Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1919 — Page 3

y I. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1»1®.

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HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

WOLCOTT . (From the Enterprise) Mrs. E. G. Bolcourt -went to Frankfort Monday to visit her children. Mrs. William Sullivan went to Kentland Saturday night to visit her son John and wife. Mrs. S. J. Rogers went to Michigan, City Saturday to visit her Mrs. H. S. Hibner. Mj. O. Dixon, who is now engaged in’ business at Cerro Gordo, IIL, spent Sunday with his family here. Mrs. Margaret Haberkorn of Chatsworth came Monday to visit her daughter, Mrs. John Vogel, west of Wolcott. Mr. and Mrs. Harve Watson returned Tuesday evening from a week’s visit with relatives at Alexandria and other Ohio points. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Fieldcamp of Saunemin, 111., who had> been visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Reynolds, returned home Monday. Mrs. Clinton Bowen of Nora, who had been visiting her mother, Mrs. J. T. Rader, and other relatives the past week, returned home Monday. Mrs. Bert Whiteside and daughter of Odell, 111., who had been visiting her mother, Mrs. William Nightengale, returned home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. James Nevltt and children of Brinkman, Mont., visited Mr. Nevitt’s brother, Lewis Nevitt, and family from Friday until Monday. Mrs. P. L. Mattox and son Frank went to Plymouth Wednesday to spend a couple of weeks with Mr. Mattox’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mattox. Tafleld Steiffe and sister, Miss Rosa Steiffe, who had heen visiting Jacob Merkel, southwest of Wolcott, returned to their home at Roanoke, 111., Wednesday morning. \ Mrs. J. F, Irwin of Rensselaer came over by auto with her son, E. J. Irwin, and took the evening train for Logansport, where she will visit her daughter, Mrs. Earl Parsons. Frank Seifert and family drove

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by auto to West Point, southwest of Lafayette, Sunday where they visited Mrs. Seifert’s cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Austerlln, until Tuesday. They were accompanied on the trip as far as Lafayette by Mrs. W. F. Cruthers, who visited friends there. Mr. and Mrs. Omer Kamp and children, who had been spending the past week at Wabash, visiting S. L. and C- E. Mohr and families, spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carl, returning to their home near Carlock, 111., Sunday. While at Wabash Mr. Kamp purchased a farm and will take possession about March 1. The marriage of Miss Marie Scripter of Wolcott and Everett Clark of Monon was quietly solemnized last Wednesday at 3 p. m. at the Mu E. parsonage in Monticello, Rev. F- L. Hovis, pastor of that church, officiating. Mrs. Clark is one of Wolcott’s most highly respected young ladles, and Mr. Clark is a prominent young farmer of near Monon. Shortly after the ceremony the young couple left for a motor trip, after which they will be at home to their many friends on a farm west of Monon. MEDARYVILLE (From the Journal) <Mrs. Lew White and Mrs. H. F. Bremer are at Lafayette this week taking the poultry shert course. Rev. C. E. Weiss delivered the sermon at the mission festival at St. John’s church at Lafayette Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Sutton are here from Balbec visiting Mrs. Sutton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reed, and other relatives. Harry and Willis Record went to Indianapolis this week where they will remain throughout the wintef. The Records have bought a farm near Indianapolis. Jesse Coburn arrived hetane last Friday morning from overseas service- , Jesse joined the colors in the spring of 1918, much of the tiime since being spent in France and Germany.

An examining board, consisting of Drs. Hackley and Linton and Justice of the Peace Deitrich, adjudged Thomas H. Roibinson insane and application was made for his entrance tq the hospital at Logansport. ,* Jacob Getz, who recently .purchased the Faulkner farm south of town, is tearing away the house located there and will put up a new house which' the Getz family will occupy. They are also surveying the farm for tile and will lime the soil. With these improvetnents this farm will be one of the most desirable places around here. Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock the wedding of Jonas Coburn and Lydia Weishaar took place at the bride’s home. The ceremony was performed by Rev., John Sebring. The ceremony was followed by congratulations from the guests. The newly-weds will remain in town until the first of the week when they will go to South Bend, to make their home, where Mr.' Coburn is employed with the street railway company. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Young returned last Sunday from their trip to Duluth and Rochester, Minn., during which time Mr. Young took medical treatments from the Mayo

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Brothers which has so helped him that he doesn’t look and says he doesn’t feel like he did when he left here. Mr. and Mrs. Young visited at Bert Cryers at Morris, 111., on their way home. They are planning to load their car for the Maryland home soonArthur Prevo came home from Rochester Sunday where he had been with Mead Prevo, who was operated on last Friday for kidney stone. About 11 years ago Mr. Prevo strained his back while doing some digging which resulted in injury to one kidney, a stone forming which developed until it was about the size of a ben egg. The entire kidney was removed and medical authority says Mr. Prevo will soon be a new man, which is good news to his many friends here.

