Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1919 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. Hale Grant went to Indianapolis* Friday for a few days* visit. A nice general shower of rain fell here Sunday afternoon about 3 o’clock. Mrs. H. B. Murray and Mrs. G. F. Meyers were among the Lafayette goers Friday. Miss Ora Kepner went to Akron, 0., Saturday for a visit with her sister, Mirs. Charles Walters. Mrs. O. B. Wolfe of Forest came Friday for a visit with the Arthur Trussell family of north of town. A well Improved 80-acre farm Ln southern Michigan at a bargain. See C. C. WARNER, phone 457. ts Mr. and Mrs. John Dale of Barkley township went to Thorntown Saturday for a short visit with relatives. ' ■Henry McDaniels of the Marion Soldiers’ home spent a few days last week here with his brother, Peter McDaniels, and wife. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Wishard and daughter of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Thomas and children of Evanston, 111., returned to th,elr homes Friday after a short visit here. C. D. Norman of Willow Creek, Mont., in renewing his subscription, says: “It is very dry here, the dryest ever known to be. Have not had any rain to speak of this year. If it don’t rain pretty soon can’t tell how things will be for next year, no moisture to bring the up.’’

A. Beasley spent Sunday in Gary with his daughter. George W. Hopkins made a business trip to Indianapolis Monday. Mrs. C. A. Radcliffe and son Edward went to Cincinnati, 0., Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Anderson went to Poland, Ind., Saturday for a visit wltE relatives. Mrs. J. J. Montgomery returned home Friday from a couple of weeks’ visit with relatives at Rockford, 111. Misses Leona Kolhoff and Mamie Bever and Stanley Merica spent Sunday in Hammond with Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roy. Mrs. Robert Hurley and children returned home Saturday from a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Grey, at Hobart. Earl Gonderman, Harry Gifford and Postmaster Littlefield and two sons, Walter aqd Leonard, were Chicago goers Saturday. • Rev. and Mrs. j' N. Jenkins of Norvell, Mich., left here Saturday for a visit with relatives at Attica before returning to their home. Misses Opal and Thelma Hoover returned to their home in Pulaski Saturday after a visit here with their uncle, Joseph Hoover, and family. Elmer Wilcox and family drove over from Cincinnati Friday and visited until Monday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wilcox. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jinkerson and baby returned to their home in Chicago Saturday after a visit here with Mrs. Jinkerson’s parents', Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wiltshire.

M. Kuboske of the Kuboske & Walter garage, accompanied by four others, left Monday evening for Flint, Mich., to drive home five Dort touring cars for their trade. Rev. M. L. Duff of Bast Moline, 111., a Baptist minister, returned home Saturday after a few days* visit with his cousin, Mrs. A. C. Pancoast, of Newton township. * Mrs. Elijah Stevens of this city, accompanied by Mrs. Anna Bishop of Cincinnati and Mrs. Martha Becker of Indianapolis, went to Plymouth' Friday for a visit with the • former’s daughter, Mrs. Roy Donnelly. 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. Mrs. J. P. Hammond and sons iHierbert and Morris motored to Chicago Heights, 111., Saturday and visited until Sunday afternoon with Leo Colvert and family. Mr. and Mrs. Colvert and two children accompanied them home for a short visit. The 10-day-old babe of Mrs. Frank Alter was found dead In bed Saturday morning at the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nevill. The remains were taken overland to Rantoul, 111., Sunday and burial made in the family lot at that place.

The profiteers are even robbing the children. The very cheapest grades of candy that used to sell at retail at from 10 to 15 cents a pound is now 40c to 50c. And sugar is but 1 or 2 cents a pound higher than it was when candy was sold at the former price, too. J. W. Clouse, In writing The Democrat from Buchanan, Mich., says that the crops in that locality stood the long spell of hot, dry weather quite well, and that corn will be a good crop, but late. Wheat made all the way from 20 to 48 bushels per acre; alfalfa three tons to the acre. Potatoes a poor crop mostly/ Some fields will make 125 acre.

Sugar is still being retailed in Rensselaer at 12 to 12 ft cents a pound. Mrs. H. H. Potter returned home Sunday from a visit with relatives at Brook. Mrs. Henry Ropp went to Warsaw Monday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Earl Gross. The first carload of brick for the Kuboske & Walter garage was unloaded yesterday. J. M. Sauser spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Anna Trapp, at Berwyn, 111., returning home Monday. Frances Donnelly returned from Chicago Monday where he had underwent an operation for removal of his tonsils. Miss Marie Nevlll of Rensselaer will teach in the Demotte high school this school year, having charge of mathematics. Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Branson and two children of Colorado came via auto Monday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thompson. • Miss Jennie Comer, surgical nurse at the county hospital, went to Winchester Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Comer.

