Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1919 — HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

REMINGTON (From the Press)

Mrs. Jason Bickel, daughter Virginia and son Jason visited -friends in Goodland this Thursday. Mrs. Paul Hyman and baby came Monday evening from Logansport to visit her mother, Mrs. Ella p£LI*l(S» Miss Ethel Harris and Opal Glosser attended the Dawson-Franklin-Davis family reunion at Milford, 111., Sunday and report a big time. Jones Bros, report the sale of the John Ferguson 200-acre farm, southwest of Remington, to Dudley Tyler. Consideration S3OO per acre. Mrs. Pearl Currens of Indianapolis came today, Thursday, for a. week’s stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mann. “Pete” Bartoo, young son of Frank Bartoo, of northeast of town, broke one of the bones in his right arm while cranking a Ford Monday evening. . . . Mrs. Horace Hoover and daughters, Helen and Merle, of Lafayette were guests of Mrs. Hoover’s sister, Mrs. Howard Brooks, Monday and Tuesday.

Jones Bros. report the sale of the George W. Thompson 160-acre farm, southwest of town, to John Frary of Pontiac, 111. Consideration $305 per acre. Mrs. Alice Parks, Mrs. Fred Chapman, Mrs John Braddock, Mrs. Ray Parks and their children, all of Rensselaer, were Remington visitors this Thursday. Mrs Mel Julien and Mrs. Bert Sheetz went to Lafayette Wednesday to see Mrs. Fred Sheetz, who has been in the Home hospital there for several days. Mu. Abe Wahl and Mrs. Frances Hallihan went to Logansport Wednesday, the former going on to Indianapolis to visit her daughters, and the latter returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bilile and Mrs. Barbara Bilile' drove to—Wabash county last week on a land seeking trip, during which Mr. Bilile purchased an 80-acre farm. , Delbert Alson informs us that 45 acres of oats that he raised this year turned out on an average of 55 bushels to the acre. This is considerably above the average run of yield, we understand. Four machine loads of Remington people, consisting of A. C. Carpenter, Charles Parker, C. W. Merritt and Harvey Williams and their families, made the trip to The, Shades Sunday. All report a fine tr Misses Hazel Lucas and Nina Gray are spending the week in Indianapolis—the former visiting an aunt and the latter her sister, Miss Hazel B. Gray, who is there attending Mrs. Blaker’s teachers’ colCharley Reeves of Belshaw, Tnd., was circulating among old friends here Tuesday. He had been to Oxford to visit his mother. Charley is manager for the Belshaw Lumber Co., and is making good. He is ' well satisfied with the river country. J Abe Wahl received word Wednesday night that his oldest son Tom whom he has not seen in 1 1 years, is- on this way home from Gordon, Neb., where he has recently been working. He enlisted ana served through the war and had been discharged. Miss Ida Beal went to Watseka, Thursday evening and from there will accompany Mr. and Mrs. W. J. DiCk on an auto trip to the home of ' ! Mr and Mrs. L. M. Raymond at Monticello, 111., arid also to the home of Chari* Beal and wife, near Crawfordsville.

C. H. Peck has purchased the lot and building just east of his present store building, now occupied by the Latimore millinery store, with the exception of 12 feet owned by John Zimmerman. Mr. Peck now owns to the alley and will doubtless put up a good store building on the lot soon. A field of fine timothy hay burned up one day last week on the Joe Graham place, west of town. The hay had been sold to Ben May, who wanted it for use at hir' place The loss is estimated at around $1,200. The fire was Set by sparks from a passing train on the apology. Ben will, no doubt, realize something from the railroad company, but nothing, near the actual value of the hay to hiun. As a result of the contest held during the imonths of May and June between the Y. P. S. C. E. of the Presbyterian and Christian churches in which the Presbyterians lost by 57 points, a most royal good time was held in the parlo-rs of the Presbyterian church Tuesday night. About 40 young people were present and enjoyed to the full the games and social hours as well as the delicious punch, ice cream and cake which were served by the losers. It is hoped for many more such occasions. Considerable property has changed hands in the past week and there are prospects for several good new buildings being built. One of these changes is the purchase by James H. Gilbert of the property now occupied by William Braner as a residence and the big hitch barn adjoining. The time has come when there is not nearly enough garage room in Remington, and Gilbert’s garage is especially overcrowded most of the time. He will remove the hitch barn and erect

