Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Roe E. Yeoman was in Lafayette on business Friday. Miss Maurlne Tuteur is confined to her home with illness. Mrs. Glenn Burns went to South Bend Friday to join her husband, who is employed there. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gilson returned home Sunday from a visit with friends in Indianapolis. Misses Jane and Gail Wilson of Hammond are the guests of their grandmother, Mrs. J. M. Wasson. z Miss Bertha Eldridge went to Indianapolis Friday afternoon for a visit with her brother Emmet and pwife. t Misses Elizabeth and Alice Witham left Sunday for Kansas City, Mo., for a two weeks’ visit with their father, Charles Witham. Mrs. M. A. Ryan of Indianapolis was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan over the week-end, returning to Indianapolis Monday. High-grade low shoes for ladies and children at 20 % reduction in price. Come early while stocks are complete—FENDlG’S FAIR. jl6 R. D. Thompsbn and son Tommy, E. J. Randle and son Walter and Harry McColly drove to Danville, 111., Saturday and attended “The Roundup’’ held there, a series of wild west stunts. Manley Price of Otterbein visited relatives and friends here the last of the week, leaving Saturday for Cleveland, 0., where he has a position In the experimental department of the Bailey Meter Co. Manley graduated from Purdue university this year. Abe Martin says: “With a new crop o’ tonsils cornin’ on all th’ time I never allow myself t’ git blue,” eaid Dr. Mopps, t’day, while th’ dismal sugar outlook wus bein’ discussed. Woman’s work is never <l onQ —b u t a lot o’ them seem t’ think It Is.

Mrs. T. A. Jones of St. John spent Friday in Rensselaer. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth left Saturday for Charlevoix, Mich., for a few weeks’ stay. 20% discount on all ladles’ and children’s low shoes. All high-grade shoes.—FENDIG’S FAIR. Jl6 Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Patzsehke and children of Kniman were business visitors in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William Childers and little grandson spent the week-end in Delphi with the former’s father. Mrs. L. Stonebraker and daughter returned to their home at Logansport Saturday after a visit with the Henry Gilbranson family. Richard Bush of Frankfort and Joseph Bush of Lafayette were here Sunday to attend the burial of their brother-in-law, Mark Barnes.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Sohr left Friday for their home in New York after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Brown Lamborn of Carpenter township. Miss Madeline Garriott of Chicago is the guest of Mrs. Addie Comer and daughter Marie and other relatives and friends* in Union township. Why not buy a home in Rensselaer? See C. W. Duvall, who has a number of goad homes for sale, priced to meet any sized pocketbook. Phone 147. s-10 Miss Grace Norris went to Greencastle Friday to attend the commencement functions at Depauw university. Her sisteA Miss Marguerite Norris, iq one of the graduates. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herald and son and two friends of Dunkirk, Ind., visited the E. J. Duvall family Sunday and visited the grave of their daughter, formerly Mrs. E. T. Duvall, in Weston cemetery. Mrs. A. K. Yeoman of Rensselaer, son, Ord Yeoman, of Barkley township and Mrs. Amy Yeoman of Kingman, Kas., who has been visiting here for some time, visited in Indianapolis over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Devere Yeoman. Conrad Hildebrand and family drove down from New Buffalo, Mich., Saturday for an over Sunday visit with relatives and -old friends here. Mr. Hildebrand states that crops in his vicinity are looking well, especially wheat, but over east and south of him the wheat is practically all cleaned out by the Hessian fly.

Word comes from Mitchell, S. D., of the continued illness of Mrs. Zard? the aged mother of Fritz Zard and Mrs. Mason Kenton, who has been sick for the past two months at the home of the latter. Mrs. Zard is about 86 years of age and before going to South Dakota to live with her children resided for many years in Rensselaer.

Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Montgomery left Sunday afternoon on an automobile trip and expect to be gone about 10 days. They were undecided when leaving just where they would go, but will visit some of the lakes in Michigan and probably go up into Canada before returning. Mrs. John Braddock is in charge of their news stand during their absence.

Sam Scott and son Robert of Wells county drove down Saturday and spent Sunday with Rensselaer relatives and old friends. Mr. Scott says that wheat is not very good in his locality, but they have an Immense hay crop and oats and corn are looking well. He likes his new home fine, he states. Mr. Scott was accompanied- here by Harley Lamson.

Clifford Parkison of Pleasant Ridge was a Lafayette goer Saturday. Miss Anna Young of Hammond was the week-end guest of Miss Bernice Long. Mrs. W. H. Mackey returned home Monday from a few days’ visit with relatives In Chicago. Agnes Braun, manager of the A. Roth garment factory here, spent the week-end In Chicago. Forest Morlan and Carl Eigelsbach came down from Chicago Saturday and spent Sunday with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce White visited with the latter’s nephew, Louis Warrdn, and family in east Walker Sunday.

Mrs. Charles Malcho, who has been quite sick with the shingles for the past two months, shows little or no Improvement. Misses Mary and Dorothy Washburn of Fowler came Saturday for a -short visit with their brother, Perry Washburn, and family. 20% reduction on all ladles’ suits, coats and silk dresses. An opportunity to get a swell garment very low In price.—FENDIG’S FAIR. Jl6 Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Slear and Mrs. F. Arthur Reanhard of Williamsport, Pa., came Sunday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Rowles. William L. Nowels left Friday for a visit with his brother-in-law, Robert Daniels, at Peru, and with his daughter, Mrs. William A. Timmons, near Milford. Mrs. Isaiah Duffy and two children returned to her home at Dora, Wabash county, Monday after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Walker, of Barkley township. J. E. Ringgenberg of Bremen arrived Tuesday morning for a visit with his sister, Mrs. A. A. Shepler. Her mother, Mrs. Della Ringgenberg, has been with her for some time.

