. Wright and family are spending the week at Webster. Carl Eigelsbach of Chicago spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Eigelsbach. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Fleming are visiting their daughter, Mrs. E. J. Hewitt, and family at Nashville, Tenn. Misses Almira Stockton and IsabeUe Sever went to Otterbein Monday for a visit with Miss Madeline Price. Gravelous Hansson returned Saturday from Racine, Wis., "with a new Mitchell roadster for Dr. C. EX Johnson. Dean Merica came down from Chicago Monday to attend the funeral of his mother-in-law, Mrs. W. H. Beam. Kermit Beasley, after spending several weeks here with his father, A. Beasley, the photographer, returned to Chicago Friday. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Williams returned home Saturday frexm East Liberty, r O., where they had spent a few days with relatives. Some of the residents along north Cullen street are trying the oiling stunt to allay the dust nuisance on this much traveled street. Mrs. A. J. Bellows went to Ottowa. 111., Saturday to attend the funeral of her cousin, Everett Rockwood, who died there Thursday. Dr. F. A. Turfler left Saturday for Boulder, Colo., to attend a state convention of osteopaths held there this week. On his return he will stop off in Kansas City for a short visit with his brother.

Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Farmer returned to their home at Miles City, Mont., the last of the week after a short visit here with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Ritchey, and other relatives. The race riots have been quelled and the street car strike settled in Chicago, but now we are to have a~ complete tie-up of the railroads of the country. So that it is just one d — thing after another. P. T. Hordeman of Union township has thoroughly remodeled and stuccoed his farm residence recently and now has one of the handsomest homes in that township. The work of remodeling the two upper floors of The Democrat building for the Van Rensselaer club is (making good headway, and when finished this club will have quarters second to none in cities of our class in the state. Martin Sauser has become so thoroughly Americanized that he refuses to wear German teeth, and last Friday he had all the teeth extracted that he brought to this country many years ago and will have a set of "Made in Rensselaer, U. S. A.” put in in their stead. Mrs. M. I. Adams and W. R. Brown were called to Huntington Friday by the critical condition of the former’s sister and the latter’s daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clint Brown, who has been in falling health for same time and was practically given up to die by the doctors some time ago. Mr. Brown returned home Monday afternoon, and reports that Clint’s wife was very bad off when he left there.

A. F. Long spent Sunday at St. Joseph, Mich., driving back Monday accompanied by his wife, who ihad been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Russell Strawbridge. ' The two children of the latter accompanied them home while the parents went to Chicago from which place Mrs. Strawbridge will come on to Rensselaer to visit for awhile. There is a very good prospect of Rensselaer soon having a laundry again. A gentleman from a neighboring town has purchased from the buyers at the recent sale a part of the old McKay laundry machinery and if he can secure a suitable building will open a laundry* In same. He is reported to be negotiating now with a Rensselaer citizen to put him up a building. A little Shower of rain came yesterday forenoon, about enough to lay the dust, which is the first rain we have had since last Thursday. Monday was an extremely hot day again, after a few days of cooler weather, and was very hard .on the corn and. vegetation of all kinds. The dry weaher has caused perhaps 5 a third of the leaves to fall from the shade trees in Rensselaer, and most of the gardens are completely dried up.

Mrs. W. C. Babcock spent Friday in Lafayette. _ The threatened railroad strike has put the grain and hog market on the toboggan. Miss Mary Beck of Sedalia, Mo., came Friday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Beck. Miss Mildred Harris left Monday on a two weeks’ vacation, which she will spend with friends in Chicago and Joliet, 111. Gerald Hollingsworth, who had been employed at Kalamazoo, Mich., since his discharge from the navy, returned home the last of the week and will be connected with his father in the Jasper County Mortgage and Realty Co. Bro. Foster of the White County Democrat, accompanied by his family, was in Rensselaer a short time yesterday, on a little auto trip around the circle, Including the towns of Remington, Rensselaer, Medaryville, Francesville and Monon. Mr. and Mrs. Peter McDaniel, accompanied by Miss Carrie Welsh, drove to Fowler Saturday where the latter visited friends until yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel coatimiing on to Boswell where they visited the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.' Gilger. _

Ed HArath's new concrete block cream station and poultry hAuse is nearing completion. The starfish has no nose, but the whole of its underside is endowed with a sense of smell. Chester Halstead has the frame up for his large new two-story house on the corner of Warner and Jefferson streets. , W. C. Faylor recently sold his 10-acre farm in Union township to Leslie Clark of Rensselaer, consideration 1100 per acre. Conrad Kellner, on the 18 acres he had In oats just southeast of town, threshed 950 bushels, an average of almost 53 bushels per acre. Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Parrett and little daughter of Hammond stopped oft here a short time yesterday between trains while on their way to Ohio to spend their vacation. Yesterday’s local markets: Corn, $1.75; oats, 64c; wheat. $2.11; rye, $1.35. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.25; oats, 60c; Wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.42 and $1.45. George Putt was over from northwest Carpenter Monday. Wheat and rye In his Immediate vicinity turned out poor, not more than 10 bushels per acre, on an average, but oats are better, running from 25 to 40 bushels. Benjamin Barger threshed 1,544 bushels of oats from 51 acres, but some few have gone as high as 40 bushels. Mrs. Laura Michaels of Rensselaer has sold her 160-acre farm In Jordan township to John Kolhoft and Barney Malenbrook for $l5O per acre, or $24,000, possession to be given March 1. Mrs. Michaels expects to purchase a farm In Colorado and will leave here next week for Del Norte, near which place her son George resides, on a prospecting trip. Mrs. W. R. Brown received a message yesterday conveying the news of the death of her niece, Iva Jones, at Tuscola, 111., yesterday morning at 1 o’clock. No particulars of her death have been learned at this time. Mrs. Brown will be unable to attend the funeral owing /to the critical condition of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clint Brown, of Huntington.