Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. John Kolhoff of southwest of town was in Lafayette Friday. Mrs. Frank G. Burch of Chicago came Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Duvall. ■ Chester Warren of Ft. Wayne visited here last week with his mother, Mrs. Hester Warren. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Huffman of Dyer came Saturday for a visit with Mrs. Anthon Trulley and family. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Parker of Downers Grove, 111., cane Saturday for a vislf with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Doan. Dr. R. C. Beeler of Indianapolis came Saturday to join his wife in a visit with her mother, Mrs. Kate R. Watson. John F. Zimmer is building a now brick veneered house on his farm northwest of town, with basement, furnace heat, etc.

Mrs. J. V. Wilson of Indianapolis came Saturday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Harry Shumaker, and family of near Goodland. Among the Chicago goers Friday were Miss Edith West, Mrs. B. K. Zimmerman, Mrs. C. E. Prior, David and Hugh Yeoman and Fred and Frank Battleday. Miss Gladys Price of Barkley township spent the week-end in Chicago with her sister, Miss Lillian Price, who is employed by the Montgomery Ward Co. Among the Chicago goers Saturday were Vern Crisler, Miss Miriam Wedeking, Mrs. E. D. Rhoades of this city and Mrs. Oliver Mitchell and son Robert and Edward Boyd of Mt. Ayr. Mrs. Lew Robinson of east of town went to Chicago Friday to visit over Sunday with her husband, who is taking treatment for bowel"trouble at the Presbyterian hospital. He is getting along nicely and is expected home in about another week.

George Putt of west Carpenter was a visitor in the city Monday afternoon. Dr. H. J. Kannal went to Wabash Friday to look after some business matters. Fred Putts left Friday for Grove City, Pa., where he will attend college again this year. John Herr of McCoysburg is erecting a brick veneered residence in the city of that name. Mrs. John Eigelsbach visited with Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Fate at Crown Point over the week-end. Mrs. L. G. Monnett of southwest of town went to Indianapolis Saturday for a visit with relatives. Jay Dee Roth of Purdue university spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roth. Mr. and ' Mrs. James Myres of Chicago Heights, 111., came Friday for a visjt with the James Pearson family.

Mr. and Mrs. Ike Wiltshire returned Sunday evening from a several days’ visit with' relatives in Kentland. Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bringle expect to leave tomorrow on their automobile trip to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Mrs. David Savage and children of Jamestown, N. D., came Saturday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Brown, of near McCoysburg. Mr. and Mrs. John Weiss of Goodland came over Saturday to visit a few days with their son, Charles R. Weiss, and family of Park avenue. Mr. add Mrs. David Alter. of Union township left Friday afternoon for an automobile trip through eastern Indiana and over into Ohio. They expect to be gone about two weeks. ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Corbin of Brook over Monday, bringing their daughter Stella to take the train for Crawfordsville where she is employed, and who had spent Sunday with them.

J. D. Martindale and Tone Kanne drove up to southern Michigan Saturday and called on Henry Gow.land and family, near Galien. They returned home Sunday, bringing 12 ‘bushels of peaches with them. Dr. Frank Johnson of Lincoln, Neb., an old Rensselaer boy of a third of a century ago, came the last of the week for a visit with W. V. Porter and other old friends. He left Rensselaer 36 years ago, and this is his first visit back in 15 years. Uncle John Casey came up Monday from the Marlon soldiers’ home, by way of Indianapolis, where he stopped for awhile to see the G. A. R. boys, and will visit relatives and old friends In Jasper county for a few weeks, after which he expects to go to Willow Creek, Mont., to visit C. D. Nonnan and family. W. L. Fleener, wife and son Arthur of Greensburg,'Kas., came Saturday to visit his brother-in-law, G. L. Thornton, and wife and to attend the G. A. R. encampment in Indianapolis. This Is his first visit back here in 35 years. Mr. Fleener Is a Democrat and has been elected five times as clerk of his county, which is strongly Republican.

Mrs. Frank Ham of Lafayette came up Saturday for a visit with Mrs. C. W. Rhoades. Walter Forbes and family of Watseka, 111., visited here Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Merritt. Miss Annabel Cdllins of Chicago came Saturday for a visit with her friend, - Miss Lucile Luers. Charles F. Baker left yesterday for a week’s visit at Frankfort, South Bend and Mishawaka. Philip Mosier of Hajnmond spent the week-end here with his grandparents, Mr. and Mi's. A. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Beeson of Kankakee, 111., were guests here Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Gwin. Rev. J. B. Fleming and C. G. Spitler attended a meeting of the Logansport Presbytery at Chalmers Monday. Charles Shriver of near Mt. Ayr was in North Dakota last week looking after the threshing of the grain on his farm near Jamestown. George Bernard of Zearing, la., who had been visiting the B. W. Ellsworth family In Barkley township, went to Indianapolis Monday. Fr. William H. Hordeman of Frankfort, who had been visiting relatives here, left Monday for an extended trip through the western states. Levi Chupp of northeast Newton township recently sold his 35-acre farm to Charles Paxton at $165 per acre and will probably move to Rensselaer in the spring. Mrs. J. P.. Rich and baby and the former’s brother, Frank Jerome, returned to their home in Chicago Heights, 111., Saturday after a visit with the Frank McGinnis family.

