Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1919 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Maurice Gorman of Wheatfield took the train here Tuesday evening for Indianapolis. John Eger, Granville Moody, Charles Pefley and D. S. Makeever were in Chicago Wednesday. Miss Pauline Hordeman of Chicago is visiting her mother, Mrs. Barbara Hordeman, and family. Among the Chicago goers Tuesday were Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth, Mrs. Alfred Donnelly and Moses Leopold. • Mrs. M. Larson returned to her home in Chicago Wednesday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gilbransen. Mrs. O. H. Hilliard left Tuesday for her home at Montgomery, Pa., after a visit here with her sons, B. P. Hilliard. William Tilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tilton, arrived home Tuesday evening after about two years service in the U. S. navy. Mrs. Gaylord McFarland and little daughter of Barberton, 0., came Tuesday evening for a visit with £er father, Michael Kanne, and other relatives.

Mrs. H. R. Mardorf and daughter, Mary Margaret, returned to their home in Chicago Tuesday evening after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Milliton. Miss Heleta Parkison of Lafayette, who had been spending several weeks here with the H. E. Parkison family, went to Attica Thursday for a visit with relatives. Barney Kolhoff of north of town has purchased a 200-acre farm a few miles north of South Bend ail'd just over the Indiana line in Michigan. The pi ice paid was sllO per acre. To accommodate the many who were unable to get peaches from our first car, we will have another car Saturday and Monday, August 16 and 18, at $3 50 and $3.75 a bushel. —EGER’S GROCERY. Henry Hildebrand and daughter Mary of Chicago came Tuesday evening for a visit with the Conrad Kellnier family and other relatives. Mr. Hildebrand returned home yesterday, but his daughter remained for a longer visit.

Mrs. J. A. McFarland, who was called to Cincinnati, 0., some four weeks ago by the Illness of her granddaughter with scarlet fever, returned home the first of the week and was accomipanled by her daughter, Mrs. Charles Mann, and little daughter Mary, the latter having fully recovered from her recent sickness.

Miss Ruth Callahan is visiting relatives and friends at Rantoul, 111. Russell Warren left yesterday for Boston, Mass., for a visit with friends. Work was started this week on the foundation for the big addition to the Main garage. M»rs. Frank Maloy of Lowell came Thursday for a short visit with her mother, Mrs. Michael Eger. Mrs. Lawson Meyer returned to her home at Gary Thursday after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels. Mr. and 'Mrs. A. D. ’Haig and two daughters of Bloomfield are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Kennedy of the west part of town. Mrs. Brandt of Morocco has been spending the week here with her daughter, Miss Mabel Brandt, Who is one of the clerks in the Rensselaer postofflee. i Joseph Meyer and daughter Elizabeth returned to their home at Pittsburg, Pa., Thursday after a visit here with the former’s mother, Mrs. Magdalena Meyer, and other relatives.

idlnt Brown, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. W. R. Brown, and his sister, Mrs. C. C. Harmon, returned to his home at Huntington Thursday. The two latter will spend the balance of the week there. A new supply of that popular Thistle Linen correspondence paper in ruled, unruled and pound boxes, just received in The Democrat’s fancy stationery department. Also Thistle Linen correspondence cards. We will have another car of fancy Elberta peaches on sale Saturday and Monday, August 16 ahd 18. These peaches will be extra fancy. Price $3.50 to $3,75 per bushel. Leave your orders now.— EGER’S GROCERY. A. M. Yeoman of Newton township reports having threshed a field of oats near his house of a trifle over 8 acres from which he got 460 bushels, or nearly 60 bushels per acre. This is the best yield yet reported in Jasper county. Mrs. C. C. Harmon and daughter, Miss Ruth McKenzie, of Evansville came Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Clint Brown, and Mrs. Harmon will remain for a several days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.. Brown. Willis J. lines of Indianapolis stopped off in Rensselaer a few hours Thursday to shake hands with old friends While on his way to'Hammond to visit his sou and family. Mrs. Imes was to join him In Hammond Saturday and they will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary there Monday. E. P. Lane went to Frankfort Thursday to attend the annual meeting of the agents of the People’s Life Insurance Co. of Frankfort, held there Thursday and yesterday. Mrs. Lane was to accompany him, but she Is suffering from one of Job’s comforters on the right wrist, and had to forego the pleasure.

O. K. Ritchey returned home] Wednesday from a visit with his soo Chase at Youngstown, O. Dr. Rose M~ Remmek, Mrs. Frank Geitsenaur and Ellen Reed were Lafayette goers Thursday. Miss Florence Winters of Chicago is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Nettle Hoover, and other relatives here. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Ross Benjamin', James Snedeker and Miss Jane Parkison. Mrs. John Healy and son, John, Jr., returned home Wednesday evening from a ‘ several weeks’ visit with relatives at South Haven, Mich. ‘ Z Mrs. R. E. Keeney of Englewood, 111., came Wednesday evening for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jackson, of Just north of town.

Yesterday’s local markets: Corn, $1.85; oats, 67c; wheat, $2.11; rye, The prices a year ago were: Corn, $1.30; oats, 61c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.23. Four automobile loads of farmers and their families from near Tipton passed through Rensselaer Wednesday afternoon over, the Jackson highway with camping and fishing paraphernalia to spend a few days at the Kankakee river. Leave your orders for peaches for Saturday and Monday, August 16 and 18. Will have a car of fancy Elberta peaches. If the fruit is not extra fancy you will not have to take It; $3.50 to $3.75 a bushel.—EGEß’S GROCERY.

