Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1920 — MOROCCO [ARTICLE]

MOROCCO

(From the Courier) Mrs. Neil Atkinson went to spend the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. Jamies Dick, at Kentland. J. R. Clark of Pennsylvania came Tuesday evening to see his brother, Clyde Clark, and other relatives. Maynard Wright has been quite sick with pneumonia since Friday. His condition is serious, but it is felt that the disease is yielding to treatment. A daughter, Dewana Maxine, was born Jan. 8 to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Holley. She weighed five pounds on arrival, and both mother and babe are doing well. Mr. and Mrs. George Jessen, who had been visiting relatives and friends here for the past several weeks, left Saturday for their home at Sanford, Manitoba, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Y* M- star and Miss Ruby Hough returned to Chicago Monday. They had been called here a week previous by the death of the ladies’ father, R. G. (Hough. George A. Webber, Sr., whose illness was noted last week, remains about the same, except that he is gradually growing weaker, and the end cannot be far away unless there is a Change for the better. Mrs. Clyde Clark went to Chicago Wednesday to see her husband, who underwent an operation a week ago at Wesley hospital. Mr. Clark has- suffered considerable and has not made good progress, but Wednesday he was thought to be some better. The two daughters of Albert Eichmann were taken quite sick Thursday evening with what was thought to be ptomaine poisoning. They were quite sick for several hours but the effects of the poison was finally overcome and both are alright again. John Gray’s mother, who had been in very poor health at her home in Winamac for a long time, passed away at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Mr. Gray was with her at the time and Mrs. Gray went there Monday to attend the funeral. Burial was made in the Gray cemetery, west of Pine Village. James Samimons, a well-known farmer of Colfax township, who had been in poor health for some time past, passed away Tuesday evening. Short services were conducted at the home )>y Rev. Brandenburg and the remains taken to Kankakee yesterday for burial. Mr. Sammons’s wife died about two years ago.