Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1919 — LOCAI NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAI NEWS

Tom Huston spent Sunday in Goodland. Walter Rich of Indianapolis was in Rensselaer Saturday. If you hare poultry for sale, call C. H. LEAVEL for prices. Phone 647 r ts Pefley pays more money for raw furs. Bring them in; the price will be right. Phone 475. ml Be sure to read the opening chapters of The Democrat’s new serial in this issue of the paper. Mrs. G. W. Andrus of Hammond came down Monday for a short visit with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clara Andrus. C B. Steward, William Coen, Richard Shirer, Benjamin Welsh and C. E. Simpson went to Indianapolis Monday afternoon to attend I. O. O. F. grand lodge meeting. George Constant and (Howard 'Abbott of Indiana Harbor and Miss Gladys Reeve of Chicago autoed to Rensselaer Saturday night to spend Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reeve, and other friends.

H#ar the Collegians at the Christian church, tonight (Wednesday). ijust received, a shipment of Charter Oak flour.—E. B. MYRES, Parr, Ind. n 29 Mrs. Elmer Branneman and children returned to their home at South Bend Saturday. Mrs. John Duvall returned to Knightstown Saturday after a visit here with her son Samuel and wifeSergt. G. W. Riffil left Saturday for Camp Travis, Tex., after a visit with his sister, Mrs. Clyde Schultz. George Knaur, who is- attending Northwestern university at Evanston, 111., spent the week-end here with his parents. Charles Walter returned to his home at Francesville Monday aftdr a visit here with his brother, H. W. Walter, and family. •H. F. Parker received a severe cut on his right hand Sunday while attempting to crank his automobile, by striking the member against the license plate. Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, sl-18; oats, 68c; wheat, $2.11; rye. $1.20. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1; oats, 63c; wneat, $2.11; rye, $1.45. John Stockton, who is attending a military school at Louisville, Ky., came home Sunday on a six-day vacation on account of the injury of his* brother, “Billie” Stockton.

Mrs. N. G. Halsey was a Chicago goer Friday. * C. B. Steward was in Chicago on business Friday. Hear the Collegians at the Christian church tonight "(Wednesday). A- S. Barlow of Wheatfleld was the guest of the .Henry GUbranson family Sunday. Mrs. Leo' Wolfe -of Hammono spent Friday here with \her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold. Mrs. BTfner phegley of soutfiwest of towiL was called to Monticello Saturday by the serious illness of her father. Clint Brown of Huntington visited from Saturday until Monday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. *R. Brown. No trace haß been found of the Ford car belonging to Mr. Brown of Mt. Ayr which was stolen here Tuesday night of last week. Mrs. Sarah Wooden returned to her home at Monticello the last of the week after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Postill. Miss Betty Royster, Mrs. Jesse Beecher, Mesdames Charles and George Reed and the latter’s son George were Lafayette goers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. G. F- Meyers, C. Earl Duvall, Mrs. J. H. Long, Ralph Sprague and Alex Merica were among the Lafayette visitors Friday. Mrs. Russel Strawbridge and two children returned to their home at Benton Harbor, Mich-,. Friday after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Long. D- E. Grow, Alfred Peters, Floyd Amsler, Floyd Spain, Ernest Lamson and William C. Babcock, Jr., took the super-excellent degree in Masonry at Lafayette Friday night.

Charles Paxton, who recently underwent an operation at the Washington Boulevard hospital- in Chicago, returned home Saturday afternoon and is considerably improved in health. Mrs. Stella Ketchum and daughter Mary left Monday for Oraville, Calif., for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brady, after which they will go to Long Beach to spend the remainder of the winter. Mrs. John C. VanAtta and granddaughter Dorotha returned to their home at Brookston Saturday after a short visit here with the former’s daughter, Mrs. R. H. Schaupp. (Harry Hays left Friday for McAllen, Tex., near which place he recently purchased a 20-acre tract of land. His wife will Join him there in a short time and they will take up their residence there. Tom Porter of north Carpenter was in th«r city on business Monday. (He has rented his farm to John Wagner and will ’locate at Remington as Ford salesman for the Central Garage Co. of Rensselaer. In renewing his subscription; Walter Daniels writes The Democrat from Doyon, N. D., under date of Nov. 14, and says they had Had a terrible blizzard there for the past three days and had been having genuine January weather for , the past three weeks. The Rensselaer football team was defeated Saturday by the Kentland team at the latter place by a score of 27 to 0. This is the first game lost by the local team this season. The closing game of the season will be played here with a Peru team on Thanksgiving day. A. S. Keene of Wheafcfield, who is the contractor on the several street improvements in Rensselaer that have been in course of construction for the past three years, writes The Democrat that he has had the stone screenings ordered since the acceptance of these streets was denied by the city council, “but the crushers have been so busy on coarser stone and they will not or have not made me but one load. But hope to get some more soon_ and complete the streets.”

