Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

C. W. Duvall was in Hammond on business Wednesday. LOTS FOR SALE; also good barn. —Apply to J. J. EDDY In person. ts Mrs. A. H." Hopkins and three sons spent New Year’s in Monticello with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McFarland went to Lebanon Wednesday for a few days’ visit. J. J. Mooftgomery has been confined to his room for the past few days by illness. We make them look like new at |he North Side Garage and Paint Shop. Best materials used. ts Remember the milk cow sale. AU fresh. At the Norgor hi|ch barn Saturday, Jan. 3, 1920. —Advt. ' K * - Mrs. C. Earl Duvall, Robert Duvall and Miss Adelaide Lee spent the week 'at Rockville with relatives. Misses Parkison and Lois Ham retunred to their homes 4n Lafayette Wednesday after a visit here with relatives. Get your 1920 auto licenses with us- We have the records covering your car.—N. C. SHAFER, Notary Public, at the Main Garage. Jl7 Mrs. Caddie Martin amd granddaughter, Virginia Martin, of Cincinnati, 0., are visiting the B. KZimmerman family and other relatives. J. V. Keiper and family of a6ar Plymouth _ drove over Wednesday to see his aged father, Theodore Keiper, who is a patient in the county hospital and is reported to be improving considerably at this writing. They expected to return home yesterday, and John’s brother, A. T. Keiper, was to accompany them to Plymouth to look after some business matters near there.

Herald Littldfleld spent Tuesday iZ Fowler. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Donnelly of Plymouth spent the holidays here with relatives, Mr- and Mrs. C. M. Blue went to Highland Wednesday for a few days’ visit with friends. Pefley pays more money for raw furs. Bring them in; the price will be right. Phone 475. ml C. C. Chapman returned to Kan<kakee, 111., Wednesday after transacting some business here. Mark Sayler and daughter Ocle of Rapid City, S. D., • are visiting relatives and friends here. J. M. Shafer of Plymouth was here Tuesday and Wednesday, looking after his business interests. Mrs. J. A. Wright and son Mannford of Jordan township went to Frankfort Tuesday for a few days’ visit. It pays to have your auto painted whether you are going to sell it or keep it. Bring it to the North Side Garage and Paint Shop.— ts Mrs. E. L. (Hollingsworth went to Kalamazoo, Mich., Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. James Upjohn, mother of Mrs. Hollingsworth’s som-in-law, Ralph T. Upjohn. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. McNemar, newlyweds, left Tuesday for Washington, D. C., where they will take up their residence, after a visit here with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Littlefield. Among the Chicago goers Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs- J. H. Campbell, H. H. Potter, S. P. Hilliard, G/ J. Jessen, Charles Pefley, Dr. A. R. Kresler, D- S. Makeever, Alfred Donnelly and Rev. and Mrs. John Dean of Barkley. Except for the closing of the banks and the postofflee a part of the day and the mail carriers, both city and rural, taking a day off, New Year’s day was mot observed in Rensselaer to any great extent. The furniture factory closed down for the day, but otherwise everybody was on the job.

j If you have poultry for sale. call a H. LEAVEL fbr prices. Phone •47. “ i Mise Marian Watt of Delphi was the guest of Mrs. Samuel Fendlg this week. (Have your auto painted at the North Side Garage. Work guaranteed; prices right. ts Alex Merica and Mrs. James Norris and daughter Marguerite were LafayetU goers Tuesday. Remember the milk cow saleAll fresh. At the Norgor hitch barn Saturday, Jan. 3, 1920. —Advt. Mrs. Joseph Moore and children of Barkley township went to Lai porte Thursday for a visit with her parents. Matt Worden visited his son, who is in a Lafayette hospital receiving treatment for his eyes, Thursday.

