Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1919 — HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) 8. P. Haskell went to Bluffton Thursday to visit his brother. Mrs. Richard Burke and daugnter Veronica spent Sunday with friends at Reynolds. Mrs. Perry Spencer went to Fowler Wednesday to visit her mother, Mrs. Emily Bolder. Mrs. Elizabeth Daggy went to Rantoul, 111-, Thursday to visit her brother, John Scripter, and other relatives. Mrs. Jennie Graham, who had been visiting friends at Chicago the past two weeks, returned home Tuesday. Russel G. Spencer and Ledward Dixon, who ,are attending the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, spent Sunday with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. George F. Baker, Jr., of Dayton, 0., came Thursday and are visiting Mr. Baker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Baker. Harvey Leonard of El Paso, 111., who had been visiting his son, Walter Leonard, arid family, south of Wolcott, returned home Wednesday. Mr- and Mrs. Warren Unroe and little son of Mt. Vernon, 0., are visiting Mrs. Unroe’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wingard, and other relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Frye of Miarlon came last Sunday ana are spending the week with Mrs. Frye’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E- G. McCollum. Isaac Shannon, who recently sold his residence property to Ed Spencer, on Monday moved into Rev. D. A. Rodgers’s property on the south side. Mrs. Emma Wiggins and son Ruford of Lafayette and her son Charles of Manitoba, Can., were the guests Tuesday of Mrs. Wiggins’s sister, Mrs. George F. Baker. Dr- J. A. Schwartz and D. JPettit attended a lecture at Purdue university Monday, given by Dr. Niles of the lowa state college at Ames, on hog cholera and its complications. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Mattox and son Frank, who had been spending a two weeks’ vacation with Mr. Mattox’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mattox, and his brother, C. C. Mattox, near Plymouth, returned home Saturday.

Sunday was the 25th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Milroy Sigman, and in response to invitations sent out by them 40 relatives and a few close friends gathered at their home on that day in honor of the occasionRev. and Mrs. F. A. Morrow of Bement, 111., came Wednesday and are visiting their son, Lester Morrow, and family. They were accompanied here by Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Ripple and Mrs. Chas. Schaffer of Otterbein, who spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Lester Morrow. GOODLAND (From the Herald) Ed Henderson and family autoed to Rensselaer Sunday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rowland Tuesday. ' S. H. Jamison passed away at his late home in this city a/bout 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Baer of Logansport came last Saturday for a visit with Goodland friends. Sam Sima has purchased the John Cochrane property and will make that their future home. Mr- and Mrs. C. A. Doland and little Joe autoed to Indianapolis Thursday for a few days’ visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. George Henderson, Mrs- Fleming and Mrs. Jake Watkins of Wolcott were guests at the Robert Henderson home Thursday. Miss Melissa Beaver left Thursday for Colorado Springs, Colo., for’ a visit with her sister, Mrs. John Kelley, and family and other relatives and friends. Mrs. James Little returned to her home in Muncie Wednesday morning after visiting here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hall, and other relatives. E. R. Rounds has purchased the Chas. Dexter property on south Newton street, occupied by Ed Messersmith. Mr. Messersmith on Thursday purchased the J. M. Ortner property on south Newton street and will move in soon. At the November meeting of the county commissioners, held last Monday, the most Important matter to come before that august body was the petition by the 200 or more taxpayers of Grant township for paved streets in Goodland, to be built under the three-mile law.

Miss Minnie Thomas of Foresman passed away at the home of Mrs. John Putt, six miles northeast of Goodland, Wednesday morning about 9 o’clock. Miss Thomas had (made her home with Mrs. Putt for some time, and was about 45 years old. Funeral services were held this Friday. Roy M. Shepard of Otto, Wyo., came Tuesday night for a visit here. About two months ago be shipped five carloads of ertieep to Ashland, Wis., and placed them on pasture and last Monday he shipped them to the Chicago marketHe will visit his brother John and wife at Minneapolis enroute home. Ross Mead, one of our young farmers, and Miss Lorena Dunkel were married Oct. 29 at the home of Rev. J. H. DeLacy at 6400 So. Hermitage ave-, Chicago, the Rev. DeLacy officiating. The newlyweds returned to Goodland Monday. The groom has rented the Mark Crandall farm near Wadena, where they will make their home after they become settled. On Wednesday morning Chris Fehrle and Elmer Lobdell were working on windmills south of Oxford and Lobdell made a misstep and fell to the well platform. His head was cut open and bruised up considerable, but at this writing he is up and around again. Mitten has been in the windmill business for 35 years and this is the first accident that has occurred to any of his employes when erecting mills. Lewis Ploutz, son of Herman and Carrie Ploutz, was born July 11, 1879, and died Oct. 30, 1919, aged 40 years, 3 months and 19 days. The another passed away April 8, 1901. He leaves to mourn his loss a father, two sisters, Mrs. Anna Haldeman, of Goodliand, and

