Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1920 — ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS

The Indiana Democratic state convention will be (held at Indianapolis on May 19 and 20. United States Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama died at Washington, D. C., Monday after a several weeks illness from grip. His age was 77 years. Yesterday's local grain prices: Corn, $1.37; oats, 83c; rye, $1.40; wheat, $2.20. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.20; oats, 54c; wjieat, $2.11; rye, $1.20. By a vote of 25 to 13 the Oklahoma senate Friday afternoon passed the house resolution ratifying the woman suffrage amendment but eliminated the emergency clause. I James Donnelly and wife have moved out to his farm, 2 % mileo northeast of town and William E. Pullin of Barkley township has moved here and occupies Mr. Donnelly’s property in the east part of town. ‘ / Governor Clement has announced that he will not call a special session of the Vermont legislature to consider * ratifying the federal woman suffrage amendment, as recently requested in a resolution adopted by the Republican state committee. He mlade known his decision through a letter to Colonel J. E. Piddick, chairman of the committee, which he made public.

'lt will be necessary for surgeons in charge of the case of Clifford Hampton, a Benton county farmer, who was kicked in the face by a colt at his farm near Fowler aJew days ago, to build ulp a new nose for the injured man. Hampton's nose was terribly crushed by the blow, even to the bony foundation being pulverized. He is a patient at St. Elizabeth’s hospital in Lafayette, and the plan is to remove a small section of a rib and use the bone to construct a new framework for his nose. v The accident happened when Hampton tried to dislodge a colt from a hole in a straw stack. The fire company was called out n,bout 9 o’clock Monday morning to the Henry Amsler hoifie on north Weston street, where a blaze started from a brick having fallen out of the chimney and allowing sparks to escape, setting fire to the roof. A lafce hole was burned in the roof before the blaze could be extinguished by the co-nh-pany, damaging the balding to the amount of about SJJOO. The Ure had a goou start, burning into rafters and down as far as the lath in the upstairs rooms, damaging the plastering somewhat, and only the quick work of the company saved the building from a much greater loss. The Democrat -is in receipt of the following news item from the ’ Los Angeles (Calif.) Chamber of "Commerce: "Mr. and Mrs. O. E. (Hhuter from Rensselaer, Ind., were visitors on Feb. 26 at the big exhibit of Southern California products maintained free to the public

in the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. They also attended the lectures and moving pictures that are a part of the daily program. The exhibit is the largest of any in the country maintained by a commercial organization. Before returning Ihotme Mr. and Mrs. Hauter expect to visit several of the many other places of interest ir. the southland.’’ —