a big, new building for garage purposes. Another condition has also arisen, and that is the demand for tractors, and it takes lots of room to show off this class of implements properly. The new building will surely be one big improvement to the town, and will, no doubt, be filled to capacity limit in a short time. One of the worst accidents to happen recently occurred Tuesday evening about 5 o’clock when John Burns, who lives several miles southeast of town, drove into a fallen telephone wire at the home of Delbert Alson, on the Skinner farm. Mr. Burns, it seems, was entering the yard with his car when the wire struck the windshield, tearing it off. The still unbroken wire then caught Burns in the mouth and cut a terrible gash across his face, taking part of his jaw and several teeth with it. A hurried trip to town was made to •keep the man from bleeding to death, and it required 21 stitches to close the wound. Manager Carpenter reports that the last he knew of the wire it was all right, but they had been threshing there recently and that it was likely the separator had pulled it down and it had not been fastened up again out of the way. The only wonder seems to be that the man was not killed as he surely would have been had the wire struck an inch lower.

BROOK (From the Reporter) Ed Baer and John Connell were in Kokomo Sunday visiting relatiV6S John Weiss, Sr., of Goodland was here Saturday visiting ' with friends. Chas. Murfiltt and family were here Sunday from Leiter’s Ford visiting relatives. Isaac Sell left Sunday for Montana, where he will visit his sops, Merwin and W. D. Sell. Mr. and Mrs. James Bull have gone to Petosky,* Mich., to remain during the hay fever season. Miss Mildred Spitler of South Bend came Tuesday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whiting and other relatives. Mrs. Ina Pierson arrived Tuesday evening from tioluimbia City, S. C., for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mrs. Ray Hershman had as her guests this week her aunt, Mrs. Ferguson, of Chicago,, and the lat-

ter’s daughter, Mrs. Foscutt. Stanley Lowe came down from Chicago Wednesday to see his brother Clarence, who had just returned from overseas service. Mrs. Howard Myers went to Forest, 111., last Friday for a visit. On her arrival she found that her sister Louise was ill with diphtheria. Frank Rich, who has just left the hospital in Indianapolis, came Friday to make a short visit with his brother, J. D., and wife. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Brown, of Goodland, was over to see him Sunday. The Stidham land, on which Ed Corbin lives, was sold August 1 for $59,078. There are 218 acres in the tract. This is the farm that we reported as sold to Fred Lyons and Neely Wilson some time ago, but the Heal fell through. Mrs. John Pence met with a painful accident Saturday. She was attempting to get into a grain wagon to go to the O. M. Lyons farm, and fell backwards, catching herself on her hands. The bones of one wrist were broken and both hands so injured that she is unable to do' any work with them. Doc Jesson had a wheat field this season that came within one bushel of making 30 bushels to the acre. His sister. Miss Francis, has the finest flock of chickens in the country and their raids on the wheat field with an occasional sheaf taken for feed beat Doc out of the county record. As it is he has an average for the farm of 29 bushels. Chicken thieves have been busy for some time, but last week they began to land in Brook and vicinity. Sunderland lost 60 fine hens last Saturday night. Jack Ulyat went to join the vigilants that have been organized at Mt. Ayr. While he was away the thieves stole a bunch of fine ducks belonging to him. Clarence Lowe returned from France this week and arrived Wednesday evening. He was rushed overseas early in the war and was placed in an old-line. regiment of regulars. This reglriient hit the line from Chauteaw-Thierry to the Argonne and Clarence has taken part in the heaviest of the ’'fighting. He looks like army life agreed with him. George Ade started Saturday on a trip east that will end In a tour of the New England states. He has with, him Lt. Verne Snyder and Allen Harms of Brook and Jack Baxter of Lafayette. They will drive the auto to Detroit, ship from

there by boat to Buffalo and then cross New York and the New England states by auto. They will be gone three or four weeks. One of the youngest boys of Chas. Ekstrom had a fall from the Woods’ pony that resulted in a broken arm. He and young Woods were riding the pony which became frightened at an auto and ran away, but, unfortunately, the pony got over its fright suddenly and stopped, the boys going on over its head. The Woods boy was uninjured, but the Ekstrom boy had. one of the bones of the left arm broken between the wrist and elbow.