Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

GOODLAND (From the Herald) Mrs. Mae Butler Is visiting wit'll her son Harry and wife near Avilla. Mr. and Mts. John Plui'mier and little son were visitors in Monon Sunday. Mrs. Henry Butler is visiting with her son Tom and family at Columbia-City. Mrs. J. C. Dewey of Danville, 111., same to Goodland last Saturday to attend the marriage of her brother, Fred McKinley. Mrs. A. B. Gaston and two daughters came Tuesday night for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wilson. She is enrouite from their former home in lowa to their new home at Columbia City. H. B. Verrill and daughter of Travers City, Mich., came last week and the latter will make her home here with her grandmother. Mrs. S. K. Verrill, her mother having passed away on Feb. 3 with influenza. Fred McKinley of this city and Miss Margaret Coffman of Temple-

ton were married at Oxford last Saturday afternoon at 4:30. The bride is the daughter of Luther Coffman of Templeton. The newlyweds will make their home in Goodland. Harry A. Wild and Raymonu Sims went to Indianapolis last Thursday and on Saturday returned with the remains of a little son of Mr. and Mrs. Ford Burns, who passed away Wednesday of pneumonia, for burial in the Goodland cemetery. The Freeland Park high school basketball team came to Goodland Wednesday night for a return game and was defeated by the score of 16 to 11. Our boys did not put up much .effort in order to reserve their strength for the strong Ambia team coming tonight. Miss Angie Casey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mate Casey of Goodland, and Mr. Wright Michaels of Foresman were married Wednesday at the Methodist parsonage in Kentland. The bride is one of our popular young ladies and the groom is a fine young man from Foresman. Miss Opal Light of Brook has been secured to .teach domestic science in the Goodland schools, to take the place of Miss Broyler, who recently resigned. Miss Light formerly taught here and 'her friends are glad to have her back. Miss Ona Shindler, also of Brook, will teach the music department. A D. Babcock has secured two very valuable old swords from Charles Steward, the insurance man at Rensselaer. One of these swords

Is an old dueling sword used in the days of Andrew Jackson, the other a cutlass used in the navy and the date shows it was manufactured in 1742. These swords are rare specimens, on exhibition in the office window. The marriage of Miss Della Weihermiller and Edward Gray took place in St. John’s church at Fairbury, 111., at 9:30 o’clock Tuesday, Feb. 17, Rev. Father Aout officiating. Miss Margaret Weller of Chatsworth, 111., was bridesmaid, and Albert E. Gray of Argus, Ind., was the best man. The wedding breakfast was served in the beautiful dining room of the Hotel Illinois at Fairbury. Tuesday afternoon they drove to Gilman, 111., where they boarded the e Illinois Central a wedding trip. The bride and groom are well known here, the groom having resided here all his life. After Meh. 10 they will be at home to their friends on the groom’s farm, southeast of Goodland.

MEDARYVILLE the Journal) Dr. Hackley is on the sick list brought on by overwork with his influenza patients. Mrs. John Hansell fell Wednesday, breaking both bones of her left arm at the wrist. Harold Bremer is home from Ann Arbor and will remain here until the flu in Ann Arbor has subsided, there being 1,500 cased there. T. F. Hlolt of Cincinnati came Tuesday of last week to be with his brother Llewellyn in his last hours of sickness, and Mrs. Holt came last Thursday morning to attend the funeral, both returning to their home Sunday. Mable May Kroft, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kroft, died last Sunday at the Kroft home of influenza. She was a student in the Winamac high school. A private funeral was held Wednesday of this week at th* Cass township Evangelical church and burial made in the Evangelical graveyard. Ed Dinger, who had lived in Medaryville for about 25 years, died last Friday morning, Feb. 13, of influenza. He was 66 years old. His funeral was held Sunday and the body taken to Loda, .111., his former home, where it was buried on Tuesday of t*lsr week. Miss Letha Dinger, sister of Ed Dinger, and who has kept house for him, is quite sick with influenza at the home of Theo. Bremer. Mrs. Charles Kain died Tuesday ’evening of this week of influenza, which she contracted soon after the birth of their baby, born about two weeks ago. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon of this week. Mrs Kain was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Tiede of near Denham and a sister of Mrs Wm Kain. She leaves her husband and six children, all of Whom* have been sick with influenza, but are better at this writing. Last Sunday evening the Hugo Manning home burned to the ground The entire upstairs was on fire when the discovery was made and it was impossible to save any of the contents of the second floor, where the furniture belonging to Mrs. Emma Miller and Ralph Manning was stored. Practically everything on the lower f|oor was saved. It was only by the most strenuous efforts that the nearbj buildings were saved. We understand Mr. Manning had $975 insurance on the house and its contents, that Mrs. Miller had S3OO insurance, but that Ralph did not have insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Manning had been living temporarily at the Hugo Manning home, waiting to get possession of the Tarm owned by Neill Williams, east of town.

