Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1920 — ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.

Mise Agnes Braun, manager of the Roth Garment factory, spent the week-end in Chicago. William Butler of Chicago joined his wife here Saturday in a visit with her sister, Mrs. James E. Walter. J. J. Lawler of Chicago was here looking after his extensive real estate interests In Jasper county Friday and Saturday. Willdam Childers Is acting as nightwatch this week while John Richards, the regular watchman, is taking hie vacation. Mrs. A. F. Griswold and daughter Ora of Chicago came Saturday for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Nettle Hoover, and .other relatives.

Mrs. William Childene and little grandson, William Wlckstrom, went to South Bend Monday for a visit with her eon Parker and wife. Jacob Zimmer of Los Angeles, Calif., who had been visiting his brother, John F. Zimmer, of Newton township, went to Chicago Monday. Ora Chupp of Hammond came Saturday for a visit with his wife, who is ill at the home of her mother, Mrs. William Schultz, in Union township. Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, |1.35; oats, 64c; wheat, No. 1, $2.25; rye, $1.65. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.35; oats, 67c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.35. Mr. amj, Mrs. Ralph Brown and children of near Brook / spent Sunday in Rensselaer with Mrs. Brown’s mother, Mrs. Lorinda McGlynn, and her sister, Mrs. D. E. Grow, and family. Walter Randle, Lee Ramey, George Padgitt and Thomas Porter, the latter of Remington, went to Indian apolie Monday to drive Home new Ford cars for the Central Sales company. '

Mr. । and Mrs. Roy Stephenson of Toledo, 0., who had been visiting relatives here, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Frye, drove to near Dowagiac, Mich., Monday for a few days’ outing. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for vice-president, also made a clear-cut statement on all the important issues of the campaign in his acceptance speech at Hyde Park, N. Y., Monday. The baseball game Sunday 1 at Riverside park between the Rensselaer Juniors, a team recently organized and composed of 20-year-old lads, and a Mt. Ayr team, resulted in a victory for the former by a score of 5 to 2. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hamilton of Erle, Pa., came Monday for a visit with the latter’s father, Hale Warner, and wife and other relatives. They came to Rensselaer from Frankfort where they had visited Mr. Hamilton’s parents. The Woman’s Auxiliary of the American Legion will picnic at the home of Mrs. J. W. Crooks Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 11, from 6 to 7 o’clock. Each member is entitled to bring one guest and is also requested to bring one dish of food, with forks, spoons and cups for two.

Yesterday’s local egg and fat prices: Eggs, 43c; Mrs. Earl West returned Monday night from Oklahoma where she had spent the past five months with her people. ; J. J. Hunt and family and Sam Fendlg and wife returned the la<t of the week from their respective western trips. Misses Eva and Anna Morganegg of Barkley township left Monday for Colorado Springs, Colo., whero they .expect to make an extended visit with their sister, Rjrs. Burlie Harrod. The speech of Governor Cox ought at least to calm the fear and allay the anxiety of certain Republican statesmen who wanted to know how “he stood’’ on the league of nations, and had persuaded themselves to believe that he meant to run away from it. It does not appear that they will have any difficulty in “holding him to it.” —Indianapolis News. * Mrs. Theresa French of Chicago came down Sunday evening for a few days’ visit with her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. W. Crooks, and her son, Stewart French, who make® his home with the Crooks family. Mrs. Milton Roth, two daughters, Margene and Virginia, and son Harold, motored to Chicago Saturday where they were met by Mrs. Roth’s sister, Mrs. O. Smith, and family of Evanston, and all continued on to Lake Geneva, Wls., for a week’s outing. John Marlatt and family and Mr. Roth expect to join them at Lake geneva Sunday and all will go from there to The Dells, Wis., to spend a week or 10 days.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watson and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. JohnSharp and two children, of Chicago Heights, 111., and Mrs. Joseph Loveless of Colfax, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gwin and daughter Ellen, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gwin and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Gwin, Mrs. Elizabeth Gwin and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kannal and three daughters motored to near Winamac Sunday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrg* Frank Haskell. Mrs. John I. Gwin returned home Friday l evening from Indianapolis where she had attended a state meeting of district committeemen, and therefore did not go on to Day*on Saturday to attend the notification exercises, as she had first intended. Instead she went to Winona Lake with her husband Sunday to hear the joint debate on the league of nations between Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and Jackson Morris of, Kentucky, which took place Monday. The remains of Mrs. Dora Zard, who died last Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mason Kenton, near Mitchell, S.' D., arrived here Saturday on the 2 p. m. train. Funeral services were held at the home of Charles Malchow on Kannal avenue and burial made in Weston cemetery beside her husband who died several .years ago. Among those from a distance here to attend the funeral were: Mrs. Erastus Winters of Warsaw, Mrs. Isaac Parker of Wolcott, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker of Remington, Mrs. Mason Kenton, Mrs. Charles Zard and Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Zard of Mitchell, S. D.