Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1919 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

John M. Ott was among the Remington visitors in the city Saturday. F. W. Fisher was down from Kankakee township Saturday afternoon. Miss Bertha Witham returned home Saturday from a visit with Miss Lois Ham at Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Watson returned Sunday from Bruce Lake where they had been for a week’s outing. Miss Jeanette Marcellas of Sandwich, 111., came the last of the week for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Alva Grenard. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Well of New Orleans, La., came Friday for a visit with the latter’s mother, Mrs. Nathan Fendig. Miss Mary Washburn, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Washburn, went to Indianapolis Saturday for a visit with her aunts, Mrs. R. C. Beeler and Mrs. E. M. Graham. , Place your orders now for nursery stock for fall delivery. All trees guaranteed to grow or replaced free of charge.—CHARLES PEFLEY, phone 475. ' t* Miss Edna Robinson left Saturday for Washington, D. C., to resume her duties in a government clerkship. Her sister, 'Miss Luella, will also return to Washington in about three weeks. * Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Parker returned Friday evening from a weeks’ outing spent among the lakes in northern Wisconsin. They were accompanied on the trip by Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Lawton of Chicago. John Werner, the tailor, has rented rooms over the postofflce and will move his dhop therein 1 . The ..building he now occupies will be torn down in the remodeling of the new Farmers’ & Merchants' National bank building. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Mayo and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dewey left here Saturday for Portland, Ore., where they will make their future home. They had been living here since last March. The gentlemen were engaged in the roofing business. Mrs. Laura Michael left on the early train Saturday morning for Del Norte, Colo., she having received a telegram Friday from her son George, saying that he had bargained for a farm for her and wanting her to come at once to look it over.

Harry Dewey of Laporte spent Sunday and Monday with relatives here. Miss Regina Misch spent the week-end at Wheatfield with her parents. Miss Bernice and Gaylord Long spent the week-end with friends in Valparaiso. Hugh * Kirk wept to Indianapolis Saturday and drove back a new Monroe car Sunday. Mrs. J. L. S. Gray is spending a couple of weeks with relatives in lowa and Nebraska. Mrs. Lydia Johnson and daughter Grace went to North Manchester Saturday for a visit with relatives. Mrs. John Duvall returned to her home in Chicago Saturday after a visit here with Mrs. C. W. Duvall. O. K. Ritchey went to Youngstown, 0., Saturday to visit his son Chase, who has been quite sick for some time. Verne Haas of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday here with his sisters. Miss Grace Haas and Mrs. C. G. Newby. Mrs. Noah Z«i jer of north of town went to Indianapolis Saturday for a visit with her son Roscoe and family. —• Mr. and Mrs. Orlan Grant of Lafayette left here Monday for Hammond after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Van Grant. Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Work of Detroit, Mich., drove down last week and will spend about a month here visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Paxton and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pavy of South Bend were ghests here Sunday of Mrs. Kate R. Watson and family. , " K Mrs. Trevor Wilcpx returned to her home at Springfield, 0., Saturday. She was accompanied home by her father-in-law, George Wilcox, who will visit there for several weeks. The Democrat is informed that clean seed wheat is very scarce in some sections of the county. Those having good clean seed should advertise the fact that people may know where such seed can be had. Kuboske & Walter are now located in the big tent, where the C. E. Prior poultry house used to stand, and are prepared to do all kinds of garage work there until their new garage is erected. Give us a call. —Advt. J. A. Washburn, F. L. Peck and Dennis O’Riley of Remington were in Rensselaer a short time Friday evening advertising Fountain Park assembly. They had been out all day and taken in several towns east and north of Remington on their trip.

