Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

H. E. White was in Chicago on business Friday. Mrs. Monroe Carr of Lafayette came Saturday for a visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. B. J. Moore and daughter Elizabeth and Mrs. Emma York spent Friday in Monticello. Mrs. George Gorham went to Brookston Friday to visit her. son, IL D. Gorham, and family. Mrs. H. E. White went to Paxton, 111., Friday to attend the funeral of her nephew, Lester Congram. s Miss Helen Klpllnger, who is attending a business school at Gary, spent the week-end here with home folks. Mrs. C. R. Smith of Snohomish, Wash., came Friday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Nat Heuson of just north of town. Mrs. Roscoe Reeder and son returned to their home at Valparaiso Friday after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Porter. Miss Helen Warner, who is attending Depauw university, spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Warner. Frank and Miss Beulah Vaughn returned to their home at New Buffalo, Mich., Saturday after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Adolph May. _ * Miss Lucy Lane, who is taking a nurse’s training course at St. Mary’s hospital, Chicago, came Friday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lane, of Newton township. Henry Platt returned home Friday evening from South Haven, Mich., where he had been visiting relatives for some time. He was accompanied home by his uncle, John R. Knight, and son for a week’s visit.

Mrs. M. D.. Gwin spent Saturday in Lafayette. Miss Thelma Martindale spent the week-end in Lafayette with' friends. C. A. Ross and Harry Parker left Sunday for a few days’ fishing trip in Michigan. Miss Blanche Boring of Chicago spent the week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mauck. Mrs. Ura Gwin, district woman’s Democratic chairman, was in Lowell and Crown Point Saturday. Carl Eigelsbach of Chicago spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Eigelsbach.

Mrs. George Smith of Chicago came Saturday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. McColly. Miss Opal Robinson of Gary came Saturday for a visit with her grandmother, Mrs. C. B. Wells, and other relatives. Kennedy and Jack Ross of Chicago came Saturday for a visit with their grandmother, Mrs. Ora T. Ross. — ■ Mrs. Ray Wood spent Sunday and Monday in Chicago with her daughter, Miss Ruth Wood, who is studying music there. Mrs. Oscar Hauter and grandson, Woodhull Spitler, went to Chicago Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Spitler. Mrs. Belle McCarty, Harold Speaks and Robert Clouse went to Indiana Harbor Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. George Zeigler.

Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, 80c; oats, 44c; wheat, $1.90; rye, $1.40. The prices one year ago were: Qorn, $1.33; oats, 64c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.27. Mrs. H. L. Brown and daughter Mary Jane and Mrs. J. F. Hardman returned home Friday from Petoskey, Mich., where they had spent several weeks for relief from hay fever. Miss Louise Blanke returned to her homie in Chicago Saturday after a visit here with her sister, Mrs. E. J. Duvall, who has nearly recovered from her stroke of paralysis of several months ago.

In the first football game of the season, played at Riverside park Saturday afternoon between the Rensselaer high school eleven and the Momence team, the score was 70 to 0 in favor of Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Clouse returned home Friday evening from a visit with their son, Wayne Clouse, and family at Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Wayne Clouse, who has been a sufferer from tuberculosis for some tlnje, is now confined to her bed and is very low. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Milliron motored to Waynetown Friday, returning Sunday. Mr. Milliron ..purchased a moving picture show in that city several weeks ago and will move there and take charge of same after Nov. 2. Mr. and Mrs. John Braddock will occupy their property here. — Mrs. A. G. W. Farmer, aged mother of Mrs. W. W, Sage, sustained a broken wrist and several bruises when she fell down the cement steps leading to the basement at the Sage home Saturday. The wrist of the left hand was broken and her head badly bruised. She is reported as doing as well as could be expected for one of her advanced age. f , ' J

Yesterday’s local egg and butterfat prices: ,Eggs, 52c; butterfat, 60c. t D. ,S. Makeover of Newton township was a Chicago goer Monday. Ray Laßue and Edwin Robinson were in Marion on business FridayMrs. John Kolhoff and Mrs. H. B. Murray were in Lafayette Monday. ■ - Rev. J. B. Flemmg went to Crawfordsville Monday to attend a synod conference. « Clarence Mackey of Chicago spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr.- and Mrs. W. H. Mackey. i Michael Jungles of Walker township was in Chicago Friday, where he had some stock on the market. ■ The public sale season seems to have opened in earnest in Jasper county, and Monday The Democrat printed bills for four sales. • Mrs. C. W. Coen of South Bend came Monday for a week’s visit with her sisters, Mesdames O. F. Parker and Leonard Rhoades. Harold Clark returned from Indianapolis Sunday where he attended a reunion of his former classmates Of the school for the deaf and dumb. i. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Nesbitt returned to their home in Vincennes