Simon Leopold of Colorado Springs, Colo., came Wednesday for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs- A. Leopold. Misses Catherine Chamberlain and Isabelle Bever and Mrs. Geofge Parkison and son Allen spent Wednesday in Lafayette. , Margaret Babcock entertained a number of her friends New Year’s eve. The evening was spent in dancing amd card playing. Six good milk cows with calves from to 4 weeks old. Will sell to highest bidder at Norgor hitch barn Saturday, Jan. 3, 1920. — Advt. Frank-Roy left Tuesday for his home in Oklahoma City, Okla. He was called here recently by the sickness and death of his brother, Philip Roy. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Knickerbrocker and the former's mother, Mrs. Florence Knlckerbrocker, visited Mr. and Mrs. Guy Surprise at Lowell Thursday. J- M. Banks, who had been conducting a music store here for several months, expects to leave Monday for Ft. Worth, Tex., where he has accepted a position*. Mrs. S. C. Champion and daughters returned to their home at Richmond Tuesday after a visit with he* brother, John Dale, and family of Barkley township. Mr. and Mrs- Resile Clark visited the# forma’s aged mother at Hammond Tuesday, who is there with her daughter, Mrs. James Mead, and is in a critical condition of health. T. F. Blake of Remington was in Rensselaer Tuesday to meet his sister, Mrs. Boyd Hufty, of Des Moines, la., who was called to Remiington on account of the serious 111nese of her mother, Mrs- Anna Blake. The People’s State bank at Michigantown, seven miles east of Frankfort, was broken into Tuesday night and safety deposit boxes broken open with sledgehammers. It is thought the robbers secured about SBOO in Liberty bonds.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Alexander, and children returned to their home at Hamilton, 0.,-. Tuesday. Mr. Alexander had been employed on the dredge which is constructing the Oliver flitch, but which is laid up on account of the colfl weather. John Miller’s machine shop an* garage at Lowell was totally destroyed by fire last Saturday morning, entailing a loss of SIO,OOO. Seven automobiles and one tractor, not included in t> above loss estimate, were also destroyed in the Are. । Letters remaining in the Rensselaer postofflee for the week ended Dec. 27: x Mrs. Ed Cook, C. G. Dewey, Mrs. August Felton, Mrs. A. R. Gllger, Fred Gfeenberg, J. A. Lane, Mrs. Mary Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Russel, Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Schreiner, M. Sands, Viola Williams, Nine , Werthenur, John Zellars. If mot called for the above letters will be sent to the deadletter office Jan. 12. John McCullough of south of Remington was in the city Thursday, having come here to meet his brother-in-law, Ed Lucas, and wife, who had been visiting at Blue Island, 111., for the past week. Mr. McCullough is a former publisher of the Remington Press and was later local editor of the Benton Review for a few years. For the past year he has been operating one of the farms owned by his father, W. I. McCullough, and will Continue thereon the coming yearFrom a financial point of view farming is a great many points ahead of the newspaper game, John says.

Try a want ad to The Democrat. Yesterday’s local egg and butterfat prices: Eggs. 63c; butterfat. 64c. Earl Gonderman went to Kamkakee, 111., Wednesday for a short visit with home folks. J. Q. Culp will have a general sale at his farm In Barkley township on Feb. 26. —Advt. Six good milk cows with calves from 1 to 4 weeks old. Will sell to highest bidder at the Norgor hitch barn Saturday. Jan.. 3, 1920. —Advt. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Wartena returned to their home at Leßoy, 111., Wednesday after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Abe Wartena and other relatives. Miss Luella rfarmon of Rensselaer and Miss Frances Ryan of Medaryville guests .of Miss Florence Sammons for the week. — Kentland Enterprise. Yesterday's local grain prices: Corn, $1.25; oats, 79c; rye, $1.55; wheat, $2-30. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.30; oats, 65c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.45. Edward Titus returned Thursday from a visit with his mother at Minneapolis, Minn., and will again take up his duties as third trick operator at the Monon station. In a big fox drive near Otterbein Wednesday, in Which it is estimated 1,200 people participated, five foxes were rounded up and the pelts of tihe animals brought SIOO at auction.

Mrs. Jennie Jessen is confined to her bed, the result of a fall received one evening last week at her home. She was taken to the hospital yesterday for an x-ray examination. Among the Chicago goers Wednesday were Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dunlap, Mr- and Mrs. Dan Waymire, Mrs. C. H. Porter, Fred Waymire, R. A. Parkison and Leonard Rhoades. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Westfall returned to their home at Cadillac, Mich., Thursday after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. John Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Gwin of east of town.

Sam Lowery of north of town will hold a big public sale Monday, Jan. 19, preparatory to moving to the eastern part of the state where he recently purchased a farm. —AdvtMr. and Mrs. A. R. Hopkins entertained several young couples at a 6 o’clock dinner New Year’s eve at their home on College avenue in honor of their guests, Misses Helen and Marian Hadley, of Chicago. A new supply of that popular Thistle Linen correspondence paper in ruled, unruled and pound boxes, just received in The Democrat’s fancy stationery department Also Thistle Linen correspondence cards. The basketball game played at Brook Tuesday night between a local pick-up team, with Hugh Kirk as captain, and the Brook team, resulted in a victory for Brook, score 40 to 14. A return game was to have been played here at the Arinory Thursday night, but Brook failed to show up. C. W. Duvall has sold his residence property on Weston street to Lee Myres and possession will be given very'shortly, it is understood. The consideration has not been made public. Mr. and Mrs. Duvall are contemplating leaving Rensselaer in the spring, It is reported, and .may locate in California. Automobile thieves visited Kentland Sunday evening and “walked off’’ with the car belonging to Will Arniold. Mr. Armold had brought hie family in for the evening service at Trinity church and left the car standing along the parkway. After discovering his loss he traced the thieves as far as Schneider and there lost all track of them. The car was a Ford 1 with winter top.— Newton County Enterprise. —*

William Wilcoxln, brakeman on a northbound Monon freight, was badly injured last Saturday morning at Roselawn when he stepped from the engine to look after a cut of cars and was hurled violently into the cinders at the side of the track. His legs and back were quite badly injured and several deep cuts were received on the head. He was taken to his home at Monon and his injuries looked after.