Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

W. H. Hogam made a business trip to Hamimond Tuesday. LOTS FOR SALE; also good barn.—Apply to J. J. EDDY In person. ts A. T. Keiper and Barney Kolhoff went to South Bend on business Wednesday. "Buz” Marble’s big annual stock sale will take place at Wheatfield on Tuesday, Mdh. 16. —Advt. ts Frank Fix returned to his home at Battle Ground Wednesday after a visit here with his sister, Mrs. (Henry Mackey. Fifty-nine head of pure-bred Shorthorn cpws will be sold at the Anneler & Son sale on Saturday, Feb. 28. —Advt. f2l Mrs. John King went to Warsaw Wednesday for a week’s visit with her daughter, Mrs Aden Rupe, and son, Fred King. Attend the Auction Sale at Duvall’s Quality Shop SATURDAY, FEB. 21ST. —C. EARL DUVALL, / David. Stoner and family of Barkley township will move .next week to near Bringhurst, Carroll county, where they recently purchased a farm. T. R. Cromer of near Francesville, in Pulaski county, has moved onto the W. P. Baker farm, north of Rensselaer, vacated last week by Sam Lowry, who moved to Huntington county. Mr. Cromer is starting out right by subscribing for The Democrat to keep bin: posted on Jasper county happenings.

C. C. McColly was over from Remington Wednesday. It you have poultry for* sale, call C. H. LEAVEL for prices. Phone 647. ts Mrs. Gaylord Long was called tu Fowler Tuesday by the serious illness of her grandmother. Rev. J. B. Fleming attended a meeting of pastors of Presbyterian churches at Lowell Tuesday. If you want a good milch .cow attend the Sohroer & Yeoman sale, Feb. 26. —Adivt. * -J f 25 Mrs. W. A. Strange of Columbia City attended the funeral of her father, John Snodgrass, here Wednesday. J- H. Biddle of Remington and Walter Baxter of southwest of Remington were visitors in the city Wednesday. Sohroer and Yeoman will sell four cows and two heifers, coming yearlings, at the Amsler purebred Shorthorn cattle sale.—Advt. Frank K. Fritz of Hanging Grove township purchased a valuable O. I. C. brood sow at M. U. Johnson’s O. I. C. sale /it Salem, Ind., last- week. W. A. McCurtain, .the auctioneer, is preparing to move in from Union township and will occupy one of Hiram Day’s tenant houses pn south Weston street. The Daughters/ of the American Revolution will /celebrate Washington’s birthday at the home of Mrs. James H. Chapman on Tuesday evening, Feb. 24, with a 6 o’clock dinner. Twenty-three cows with twentythree heifer calves, fourteen cows with fourteen bull calves, and seven yearling bulls will be sold at the pure-bred Shorthorn cattle sale at the Floyd Amsler farm on Saturday, Feb. 28.—Advt. f2l

Charles Morrell was a Lafayette goer Tuesday. Some good 2-year-old steers at the schroer & Yeoman sale, Feb. 26.—Advt. - f 25 John and Walker Timmons ox Otterbein attended the funeral here Wednesday of John Snodgrass. Mrs. S. J. Ash and baby returned home Wednesday from a visit with relatives at Indianapolis. ■- A Mrs. John R. Gray* went to Lafayette Tuesday where she is having her eyes treated by a specialist. Saturday, Feb. 21st, 1920, •AUCTION SALE qf all merchandise. —C. EARL DUVALL. I » Among the Chicago goers Tueoday were Delos Thompson, Mrs. Ora T. Ross, B. A. Bullis and Nate Welsh. • - Miss Flossie Holeman was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hendrickson of Rensselaer Sunday— Monticello Herald. Mr. an* Mrs. Charles W. Coen, after a few days’ visit with relatives here, left Thursday for their home at South Bend. The Ralph Moore family in Barkley township has all been sick with Influenza but is now better, except one son who is still quite ill. John N. Bicknell and Floyd Spain went to Kankakee, 111., Wednesday to attend a banquet given by the Kankakee Automobile Co. One of the best bulls bought at the Congress sale will be sold by Amsler & Son at the Floyd Amsler farm on Saturday, Feb. 28.— Adyt. f2l A little flurry of snow came Wednesday, and Wednesday night it froze quite hard again. Thursday was bright - and pleasant and quite a bit warmer.