Monday after a visit here with the former’s brother, E. D. Nekbltt, and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Hatton of । Kokomo came Saturday for a visit with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Putts, of southwest of town. I James Bullis has sold his pool room on south Van Rensselaer street to Freeman Bicknell and Dave Overton, who took possession of same Saturday. । Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bell of Lafayette, Miss Florence Knickerbocker of Kankakee and Miss Maud Downs of Chicago were guests here Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Knickerbocker. | Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stltz of Remington were here Monday, bringing over the latter’s two sisters, Mrs. Albert Taber and baby of Marion and Mrs. M. H. Allen of Granite City, who took the train for Chicago. I Sam Duvall and wife are expecting to return to the latter’s home In France for permanent residence in a short time, and Sam’s father and mother, who have been living with ' another son, Dr. Ed Duvall, at Knightstown, will return here.

| Mr. and Mrs. W. P- Hltchlngs of California, who had been visiting the former’s brother, J. W. Hitch--1 Ings, and wife, went to Chicago Monday for a short visit. They will return here for a longer visit after which they expect, to go to Bradenton, Fla., to spend the winter. i Letters remaining in the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ended .Oct. 2: Lawerence D. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Caper, Mrs. Chas. .Cleaver, Tims. Kennedy, Arthur Kennedy, Rhoada Rutherford, Hon. A. J. Reanly. If not called for above letters will be sent to deadletter office Oct. 18.

I want to obtain for the museum an old pair of dueling pistols with flint locks. I am willing to pay a fair price for the same if they are in good state of preservation. 1 I hope all the editors in Indiana who are friendly with me and feel it is a laudable thing to build up a large museum in Goodland will please re- ' publish this item. —A. D. BABCOGK, Goodland, Ind.

Nelson Randle brought a couple of mammoth turnip beets to The Democrat office Saturday that weighed 4% pounds each and which he grew in his garden. They were sure some beets, but Monday morn- ! ing Scott McCosh, the Weston cemetery* sexton, who resides on the former Robinson place, just west of the cemetery, brought In a beet which grew in his garden that tipped the scales at 5 3-4 pounds! iMr. and Mrs. A. O. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bringle and Robert Smith returned Friday evening from their automobile trip to Niagara Falls. They report having had a very pleasant trip and a nice visit with relatives along the way, also with Mr. and Mrs. John M. Knapp at Panama, N. Y., having spent ■Sunday and part of Monday with them. They took Bob Smith along as chauffeur and trouble man, so that all Aus, Bill and the ladies had to do was rubber at the scenery en route.

An armload of old papers for 6e at The Democrat office. Sam Fendig has added ornamental electric lights to the top front of Ibis store building. I Miss Lillian Freund of Chicago spent the week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Newby. | Miss. Chede Jordan went to Indianapolis Monday to attend a convention of public health nurses. J. S. Rainier of Brookston came up Monday for a few days’ visit w|th his brother, O. K. Rainier. < - . Miss Marie Madlung, office girl at the Kuboske & Walter garage, spent Sudday with her parents at Monon. Abe Martin says: “Next t’ a girl’s face th’ easiest thing t’ muss le a silk plug hat. Slippery elm Is th’ official wood fer R’publican flag poles this campaign.” , Miss Lucile Luers returned to Chicago Sunday where she has a government position, after spending a vacation here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Luers. James T. Walter of near Wheatfield has bought a hardware and implement business at Van Buren, Grant county, and his household goods were taken overland via auto truck yesterday to that place. Mrs. Walter and children are visiting relatives here until tomorrow when they will also go to Van Buren. The wholesale and retail coal price schedule of the new state coal and food commission will probably have been made public ere The Democrat reaches Its country readers, and It is expected that the retail price of Indiana lump coal will be fixed at about $8 per ton in this immediate vicinity, which is several dollars less than the late prevailing prices, notwithstanding the recent raise in freight rates. The first killing frost of the season came last Friday night and was hard enough to freeze Ice. However, practically everything was out of the way of damage and the only harm dpne was perhaps to a little late garden truck. It warmed up quite a bit Saturday and there was no frost Saturday night nor since, Sunday and Monday being quite beautiful days. The weather reports are for cooler again after today. A number of the Girls’ Hiking club members drove to Tab, Warren county, Saturday and were guests of. Mrs. Don Erskine, formerly Miss Clara Yeoman of that city, and Miss Lois Yeoman of Rensselaer. Among the number were Misses Nell Meyers, Jane Parkison, Edna Robinson, Mildred Biggs, Muril Harris, Leona Kolhoff, Florence Ryan and Mesdames Simon Thompson, Edson Murray, Rex Warner and Theodore Roy.

A petition is being circulated tn this city asking that the city council establish a municipal coal yard in Rensselaer. It 1® not possible, under the present law, for the council to act upon this proposition however, unless a new law is passed by the next legislature permitting towns and cities to establish a coal yard of this kind, which Is likely to be the case unless the new state coal and food commission is able to handle the matter satisfactorily.