Mrs. Ida James, of Kingman; three brothers, Fred of Chicago, Herman of Omaha, Neb., and John of Worthington, Ind.; three nieces and one naphew and a host of friends. Albert E. Gray was given a verdict of |1,975 against the Lake Erie Ry. Wednesday night at 11 o’clock for the truck demolished at Talbot, Ind., in July, 1918. The case was tried by a jury and was started Monday morning. Charles Burgess, Jr., of this place was driving the truck for Gray and was hauling rock for road construction. Burgess escaped without injury. Mr. Gray has been engaged in the hardware 'business at Argos for the past year and spent several days here this week.

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and for years it was supposed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it Incurable. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly Influenced by constitutional conditions and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine, (manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, is token internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. One Hundred Dollars reward is offered for any case that Hall’s Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.

Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. —Advt.

MOROCCO (From the Courier) Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Purkey autoed to Rochester the first of the weekMiss Neva. Brandt of Clifton, 111., came Tuesday to spend a week with relatives here. Mrs. Alice Day returned to her home at Lowell Tuesday after a few days’ visit here with Mrs. David Protsman. Practically all the merchants of Morocco have signified their intention of closing at 6 p. m. every night in the week except Saturday. Gwendolen Hemphill of Monon accompanied R. S. Banes and family to Morocco Thursday to be the guest of Olive Lewis during the vacation .period. Jack Gault and family arrived here yesterday from England. They were accompanied by Mr. Gault’s nephew, who will also make his home in this country. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Thompson received word Wednesday that their grandson, Parks Thompson, son of Albert Thompson, of Young America, was critically ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Thompson went there Wednesday evening. Mrs. James Hadden, formerly Miss Anna Charlotte Christensen, who resided here for some time about 25 years ago, died Oct. 19 at her home at Primghar, la. Mrs. Hadden lived at Lake Village rot a number of years, and had many friends throughout this part of the county. A very pretty wedding took place at 4 o’clock .yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride’s mother when Miss Mabel Brandt and Clare Porter werq united in holy wedlock. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a number of relatives and friends by Rev. E T- Aldrich, former pastor of the U. B. chureh. Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served to those present, which was a feast of good things to eat. Mr. and Mrs. Porter are numbered among the popular young people or Morocco and the Courier unites with their many friends in extending best wishes. It is understood mat the young couple will make their future home on the groom’s farm near Momence.

Glen Murphey, son of J. C. Murphey, and James Brazelton, eon of W L. Brazelton, were seriously hurt Tuesday night about 10:30 one mile east of Momence when Brazelton drove his car into th» arch of a bridge and wrecked it. The boys had been to Momence, making the trip in Brazelton’e car, which he had purchased that day, and were returning home when the accident occurred. After hitting the bridge the car skidded to the other side, struck the railing and then turned over several times, completely wrecking it- Murphey was apparently thrown clear in the first turn over and suffered a broken left arm, sprained ankle and a bad cut on the knee. Brazelton was caught beneath the car in one of its turns and Murphey found him lying on his face in the middle of the road. He was uncon-

sclous and Murphey worked with him tor some time, and then made ms way painfully uq a harm house some distance away and summoned help. Physicians were called irom Momence and Murphey was attended at the house, while members of the family went to look after Brazelton, who had been picked up in the meantime by passing autoists and taken to Momerice, thence to Kankakee and placed in a hospital. Yesterday he was said to be still unconscious and the full extent of his Injuries have not been learned. J. C. Murphey was called to the scene of the accident and after his son’s injuries were attended to brought him home. He suffers mruch pain but is said to be getting along as well as could be expected.

BROOK (From the Reporter) Miss Eunice Park went to Chicago Monday to visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Myers were visiting friends in Rensselaer Monday. Mrs. Perry Gaines and daughter left Friday for Crete, 111., where they will visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Don Burley arrived Saturday night from Elwood for a visit with friends. George Ade left the last of the week for French Lick springs where he will remain for a short time. Louis Bracksma went to Chicago Monday to bring his wife home from the hospital. Mrs. Bracksma is getting along nicely. Word caime from Basin, Wyo., that Erve Leavitt and family are living there and are enjoying the new country and climate. John B. Foresman, Sr., went to Rockford, 111., Monday to visit with his sister, Mrs. Ann Oaks, and brother, William Foresman. Work began this week on the basement of the new John Lyons, Jr., home. It is expected that the basement will be done this fall. M. L. Thornton and family and Charles Whiting and wife attended a surprise birthday dinner of Mr. Thornton’s mother at Rensselaer Wednesday evening. Mrs. H. D. Clark of Fowler, Bradford Clark and wife and son of Lafayette and Mr. and MrsBert Amsler, son and daughter of Rensselaer were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark, Jr., Sunday. Thursday evening, Oct. 30, Mrs. Everett (Hess and Mrs. Roy Lawrence gave a dinner party in honor of Miss Ruth Lawrence at the home of Mrs. Hess. The place cards announced the engagement of Miss Lawrence to Walter Sell.