Just why Jasper county people or others In this vicinity will listen to smooth-tongued real estate promoters and he talked into buying land of doubtful value in distant states and at a huge price per acre, is a mystery. It would seem that the victims of these land swindles are numerous enough to convince people of ordinary horse sense that they should turn a deal ear to these promoters. But it appears otherwise, and every day we learn of new victims, thus proving the truth of the old saying that "a sucker is born every minute.”

Hear the Collegians at the Christian church tonlghr (Wednesday). John N. Horton and Ves Criswell were among the Chicago goers Monday. Yeaterday'B local prices on eggs and butter fit: Eggs, 60c; butterfat, 71c. 0 Mrs. e" H. Shields spent the week-end iyi Monticello with her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Malone. Dr. E. N. Loy and family moved the first of- the week into their newly remodeled bungalow on McCoy avenue. . Mrs. E W. Strecker and Mrs. W. L. Bott went to South Bend Monday to attend a Methodist missionary meeting.

We have been having fine November weather for the past several days—cool, frosty nights and bright, sunshiny days. The coal dealers in Rensselaer have not a pound of hard coal and but two of the dealers have a very small amount of soft coal. Mrs. Jack Cochran of Indianapolis and Miss Adelaide Lee of Rockville were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. Earl Duvall. Mr- and Mrs. W. J. Wright, Miss Nettie Price, Mrs. A. Bellows and daughter, Mrs. C. L. Murphy, N. S. Bates and A Beasley attended the funeral of Mrs D. JL Patton at Remington Monday forenoon. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hendrickson, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilcox and Mr. and Mrs. John Adair spent Sunday in Monticello with Mrs. Hendrickson’s parents, Mr- and Mrs. I. W. Jenkins. George Jackson of Battle Ground, 75 years of age, was thrown from a gasoline hand car on the Monon right-of-way Saturday. The car passed over one of his legs and mangled it in a manner that necessitated amputation. Letters remaining unclaimed In the Rensselaer postofllce for the week ended Nov. 14: Chas. Burns, Miss Katherine Coates, Mrs. H. O. Craig, Mrs. M. E. Dennis, Mrs. Lizzie Scott, Earl Towers. If not called for the above letters will be sent to the deadletter office Nov. 30.

The Chicago Telephone Co. has recently taken over the telephone exchanges at Crete, Beecher, none/s and Peotone, 111., making 1,120 telephones added' to 'the Harvey, 111., district, of which A. C. Rhoades of Blue Island is manager. Mr. Rhoades is a brother of Mrs. George W. Scott, Mrs. B- K. Zlm-. merman and C. W. Rhoades of this city and has been employed by the Chicago Telephone Co. for the past 15 years. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Andrus of Shelby, Mich., caime down Saturday for a visit with relatives at Hammond and in Walker township. They visited his mother, Mrs. G- W. Andrus, and his sister, Mrs. Parker Overton, at IHammond and Mrs. Andrus’s aged father, Christopher Salrtn, and other relatives in Walker. Mr. came down Monday to visit his sister-in-law, Mrs. Clara Andrus, and shake hands with did friends in Rensselaer. Mrs. Nicholas Krull and children, Nicholas and Louise, were Rensselaer visitors Sunday, where Louise was left with her grandmother for the purpose of going to school in that city. .. .Attorney R. O. Graves was at Rensselaer Wednefeday in connection with the adjustment of the case of Bessie L. Hamilton against Stella Murphy and C- E. Triplett, executor of the estate of George H. Murphy, deceased, which matter was settled by agreement. —Kentland Democrat.

Joseph Bennett was a Lafayette goer Monday. Mrs. R. D. Wangelin left the last of the week for a visit with relatives at Indianapoliß and Goshen. A Mitchell touring car driven and owned by Ernest Sims was totally destroyed by fire Sunday night, Nov. 9, while going north on the road a mile east of town. The origin of the fire is attributed to electrical wire trouble. When discovered the flames were spread-

ing rapidly and were beyond control. The Mltohell was a new car and carried $1,200 insurance.— Monon News. Rev. Elvln Daniels, for some tlma j pastor of the Christian church at Kentland, has resigned to take the pastorate of the Christian churok at Monticello. Miss Agnes Kahler, teacher la the Dyer schools, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kahler, of west es town.