Rev. J. F. Rainier returned to his home at Indianapolis Monday after a short visit here with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. O. K. Rainier. Mrs. R. M. Jacobs returned to her home at Harvey, 111., Saturday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stein of southeast of town. Charles Beaty, daughter and two sons returned to their home at Kokomo Saturday after a visit wltu Mr. and Mrs. M. Rice of north of town. YepterCay’s local markets: Corn, SI.SO; oats, 67c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.38. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.35; oats, 63c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.50. Mrs. H. L. Brown and daughter, Mary Jane, left Monday for Palatka, Fla., to remain during the hay fever season, the latter being a sufferer from the disease. A. J. Blssenden has sold his property in the northwest part of town Co Mrs. Ida Sayers and is packing his household effects and will move to New Jersey, where the family once resided. Miss Orpha Timmons left Monday for Seattle, Wash., where she will again be employed in the public schools, after spending the sum>mer with her mother and other relatives at Remington.

Miss Alleen Allman went to Elgin, 111., Monday to attend the teachers’ institute being held there, this week. Miss Allman will teach English in the high school at Batavia, Illinois the coming school year. Arthur Bissenden, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bissenden, arrived home from Camp Sherman, Ohio, Sunday where he received his discharge from the service. Private Bissenden spent fourteen months overseas. . Misses Mabel Young and Georgia Garrett and Floyd Armstrong of Columbus, 0., came via auto Monday for a week’s visit with Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Catt. The two young ladies were college friends of Mirs. Catt. George Heuson caime up from Lafayette Saturday and took home with him Sunday his little daughter who had been visiting here with, her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Heuson, of north of town, for the past three weeks. The Democrat was error in Saturday’s issue in saying that Mrs. Edson Murray was a granddaughter of Mrs. Austin Mrs. Hopkins’ son-in-law, Mr. Thompson, is a brother to Mrs. Murray’s father, Dr. Thompson, and the young lady had visited here with Mrs. Hopkins’ granddaughter, both residing at Sullivan.

’’Among the Chicago goers Monday were Dr. J. Hansson, Floyd Spain, Mr. and Mrs. Oren Parker, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Horton of this city, Archie Blankenbaker of Mt. Ayr, Mr. and Mrs. Claude May of Remington, and Mr. and Mrs. Wester Bowdy of West Carpenter. Mrs. May will enter the Presbyterian hospital there for treatment. Jay W. Stockton, proprietor of the Makeever rhotel, and who for the past few weeks has been running same on the European plan, has decided to open up a cafeteria lunch room and work was started Monday in preparing the room. The partition is being taken out between the'kitchen and dining room of the hotel and new fixtures Installed. He expects to have the room ready for business next week.

Ed Oliver of Chicago spent the week-end here. Yesterday’s local prices on eggs and butterfat: Eggs, 39c; butterfat, 56c. N. S. Bates goes to Chicago today for a week's visit with his daughter, Mrs. Rufus Knox, and fa.nily. Omar AJorlan has leased his farm just over the line in Newton township to Joseph Zickmund, and expects to imove to town, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Montgomery drove to Danville, 111., Sunday and attended the fair there Monday, returning home Monday evening.

There was quite a drop in the temperature Monday, following Sunday afternoon’s rain, and Monday night it was quite cool indeed. At 2 p. m. yesterday it was 76 degrees Ln the shade. Jay W. Stockton has -purchased the old McKay laundry building of Dr. H. L. Brown and will remodel same by putting in a new front and otherwise improving the property. The present tenants will -remain there for the present. Abe Martin says that “one goqd thing, th’ actors strike won’t tie up nothin’ but a few hundred thousan’ people that can’t bear t’ stay at home. Tipton Bud got his wife’s mail Friday an’ carried 12 pounds o' army bacon around for two days before he thought t’ give it t’ her.” Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grow and son, Charles, Jr., accompanied by Mrs.' Grow’s father. Guy Paxton, who had been visiting here a few days, drove to Wabash Monday for a visit at the Paxton home. Mi. and Mrs. Grow will also take an automobile trip up through Michigan before returning home. George Dolson, wno had been working for a telephone company in Chicago for the past 19 years, has rented a farm near Demotte and will move to Demotte within a couple of weeks and reside there until they can get possession of the house on the farm. Mrs. Dolson, who has been visiting relatives here for the past several days, will go -to Demotte this morning, Mr. Dolson now being there doing some fall work.