Mrs. T. G. Wynegar, daughter Thelma and two little sons of South ■ Bend spent Sunday here with the former’s daughter, Mrs. Paul Park-. ison, a patient in the county hos-' pital. A preaching map and a preaching । lady, some call her a singing lady i and some a flower lady, will be at ] the Baptist church next Wednesday. evening at 7:45. Be sure to hear them. —Advt. Among the Chicago goers Mon-, day were Dr. W. L. Myer, Leonard । Rhoades, Mesdames A. F. Long, Russell Strawbridge, L. A. Bostwick, Nattle Scott, B. K. Zimmer-' man and G. W. Scott: John I. Gwin returned home Saturday evening from Jamestown, N.' D., where he went to look after the threshing of the grain on his farm nd£r that city. He reports splendid crops in that vicinity. Miss Helen Warner of this city, Miss Florence Sammons of Kentland, Miss Grace Foresman of Foresman and Miss Ruth Pence of Brook went to Greencastle Monday! where they will attend Depauw' university. Letters remaining in the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ended Sept. 18: Mrs. L. Anshultz, Mr. James, Mrs. Mary Lyons, Mr. Geo. Newhart, B. Frank Reed, Ralph! Weston, Mrs. F. H. Zard. If not called for above letters will be sent to deadletter office Oct. 4.

Mr. and Mrs. Sol Norman of Union township drove up to Buchanan, Mich., yesterday to be gone for a week or two, during which Mr. Norman will sow some wheat on his 90-acre farm near Buchanan, which he purchased some time ago and upon which he expects to move yet this fall. A Duroc Jersey pig with two bodies, one head, three ears, three tails and eight legs was born last week on the Samuel C. Graham farm near Hartsville, Bartholomew county. One of the pig’s ears is on top of its head. All parts of the freak are well developed and it apparently is healthy. Veterinarians who have made an examination say the animal may live.

Yesterday's local egg and butterfat prices: Eggs, 51c; butterfat, 58c. Mrs. Howard Mills and daughter Dorothy Jane spent Monday In Lafayette. Quite a good many Rensselaer people visited the big freight wreck near Lee yesterday. Paul Beam went to Champaign, 111., Sunday where he will attend university this year. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beeman of Oak Park, 111., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Waymire. Mrs. John I. Gwin attended a Democratic meeting at Idaville, White county, Monday night. Still hot and dry and the corn is curing out. beautifully, practically all now being beyond danger from frost. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Milliron and Mr. and Mi's. Horace Daniels returned home Monday evening from a trip to southern Michigan. Mrs. Violetta Baker returned to her_ home in Winchester Monday after a visit with Mr. aAd Airs. Ernest Lamson of Jordan township. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Washburn, sou and two daughters of Fowler spent Sunday here with another son, Perry Washburn, and family. Yesterday's local grain prices: Corn, $1.05; oats, 51c; wheat, $2.25; rye, $1.65. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.35; oats, 62c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.25. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Jones of St. John and Raymond Dixey of this city left Monday via automobile for Rochester, Minn., where the latter will undergo an examination and possibly an operation' at the Mayo Bros, hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Wangelin, accompanied by Mrs. Anna Tuteur and daughter Maurlne, drove to Goshen Friday for a visit. Mrs. Tuteur and daughter returned home Monday night, but the Wangellns remained for a longer visit. Miss Claire Libby of Boulder, Colo., who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Cope Hanley, for several weeks, left Monday for New <York city, from where, accompanied by her brother, she will sail for Europe ,on an extended tour. • Miss May Huston left Tuesday for her home at Boston*. Mass., after a short visit here with her brother, T. J. Huston, and cousin, J. J. Hunt. Miss' Huston is secretary of the American Baptist association, and was on her way home from an extended western trip. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Wood, Jr., who have been living in Ohio for the past couple of years, lately at Osburn, came Sunday and will take up their residence here again, but other than this The Democrat has not learned their plans. Their daughter Frances came about a week ago. Mrs. Andrew Kahler and Mrs. Angelia Luers were called to Chicago Sunday by the death of their niece, Miss Ruth Kahler, a daughter of John Kahler. The funeral was held yesterday. Andrew ,Kahler and Arnold Luers went to Chicago Monday afternoon to attend the funeral.

A postcard received Sunday from Charles Pefley, who with Dr. Johnson and Simon Thompson left early last week on a duck-hunting trip to Pierpont, S. D., said that it was very hot there, but there were lots of ducks and they were having good sport. “Gum” wa* prospecting for a few carloads of potatoes, also, and said they were asking from $1.50 to $1.75 per bushel for them there, but that they were She. Notwithstanding the great amount of traveling that is now being done by automobile, the passenger trains on practically all of the railroads are crowded most of the time and it Is said to be frequent that one can scarcely get a seat on the Monon trains passing through Rensselaer. The train to Indianapolis Monday forenoon was loaded to the guards when it reached here and a few of the many Rensselaer people who had intended to take this train waited until the 1:57 train as a result The following Jasper county old : veterans went to Indianapolis Monday to attend the national encampment of the G. A. R.: She\by Grant, Richard Grow, D. H. Yeomhn, John Kresler, W. D. Sayler, H. M. Shipman, Whltsel Lewis and W. A. Green. Others from here going to Indianapolis Monday were J. C. Gwin and daughter Ellen, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mitchell, Mrs. J. W. Childers, Mrs. W. O. Babcock, Mrs. E. P. Honan, Mrs. Nathan Eldridge, Mrs. Frank Crowder, Mrs. Mark Werner and Mrs. Kenneth Allman.

WftHam ’hemphill and two sisters, Misses Lula tyid Belle Hemphill, returned to their home at Plainfield, 111., Monday after a visit with the , Mrs. A. Eib family of Barkley township. Vivian Ozala Hamilton, six-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hamilton of Newland,

died Monday afternoon after a short illness. The funeral was held at the home yesterday afternoon and burial made in Weston cemetery. Although Liberia was founded and colonized by Americans, the use of British money, weights and measures has prevailed in the negro republic.