Mrs. Earl Bruner and little daughter, accompanied by her sister, Miss Mollie Johnson, of Mt. Ayr, returned to her home at Baroda, Mich., Tuesday. Ross Moore returned to LaGrange, 111., Tuesday where he is employed in a drug store, after a visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore. Mrs. Arthur Williamson was called to Buffalo, White county, Wednesday by the illmess of her son Ira and all of Whom are suffering from influenza. A. E. Stichnoth. of west Carpenter was a business visitor in the city Thursday. Mr. Stichnoth and family are preparing to move to tfentlan<V in a few where he has purchased a residence property. Mrs. Bruce Stevens returned to her home at New Albany Tuesday after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Charles Sommers, of near Mt. Ayr and with relatives and friends here. Amsler & Son will hold a big Shorthorn cattle sale at the Floyd Amsler farm on Saturday, Feb. 28. One hundred seven head of purebred Shorthorn cattle will be offered. —Advt. T2l Silas Toombs recently purchased the Chestnut property on the north side of jthe Rensselaer Lumber Co. yards, and the old depot hotel building has been moved onto the lot facing McKinley avenue and is being remodeled into a store building, wherein Mr. Toombs and Ed Booth will soon open a general store, it is said.

J. M. Witham was down from near Demotte Wednesday and got a set of sale bills printed at The Democrat office for a public sale on Saturday, Meh. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Witham have become too old to farmi and will sell off their personal property and also their 100acre farm at public auction and probably locate in Rensselaer. Poor old Indiana. * Once more she is to be sadly humiliated and afflicted, according to Washington dispatches, which state that iHi Johnson) of California and Bill Borah of Idaho are going to swoop down on us in a speechmaking raid in the interests of the 'former’s candidacy for the Republican nomination for the presidency. Samuel E. Fleming oj Seattle, Wash., will come today for an over Sunday visit with his parents. Rev. Mrs. J. B. Fleming. Mr. Fleming is of the department ' of vocational education at Seattle I and has been attending an educational meeting in Chicago this week. He will leave here for Boston and other points in the east in the- Interests of his work. This will be the first tiihe his parents have seen him in sdven years.

Ed Medland was In Chicago on business Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Nesius were Chicago goers yesterday Yesterday’s local egg and butterfat prices: Eggs, 45c; butterfat, 64c. Some good work horses at the Schroer & Yeoman sale, Feb. 26. —Advt. 126 • ■ Mrs. A. A. Hoover was called to Lebanon Thursday by the serious Illness of her mother. Mrs. John I. Gwin went to Chicago Thursday to attend a convention of the department of vocational education. Miss Josephine Thomas, who is employed in Chicago, Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Thomas, at Surrey. O. S. Bell of Union township returned home Thursday from Thorntown and Indianapolis where he attended some .Hereford cattle sales. There was a big crowd out to Charlie Schleman’s sale northwest of town Thursday and property sold well, the sale totaling about $4,500. The St. Cyril basketball team of Whiting was defeated by the St. Joseph college team Wednesday night at the college gymnasium by a score of 49 to 12. Yesterday’s focal grain prices: Corn, $1.35; oats, 82c; rye, $1.35; wheat, $2.20. The prices one year ago were: Com, $1.17; oats, 54c, rye, $1.15; wheat, $2.11. Robert Smith, Lee Ra»tney, Ernest Comer, Thomas Porter, Jr., and Clyde Davisson went to Cincinnati, 0., Wednesday to drive back a fleet of new Ford cars for the Central Sales Co. Mrs. Harry Magee returned home Wednesday evening from Indianapolis where she had gone to attend the funeral of her nephew, Chester Bremnaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brennaman. A dandy new supply of correspondence paper; correspondence cards, etc., in all the latest styles and tints, just received in The Democnat's fancy stationery and office supply department.

The mercury got down. to 20 above zero again Thursday night, but It warmed up considerably yesterday. The- prediction of the weather bureau for Saturday is: “Unsettled, probably local rains.’’ Members of the Bridge club, with their husbands, were entertained Wednesday evening at a 6. o’clock dinner by Mesdames W. I. Yates, Harry Kresler, D. W. Waymire and Charles Grow z at the home of the latter, on Van Rensselaer street. A number of families from Tennessee and Kentucky are coming in this spring as tenants on thw former Gifford land now owned by the Jasper County Farms Co. of Chicago, of which H. J. Kuppers is local manager. A large acreage of onions and other truck will be put out this year. The Democrat received a caru Thursday from Virgil Hobpon, formerly of Hanging Grove township, but who Recently moved tu Corning, Calif. He says: “Having fine weather here, like June in Indiana. Flowers In bloom, ripe oranges, lemons and grapefruit, alfalfa knee high. Will write you later and tell you all about the country.”

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lane, newlyweds, retunned home Thursday evening from a Short 'honeymoon spent at Cleveland, 0., and other points. The Danville (Ill.) papers In their write-up of a big banquet last week of the Danville Chamber of Commerce, pays especial notice to our former townsman, Frank B. Meyer, who for several years has been engaged in the retail shoe business in that city, and says that Frank again added to his reputation as an orator in his speech at this banquet, when he spoke on "Organization."