Mrs. B. F. Ferguson and daughter, Mrs. Ethel Fauskett, who had bsen visiting relatives here, went to Wheatfield Friday for a visit with George'Ferguson, and on Sunday the darter drove them to their home in Chicago in his automobile. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Vaughan of Chisholm, Minn., on their way home from a lake and rail trip to Canada and points in the eastern states, stopped off here Saturday for a few days’ visit with the latter’s brother, W. J. Wright, and other relatives. / H. H. Potter of the Farmers’ Grain Co. has rented the A. A. Hoover house on Front street, now occupied by J. W. Hitchlngs who will move into the Mrs. Elizabeth Haus property, also on Front street, which he recently purchased, Mrs. Haus moving into her new bungalow on Weston street. The changes will be made September. 1.

Miss Ora Sage was a Chicago goer Saturday. Yesterday's local prices on eggs and butterfat: Eggs, 89c; butterfat, 5 Sc. Mr. and Mrs. C. E Tyner went to Battle Ground Saturday for a visit with relatives. ■W. . J. Wright and family returned home Sunday from a week's outing at Webster lake. . Miss Lucile Knox went to Chicago Saturday for visit with her brothers. Will and Rufus, and families. Mrs. Kenneth Allman of Indianapolis came Monday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Padgett Misses Ruth Ames and Marjorie Hill went to Madison, Ind., Monday for a visit with relatives and old friends. * Mrs. J. A. Larsh and little son Junior and Miss Doris Larsh went to Niles, Mich., Friday for a short visit with friends. Mrs. James H. Craw of Mlles City, Mont., came Saturday for a visit with the I. F. Meader family of Union township. Mr. and Mrs. George Neal of Pittsburg, Pa., and Dr. Wade LaRue of Indianapolis came Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Laßue. Mrs. George Smith, who underwent an operation at the Hahnemann hospital In Chicago recently for appendicitis, was brought home Sunday. P. C. Miller returned to his home in Chicago Monday after a visit here with the Russell Van Hook family of west of town. He was accompanied home by Mrs. Van Hook. Rev. J? N? Jenkins, wife and child of Northville, Mich., came last Thursday for a two weeks’ visit with Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins and other relatives and old friends in Jaspet county. Abe Martin says: “Th’ fellers that struck at th’ saw mill Thursday, motored back t’ work this mornin’. Tinies are so good in th’ country that th’ farmers are eatln’ ther own chickens.”

The young people of the Aix Sunday school will give an ice cream social at the Aix church Friday evening, August 15. Ice cream and cake will he served. Everybody invited. —Advt. al 3 Hon. Clark Price of Ashland, Kans., came the last of the week for a visit with his sister, Miss Nettie Price, of this city, and his brothers, M. B. and C. O. Price, of Carpenter towriship.John Bill was called to Fredonia, Ky., Saturday by the death of a nephew. He expected to be gone about 10 days and will visit friends and relatives in southern Indiana before returning. Miss Ella Welsh of Los Angeles, Calif., is here visiting her brothers, Louis and Ben Welsh, and sister Agnes. - Miss. Gertrude of Aberdeen, Wash., has also been visiting here for -same time. Mrs. Lesley Miller and two youngest children of Morocco spent the week-end with Mrs. S. H. Cornwell and family. Mr. Miller joined them Saturday evening and all returned home Sunday evening. A new supply of that popular Thistle Linen correspondence paper in ruled, unruled and pound boxes, [just received in The Dembcrat’s fancy stationery department. Also Thistle , Linen correspondence cards. Mr. and Mrs. Loy Hess and little daughter Audrey, Mts. Susan Maines and daughter Eva left Sunday on an automobile trip to Friendship, Alleghaney county, N. Y., for a visit with Judson E. Maines and family. Miss Elsie Smith, in" company with Mrs. C. Constant and two daughters, Ruth and Gladys, and son, George Constant, of Indiana Harbor, spent last week in Indianapolis visiting relatives, returning home Sunday evening. The trip was made in the C instant automobUe - < Mr. ad Mrs. A. F. Long and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hardman and son Frank and Mrs- Russell Strawbridge and two children drove up to St. Joseph, Mich., Sunday. Mr. Long, Mr. Hardman and son Frank were expected to return yesterday, but Mrs. Long and Mrs. Hardman will remain for ®n indefinite visit with Mrs. Strawbridge. . •