BROOK (From the Reporter) M. «H. Clark and H- B. Clark and wife were in Rensselaer visiting Sunday. z • Freeman Davis and family were up from Lafayette Sunday visiting with Marlon Adair and family. Mrs. H. M. Clark returned from California Monday where she visited for several weeks with her son and family. The Temple theater has been ordered closed ’.util the diphtheria situation Las passed, which is a very good idea. Mrs. M. J. Thornton returned Monday from Decatur, dll., where she had /been visiting sick relatives for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Thornton attended the funeral of Mrs. Warne at Rensselaer Wednesday. She was a cousin of Mr. Thornton. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Corbin were here the first of the week from Attica \lsiting with the latter s parents, Mr. jpd Mrs. Jacob Cline. Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Belcher of Pueblo, Colo., have been here this week visiting with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zook. Robert Small and family left Wednesday for Dawson Park, 111., where , they will make their future home. ’ Robert will have charge a store and elevator.

Louis Bracksman and wife went to Chicago the latter part of last week where the latter entered the hospital for a minor operation. Louis returned Monday. Mrs. J. C. Simons returned to her home in Chicago Tuesday after visiting from last Thursday with her sister, Mrs. Sam Hays, and brother, Thorp Beagley. The Misses Merle and True Crlsler, who were visiting with their grandparents, Mr- and Mrs. Job English, left the last of the week for their home in Spokane, Wash. At a meeting of the farmers of Foresman last‘week it was decided to build an elevator at that place. A board of directors of seven members .were chosen and a company organized. Mrs. Ina Pierson left thee last of the week for Crawfordsville where she will visit for a few days with her brother, Dr. Harry Sunderland, and then leave for her home in Columbia, S 1 C. George Denham took his aunts, Mrs. Cummons and Miss Thompson, who had been visiting at the Denham home, to Valparaiso Sunday. They went to visit a brother, Mathew Thompson. Dan Lathrop and wife started for Crown Point Sunday to attend a birthday dinner for their nephew, Hamilton Stewart, but the auto got contrary and Dan landed at the table about 2 o’clock, from then on everything worked smoothly. The relatives of Louis Prouty gathered at his home Sunday and gave him a birthday surprise dinner. Among those from away were his brother Tillman and family and an ajint, Mrs. Lyman Barce, and Art Dirst and family from Morocco. Word was received here Tuesday of the death of Mrs. James Mullen of Emerado, S. D. Mrs. Mullen had been ailing for a number, of years with an incurable disease and was here during the summer visiting with her sister, Mrs. Horace Brown, and granddaughter, Mrs. William Klfner. She returned to Emerado this fall with Postmaster McMillen when he went to visit his farm. At a meeting 1 of the ministers of Kentland, Brook, Goodland and Morocco at Morocco last Tuesday afternoon the Newton County Ministerial association was formed. Rev. N. V. Andrews of Kentland was Chosen president and Rev. Servies of Goodland secretary-treasurer. The association will meet next at Goodland, Monday afternoon, Nov. 3. The purpose of the organization is mutual helpfulness and concerted action in all good works.

Mrs. Thomas Rattan of St. Anne, 111., died suddenly at her home Friday morning. She had gotten up to get breakfast and her husband had gone to the barn to do the chores and coming back found her lying in the doorway with life extinct. She was brought to Mt Zion Sunday and the funeral services were held in the Mt. Zion church at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. Snyder officiating. The burial was in the Mt. Zion cemetery. Her relatives, living near Brook, are two daughters, Mrs. Elam Fleming and Mrs. Jacob Bringle, and a brother, B. B. McDonald. ’

GOODLAND (From the Herald) Mr. and Mbs- Will Patrick visited with relatives ta Remington over Sunday. A C. Cady of Chicago is here the guest of his brother, E. J. Cady, Mr. and Mrs. Fay A. Burgess left last Saturday for an extended visit in the east. Mrs. George Hopkins of Rensselaer visited Goodland relatives and friends this week.

Elmer Tucker of Winamac visited ‘here with his brother, John Lacy, and family Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. James Riee were called to Greensburg by the serious ilness of the latter’s mother, Mrs. M. P. Hobbs. Reese and George Rider left this Friday morning for Chicago, where they entered the Bryant & Stratton Business college. Mr. and Mrs. George O. Bales motored to Lowell Sunday evening and spent the evening with Mr. and Mrs. William Dye. William Ruling and family, who had been visiting here for several weeks, returned Wednesday to their home at Geddes, S. D. John Shepard of St. Paul, Minn., came the first of the week for a visit here with relatives. John likes it very much at St. Paul. Abe Stombaugh and Mrs. C- H. Adamson, patients at the Wesley hospital in Chicago, are getting along fine. The latter is making rapid improvement. The Sage brothers’ sale of Poland China hogs, held Wednesday, was well attended and the sales were satisfactory. The boys are laying plans for their next big sale. John Conway of Chicago, Frank Conway of Monon, Robert Conway and Miss Josephine Evans of Indianapolis were Sunday guests at the Mrs. Margaret Conway home Bert Gravel moved his household goods from Chatsworth, 111., to Goodland this week and will make his home with his father, A. F. Gravel, and help him this winter. Mrs. George Wright and Mrs. John Bean, who spent the past several months with relatives at the home of Mrs. Thomas Gray, returned to their home at Mason City, la., Tuesday. George Ervin left Tuesday morning for South Chicago to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Bert Howe. Mr- Ervin has been a resident of Goodland for 21 years and of late had cared for the Presbyterian church as janitor. Mr. and Mrs. James Carney of Los Angeles, Calif., arrived Tuesday evening for a visit with his daughter, Mrs. L. L. Reed, and family of northwest of town. Mr. Carney is enjoying the best of health and feels many years younger than when he left Goodland. At grand temple held at Indianapolis last week Mts. Maude Constable, who served last year as Grand Junior, was elected to the office of Grand Senior, the next highest office in the grand lodge. Mrs. Nell Clark McCurry was reappointed district deputy in this, the third district, the excellent work she did last year was given as the reason. Emma Holliday of Monticello was elected grand outer guard.