BROOK (From the Reporter) Rev. Sickafoose was here from South Bend the first of the week Mrs Ray Ward was in Goodland the first of the week visiting her parents. ’ Wm. Pence and family spent the week-end in Medaryville the guests of relatives. ' . .. . Claude Fix and family visitgd over Sunday with the former’s parents near Lafayette. Wm. Cunningham was called to Penfield, HL, Thursday by the death of his brother Sam’s wife. L. M. Lewellen, who was at one time a resident of Brook,' was in town this week. He is a resident of Logansport. Mr and Mrs. John Foresman were called to Indianapolis this week owing to the serious illness of the latter’s sister, Miss Inez Lowe. * \ xx th Roy Thayer of Manhattan, m., was here the first of the week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Thayer, and \'hls brother Alvin, ’ ■ Mrs. Will Barton returned from Chicago Tuesday and brougnt her daughter home with her. The latter is recovering nicely from the ear trouble was having. Charles Whiting and wife were down from South Bend Saturday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mel Thornton. This week their goods were shipped to them at South Bend, where they will reside. Walter Davis and wife of Nacodoches, Tex., and hid sister, Mrs. Roach es Morocco were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Davis the middle of the week. Mr. Davis is a newspaperman and gave us a very pleasant call. On Monday Miss Opal Light gave uip her position at the postoffice and Miss Lou Kemper took her place. Miss Opal has been engaged at the postoffice for a nhmber of years and has made friends, by her courtesy and ability. _ The farm on which Ed Corbin Gives, at one time a part of the Ross & Hendetson land, was sold last week for $276 per acre to Grant Whaley. We understand the owner cleared $5 per acre on his purchase of last summer. a Qn Tuesday Uncle Tom Moore

reached his 87th milestone. He Is not so well this winter and is confined to his bed a great deal oi the time. Bift we believe when spring comes that he will regain some of bls old vigor and come to see his friends again, and he will be .most welcome.

MOROCCO (From the Courier) Clara Vincent visited friends at Goodland over Sunday? Mrs. Fred Don of Goodland spent Friday with relatives here. George Miller was home from Rensselaer Sunday visiting relatives. Golda Reece of Goodland spoilt Saturday here with Miss Clara Vincent. Mrs. John. McGregor visited friends at Ravenswood, 111., over Sunday.. Reuben Terrill went to Goshen Monday to visit relatives for a few Miss Fern Sinks went to Chicago Saturday to visit friends for a couple of weeks. Mrs. H. R. Wood of Rensselaer was the guest of Mrs. A. M. Robertson Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Anderson ana son William spent Tuesday with friends at Donovan. Mrs. Frank Marshall of Momence came Saturday to spend a few days at the home of John Hunter. Rev. and Mrs. C. R. Smith came from Plymouth Monday to spend a few days with friends here. Mrs. J. L. Ruggles of Brook spent the week 'here with her children, returning home Saturday. Beulah Padgett and Yolande Templeton spent Saturday in Kentland with the former’s sister, Mrs. D. W. Markley. Mrs. Edith Spangler returned to her home at Indiana Harbor Monday after visiting her mother, Mrs. Joseph Zoborosky. Mrs. Lora Humston, who had been visiting her father, Dr. C. E. Triplett, returned to her home at Campbellsburg, Ky., Saturday. Mrs. Chas. Hendrickson and two children left Tuesday for Cincinnati O„ to visit relatives. Sam Hendrickson accompanied them part of the trip. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Little oi Downer’s Grove, HL, and J. W. Little of Charlotte, N. C., were here over Sunday visiting friends. Rev. Little occupied the pulpit at the Baptist church Sunday. The Republican candidates for governor are practically all agreed that the new tax law is N. G., and they all seem to think that ito perfecting should be left to another Republican administration. Funny reasoning some people have. Word was received here Wednesday of the death at Indianapolis Tuesday night of Verna Crooks 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Crooks and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Graves. The cause of death was pneumonia. Miss Opal Norris, daughter or Mrs. Laura Norris, and Lloyd Deardurff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Y. D. Deardurff, were married by Rev C L. Harper at Kentland last Thursday afternoon. They left at once for a trip to Chicago, returning here Saturday. There is still much sickness in the community, yet not so much as a few days ago. Among those who are steadily improving are Dr. C. E. Triplett, George Gay, A. D Peck, Albert Eickmann and John Hunter. Smallpox is reported in the home of L. A. Brunton, east of tpwn, but is sa>d to be well under control. John Clark of Greenville, Pa., has been appointed administrator of the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Babbitt. Mr. Clark formerly resided in Indiana. The personal property will be disposed of at a public sale to be held in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Badhelder have taken the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt, and A. J. Law has been appointed guardian- ~ . . j. R. Hafstrom has applied, for a patent on a tire pu*mip that manufacturers and jobbers say beats anything on the market. Mr. Hafstrom is the. invehtor of the pump and proposes to have the same made and marketed on a large scale. He was in Chicago Wednesday conferring with his jnanufacturers and jobbers. Mr. Hafstrom’s pump differs from all others in that it has a valve at the bottom which permits an easy Inflow of air when the plunger Is being raised, and which closes when the plunger reaches the top. It is said that it works much faster and easier than any other pump made. Mrs Mary Margaret Wright, widow of Joseph G. Wright, anct one of the pioneer women of Newton county, was called to her eternal rest last Friday forenoon. Mrs. Wright had not been w ® u for sev ’ eral years but it was not thought that her condition was worse than usual until shortly before her death and she passed away (peacefully and without pain. Mary Margaret Siffior was born in Montgomery county Meh. 4, 1834, and at the time of her death was 85 years, 11 months and 9 days of age. At the close of the war the family came to Newton county and located on a farm in Jackson township, now owned by the son, H. L. Wright, and deceased had since made her home there and in Morocco. Mr. Weight died about nine years ago, and she had since made her home with her son.