At a meeting of the county board of education at Kentland Monday, County Agent Davis was hired for the coming year at an increased salary. The government has cut its allowance from SI,OOO to |240, and the county will make up the Miss Opal Light returned Suns day from a visit of two weeks With friends in Chicago and southern Indiana. She was on the Ohio river during the last rainy spell and says the waters took the ferries out and flooded the farming lands in the river valley. Little Ramona Pence, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pence, died at the hospital in Rensselaer Tuesday night. She had been sick’for same time and no one seemed to be able to determine just what was the matter, so she was taken to the hospital for observation and treatment, and she died shortly after going over there. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at the U. B. churChMr. Nelson, who lives just across the dinky tracks, met with a peculiar accident last Monday. He was walking beside his wagon when the wheel broke. A part of the tire caught in his glove and threw him face xiown in the road, pulling bls arm up over his back. The wheel fell on top of him, pinning him to the ground. The horse, a gentle one, stopped still. Claude Fix happened along and relieved him from his uncomfortable position. Mr. Nelson’s face was badly smashed from contact with the road. ~~ l ‘.

MEDARYVILLE (From the Journal) Frank Clark of Grand Rapids, Mich., is visiting at Lew Timm’s this week. P. D. Wo’odbeck and family from Pawpaw, Mich., are visiting at Frank Hazlett’s. J. R. Guild went to Huntington the first of the week and spent several days with his brother, T. H. Guild, and family. Word has come from Mrs. Ellis Redinbo that she underwent an operation last Thursday at the Mayo

hospital and was doing very well. Four tons of good timothy hay were destroyed by Are at George Poisel’s last Thursday. The chib drern had made a bonfire and the wind did the rest. Mrs. L C. Helsey will leave Friday for Nebraska to visit her son. Liter she will go to South Dakota to visit another son. Mrs. Hesley expects to be gone most of the winter.

Frank LaFevre went to Chicago Sunday to be with bis wife, who is in the Frances Willard hospital. Mrs LaFevre was operated on this week for abdominal trouble and is getting along as well as could be expected'. Bast Tuesday the voters of Medaryville! elected James Linton and Harvey Cox as town trustees in the second third wards on the People’s (party ticket. Lawrence Campbell was re-elected clerk-treasurer I bn the Republican ticket. I Mrs. Selmer continues quite sick I at the home of her son, Lewis Selmer. Those calling at the home Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. TheoI dore Selmer, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Grelger, Mr. and Mrs. John Seli mer, Mr. and Mrs. John Manning, I Mrs. Ann® Shedrow, Wm. Grelger.

Harwood Call “blew in” from Montana to spend several days with his mother, Mrs. Maude Kessinger. Hiarwood went to Poplar, Mont., last January where he had worked all summer, but decided last week since the snow was six Inches deep out there to come back here for the winter. He went to Niles, Mich., today to take employment. The marriage of Faye Pogue and Lewis Wacknitz took place Sunday, Nov 2, at the home of the bride, southwest, of town. The ceremony was performed at high noon by Rev. Sebring and was followed by a sumptuous dinner. Those in atl tendance were the imimediale families of the bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Pelgh and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Sebring, the Misses Feme and Gladys Everham and Jessie Raybum. Ova Watson, Lester Mohler, Or--1 ville Rowe and a Baney boy had quite an exciting time last Sunday I night on the way home from Win- * C >

amac, when the Ford which Watson was driving struck a hog which had run across the road in front of the car. The flivver was turned upside down on top of the ■boys. The hog was killed and the boys miraculously escaped deatn themselves. As it is, the car was badly damaged and the boys have anti-pain (piasters on various portions of their anatomy and are getting over the ground with reduced speed.

Elias V- Maskel was born in Pennsylvania Aug. 14, 1842, and departed this life at his late home in Medaryville Noy. 3, 1818, aged 77 yegrs, 2 months and 19 days. Mr. Maskel came to Indiana in early childhood with his parents and settled near Brookston, and from there again with his parents moved to Decatur, 111. Here his mother died. In 1848 Mr. Maskers father placed him in care of one George Peck and started for the gold fields of California, this being the last heard of his father, save that the wagon train of which he was a party had been destroyed by the Indians.

Im the Saragossa sea the gulf weed grows so densely as to impede the passage of the largest ships.