MOROCCO (From the Courier) Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Cornwell and children of Rensselaer spent Sunday iff Morocco with Mr. and Mrs. Lesley Miller. H. O. Harris on Monday purchased a 240-acre farm just south of Enos of Gustav Irmiter. The farm is tenanted by J. M. Williamson. John Lane, who saw about 22 .months’ service in France and Germany, arrived home Wednesday, having received his discharge. He was one of the first to leave and one of the last to get home. Sergt. Van E. Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cox, arrived home Monday morning from Hampton, Va., where he had been stationed for 14 months. He has received his discharge from the service. Mrs. Ella Gay has purchased the Munson property, at present occupied by Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Unthank, and she and her son, George Gay will occupy the same as soon as it is vacated. The consideration was $2,400. Rev. and Mrs. J. M- Tuggle and son Clifford of Kingman and daughter, Mrs. Bert Storm, of Marshfield came Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Tuggle. Clifford had just returned home from service with the American army. Emory Hagen was at Lafayette Sunday with Mrs. Hagen,, who has been a patient at the Wabash Valley sanitarium for the past nine weeks. She has been suffering from rheumatism and heart trouble, but is showing gradual Improvement. Ed Swartz and T. P. Clarkson returned home Saturday afternoon from an auto trip to Ligonier and nearby points, where they put in several days looking over the country. Mr. Swartz purchased a 143-acre farm there about six weeks ago and went to look after the fall work. Mr. Swartz Intends to move his family there next spring. D. M. Williams returned Tuesday from a visit near Sidney, 111., where he lived and went to school 51 years ago. He also visited the grave of his mother, who died over 40 years ago, Mr. Williams saw while there a large walnut tree that had grown from a walnut he planted when a boy, and the owner of the tree said he would not take SIOO for It. The United Brethren church at River Chapel, south and west of Brook, is to be disbanded by the. conference and the class there merged with the Brook congregation. This step has been under consideration for some time and met with increasing favor on all sides each succeeding year. The charge has been a part of the -Morocco circuit and the property Interests will be retained therein. It takes a mighty good man to smile in the face of misfortune, yet this is what Chester McClatchey done. Mr. and' Mrs. McClatchey spent days of labor and considerable money in providing something* over 200 quarts of fruit for winter use, and had the same all nicely stored away when the shelving gave way and the entire quantity was

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TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE

Louis H. Hamilton et ux to Thomas M. Callahan, Oct. 3, und % its 7, 10, .bl 4, Rensselaer, $5,000. Frank Samuelson et ux to D. EX. Zook, Oct. 15, It 16, bl 7, Gifford. 1400. Job® Eger to Marvin M. Folsom et al, Oct. 17. und % w pt It 2. pt sw nw, 10-32-7, 9.60 acres. Keener, s7l. q. c. d. Jacob Terpestra et ux to Sig Boezeman et ux, Oct. 14, pt ne, 28-32-7, 78 acres, Keener, $4,000. Sig Boezeman et ux to Charlee H. Mullaney, Oct. 17, same lands as above, $4,000. Elizabeth Payne to Christian Hensler, Oct. 17, It 2, bl 8, Remington, $1,500.

FOR SALE. 200 acres—Level black • corn land, 160 acres cultivated; well tiled; 40 acres pasture with some timber; 2 miles from good town, on good road; well fenced and cross-fanned; good buildings. Price for a short time sllO per acre, on easy terms. 160 acres—3 miles from town; mostly level: 100 aoree cultivated; fair fencing; 60 acres timber and pasture; on public road; set of extra good buildings. $75 per acre, half cash, long time on balance. 160 acres—l% miles to town, 1 mile to school; lays level, clay soil, clay subsoil; 125 acres or more cultivated, balance pasture; fair fencing; 7-room house, good barn, good well, windmill; on gravel road, R. F. D. For sale, S9O per acre. Terms. 80 acres—Level black land, lays near large ditch, fine drainage; fencpd; new 5-room house, shed, barn; »on public roed, near town. Price S7O per acre. Will be pleased to show any of these•farms when it suits you best. GEO. W. CASEY, RENSSELAER, INDIANA (Subscribe for The Democrat. I

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