While heating wash water Monday, Mrs. Carl Hamacher had the misfortune to have a heavy iron kettle she was using fall on h;i hand, breaking her thumb.... Miss Amanda Johnson of the Monnett school at Rensselaer, visited at the home of Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Brown Monday and Tuesday.—Lowell Tribune. Kenneth Hackley of Earl Park and John Zimmerman of Remington, driving on the road between Kentland and Goodland Sunday evening, had a collision and the Hackley car was toppled over into the ditch. There were other parties in each car but none was seriously injured.—Kentland Enterprise. Josiah Davisson of Chathai% Wyo., who had been in Chicago for a few days on business, came down Wednesday and spent a couple of days with friends here. Josiah is now in the employ of the Burlington railroad, as station agent, and also has charge of the Mid-West Refining Co. office there. This is in a prosperous oil-producing community and Mr. Davisson is doing well and looks the same.

Leonard Turner, sori of John M. Turner of Monticello and employed some 10 years ago as linotype operator on The Jasper County Democrat, has recently purchased a half interest in the Winchester (Ind-) Democrat and has full charge of same. Leonard was employed for several years as a linotype operator on the Indianapolis News after leaving the employ of The Democrat. He is a fine young man and we extend our best wishes to him in his new venture. Rev. Cole of Huntington, who was to accompany the funeral party here and conduct the funeral of Mrs. Clint Brown Tuesday, was unable to come on account of having a funeral there, and his" wife, who is a very talented woman, had charge of the services in his stead. Mrs. Cole had charge of her husband’s pulpit during the latter’s absence in France in the late world war. Those accompanying the remains here from Huntington were: Clint Brown, Rose Harold, Everett Brown, Walter Brown aqd Flossie Roe. The "checkered airplane” carrying a consignment of Society Brand clothes for the local dealer, William Traub, arrived in Rensselaer Wednesday afternoon, landing in the Amsler field Just north of town. Quite a large crowd gathered to see the birdman, some 75 to 100 cars being at the landing field. The plane had also visited Watseka and Brook, coming heer from ,the latter place. A representative of the house of Society Brand clothes in Chicago came down on the 1.57 p. an. train and returned to the city in the plane.

Clifford Payne was in Indianapolis on business Thursday. t The frame is up for W. H. Hogan’s new bungalow on north Weston street. Yesterday’s Rensselaer prices on eggs and butterfat: Eggs, 39c; butterfat, 56c. J. M. Shafer came over from Plymouth Thursday afternoon to look after his property Interests here. He said they got a good rain at Plymouth just before he left. Miss Zelda Daugherty returned to Springfield, 0., Thursday, where she Is taking a nurse’s course after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Daugherty, of northeast of town. * ♦ Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Tedford of Indianapolis, who have been visiting here with their daughter, Mrs. George W. Hopkins, and with relatives and old friends at Goodland for several weeks, will return home today. Col. George H. Healey arrived home on the early train yesterday morning. He was overseas several months, but his unit did not get into actual fighting, the armistice coming too soon for them to get up to the front. Sergt. John Groom, son of Joe Groonn of north of town, arrived home from Camp Sherman, 0., Thursday morning, having been discharged from the service. Sergt. Groom spflnt 29 '.months in the service, 14 months of which he was overseas. I “Billy” Grow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elza Grow, got the ligaments of his shoulder badly sprained Tuesday when he fell and struck his shoulder on the wind pump out at the J. W. McGllnn farm north of town, while scuffling with some other young folks. People who used to sell ice cream sodas for 5 cents a glass made 200% profit. They cost today 17 cents, including war tax, and it takes the keeper of a soft drink parlor nearly two months to save enough money to buy a Packard. —Brann’s Iconoclast.

Wesley Price, daughter, Miss Bessie, and her cousin, Miss Gladys Baker, and Miss Myrtle Stowers of Union township, who had been visiting the Price family for a couple of weeks, drove down from Valparaiso Thursday for a short visit With relatives and friends, returning home yesterday. While assisting in unloading a heavy coil of telephone cable at the Monon tracks Wednesday, W. S. Lynami, Lineman for the Jasper County Telephone Co., had the misfortune to get his left foot badly mashed by the heavy case catching his foot. One toe was broken and the others quite badly mashed. The injury will lay him up for some time. z

No rain has fallen here this week, except a few sprinkles Wednesday afternoon, just enough to wet the sidewalks. The Indications yesterday afternoon, however, were very favorable for rain last night or today. It will come too late to be of much benefit to corn, but will help the pastures and, If 'enough coimes, make It possible for plowing for wheat. While driving up town Thursday evening in his father’s new Ford coupe, Harold Nowels bumped into Ed Nesbitt’s Dodge touring car, which stood at the curb in front of A. S. Laßue’s residence. One of the fenders of the Nesbitt car was quite badly bunged up and the windshield of the Ford was broken. Harold had dropped a book on the foot-board and had reached down to pick it up, the car swerving to the right as he did ho and into the Nesbitt machine before he could right it. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hickman have just received a letter from their son Harry, written from Philadelphia August 11, in which he said his ship, the U. 8. 8. Nevada, was in port there for repairs. He enclosed a couple of pictures taken of his scrub baseball team at Yorktown last May. Harry was formerly on the Oklahoma, with Earl Hemphill, and both their terms of enlistment will expire about September 16. Harry says he doesn’t know yet whether he will stay in or not. He is now storekeeper on the Nevada, and had a like position formerly on the Oklahoma. He states that he had a letter a few days ago froan Earl Hemphill, whose ship was then at Norfolk, Va.

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