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bruner of Rantoul, 111., visited here Saturday with their daughter, Mrs. Leo Reeve, and on Sunday left via auto for Baroda, Mich., to visit their sou Earl and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Leatherman went to Evanston, 111., Saturday to attend the commencement functions at Northwestern university, their daughter, Miss Helen, being one' of the graduates. Monday morning Earl Hemphill, recently returned! from four years’, service in the navy, left for the state of Oregon where he intends to take up a land claim under the provisions of the government. Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Myer and daughter Margaret drove to Frankfort Sunday where Mrs. Myer will visit her parents this week. Dr. Myer continued to Indianapolis where he will attend a meeting of the Indiana state dental board. C. Earl Duvall and family motored to Rockville Saturday for a short visit with relatives there before leaving for San Diego, Calif., to make their future home. They will probably leave for California the last of the week, driving through via auto. < e

Miss Helen Guttrich returned to her home near North Manchester Saturday after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Wilbur Ritchey, of Jordan township. She was accompanied home by Mrs. Ritchey and another sister, Miss Katie Guttrich, for a visit.

“When th’ telephone message announcin’ th’ Republican ticket wuz received at th’ Colorado Madura Cigar Store here Saturday night you could have heard a tomato drop. What’s become o’ th’ old time girl that hung t’ her mother’s apron string an’ what’s become o’ th’ apron?”—Abe Martin, in Indianapolis News. Last Thursday morning Jim Hemphill had the misfortune of having his foot badly crushed by a falling gear wheel weighing 250 pounds. He was attempting to turn the wheel over when it slipped from a pair of tongs with which he was handling it and fell on his foot. He Is able to be up and around but, perhaps. Will not be able to be at his work for a week. Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Adams drove over to Ottowa, 111., Friday and visited their son Lee and wife until Monday. On Sunday they drove down to Washburn, 111., and visited Mr. Adams’s nephews and nieces there. Qn the way home Monday evening they ran into the rain before reaching Kankakee, and about Morocco there was a very heavy rainfall, the water standing in the roads and fields on all sides..

Yesterday’s local egg and butterfat prices: Eggs, 36c; butterfat, 55c. Victor Hoover went to Detroit, Mich., Mohday to drive home a new Dodge car. G. J. Jessen, W. C. Babcock and W. I. Spitler were among the Chicago goers Monday. Delos York and Robert Eldridge, who are employed in Gary, spent Sunday here with relatives. James Eldridge left Monday evening for Indianapolis where he expected to secure employment. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Zink of Danville, 111., spent the week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. F.lmer Wilcox. A. M. Bringle of Fair Oaks, who was quite sick last week, is reported considerably better at this writing. Il .. ■ — Miss Etta Williams of Wellington, 111., came Monday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Samuel Williams, of Union township.

Miss Marie Hamilton returned to Indianapolis Sunday, and today will be a member of the graduating class from Butler college. A stillborn babe, weight pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Shepler at the county hospital at 4 a. m. Saturday. Mrs. A. W. McCoy returned to her home at Laporte Monday after a visit here with her brother, W. P. Bennett, and other relatives. Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, $1.70; oats, $1.08; wheat, $2.70; rye, $1.90. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.68; oats, 64c; rye, $1.35. Reduction In price on all silks In stock. This includes .Messallnes, Taffetas', Satins, Georgette, Crepe De Chine, etc. A beautiful seelctlon. — FENDIG’S FAIR. Jl6 Several nice showers fell in and about Rensselaer Monday evening and during the night, wetting the ground thoroughly and doing an Immense amount of good to crops. Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Bassett of Goodland were in Rensselaer Monday, the latter taking the train here for Greencastle to visit her daughter, who is attending Depauw university. , t u; : । ।

Clark Price of Ashland, Kas., is here for a visit with his sister, Miss Nettie Price. Mr. Price had been attending the convention in Chicago and came on down for a visit here and also at Remington with his brothers, M. B. and C. O. Price. Rebecca A. Noland, an aged resident of Fair Oaks, died at her home in that place Saturday night after being in quite feeble health for some time. Mrs. Noland was born in Ohio, June 20, 1842, and at the time of her death was therefore almost 78 years of age. The funeral was held at Fair Oaks at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon and burial made In the cemetery there. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kohley of southeast of town and their son-in-law, Fred Feldhaus, and wife drove to Napiervllle, 111., Saturday and visited until Monday with Mr. Kohley’s brother, Adam Kohley, and family, returning home Monday night. They report that there was considerable wind Monday evening, north of the Kankakee, and they saw several farm buildings and. silos that had been demolished.

Notwithstanding the high price of sugar, strawberries have kept well up in price, the local product—what few there are of them —selling at 35c per quart. None of those shipped in have sold for less than 4 35 c, and the most of them sold above that figure. John Schanlaub, who usually has quite a crop to sell, reports that he has only enough for his own The dry weather last fall and the frost, followed by the drouth of the past few weeks, cut his crop to almost nothing. The local crop Is practically exhausted and has been almost a total failure.