Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1919 — GOODLAND [ARTICLE]

GOODLAND

(From the Herald) Mr- and Mrs. Fay Burgess were callers in Aensselaer Sundays C. W. Romine left Wednesday night for , Toledo and Columbus, 0., on a business trip. Jessie Colston underwent an operation ' for appendicitis the latter part of last week and is doing nicely at this time. Zirk Boonstra of Lafayette visited /the first of the week here with his sister, Mrs. Sarah Pothuisje, and Wednesday accompanied her to Chicago. Mrs. Addie Dick, who has been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Chalmers, in Chicago, expects to soon move to Goodland to make her home. The westbound morning Panhandle passenger train that stopped at Effner during the coal shortage runs through to Peoria again, resuming the old schedule Thursday morning. ' Mrs. A. Houk, who has conducted a notion and millinery store in Goodland for several years, sold out last Saturday to Jasper Spaulding, who recently moved here fronj Remington. Mrs. Sarah Pothuisje left Wednesday morning for Chicago where on Thursday she was joined by her two granddaughters, who are attending school at Washington, J). C., and that evening they boarded the train for Denver, Colo., where she will visit with her son. Dr. Peter Pothuisje, and family. Mrs. W- S. Watson passed away at Logansport Monday morning after . a few days’ Illness. The remains were brought to Goodland Monday evening and taken to the Watson home on west Mill street where funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Dr. D. E. Perry’, • rector bt St. John’s Episcopal church at Lafayette. She was married in Episcopal church at Gateshedd, County of Durham, England, to W. S. Watson. To this union six children were born, three In

England, Mary Jane, Ellerf Petrie and Thomas, and three in this country, William Shand, David Shand and Florence Elizabeth; Ellen Petrie and William Shand died'in infancy. Deceased came to this country with her family in April, JBB9, and came straight to Goodland and had been a resident here until before her death.