Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1920 — MOROCCO [ARTICLE]

MOROCCO

(From the Courier) A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hanger Thursday, Oct. 14. Mrs. George Erzinger went to Moline, 111., Saturday for a visit with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Burnham of Chicago spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Archibald. ' Mrs. Will Norris and children of Kentland spent Tuesday here with Mrs. Laura Norris. Mis* Dewana Herron left yesterday for Kesota and Balaton, Minn., to visit relatives. Mrs. Belle Hanson went to Momence Friday to attend the funeral of an uncle, Fred Hanson. Mrs. M. E. Bemenderfer returned to Chicago Friday after a visit here with her niece, Mrs. Samuel V. Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Petitgean and daughter Mabel and .Mrs. Sam Hendrickson were Kankakee visitors yesterday. M. E. Graves, W. D. Martin, Ross Lucas, J. M. Padgett and A. J. Law j went to Walnut, 111., yesterday on business. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hamilton and daughter drove up through the Calumet region Sunday, visiting Gary, Hammond and other cities. Mrs. R. J. Crane and daughter Geneva of Logansport came Wednesday to visit Mrs. Samuel V. Fisher and daughter Gladys. James Bennett and family of south of town have all been sick* for several days past with influenza, but! all are now improving nicely. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tuggle of, Marion and Mr. and Mrs. Bert ,St6rm j of Marshfield were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Tuggle. W. P. Brandt of Crekola, Okla., arrived here Saturday for a visit j with his relatives. This is Mr. | Brandt’s first visit hack to his old home for 10 years. Miss Maydell Camblin, who recently returned from a trip to California, returned to Chicago Friday after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Camblin.

, Miss Hazel Beckwith, who is employed in a telephone exchange in Chicago, is ljome for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. H. Beckwith, and other relatives. Mrs. G. F. Lewis ajid son went to Lebanon Wednesday to visit relatives and friends, while Mr. Lewis attends the teachers’ meeting at Indianapolis, which convened yesterday. Mrs. Lillian Whitelock of Fredrick. Okla., who had' been visiting Mr. and Mrs: John A. Anderson, left for her home Monday. Mrs, Anderson accompanied her as far as Chicago. A. F. Dixon, an attorney of Iron 1 River, Minn., was here last week getting particulars of the death of August Plautz, who was killed at Kentland several years ago by walking from a moving passenger train. Mrs. Kearney, a former resident of Morocco, died Monday at the home of her daughter gmd husband, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hapger, at Watseka. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church at 1 h’clock this afternoon. Mrsr Lora Behmiander and Mrs:* Doris Middlesworth left Friday for their homes, the former at Cleveland, 0., jand the latter at Detroit, Mich. Mrs. J. R. Hafstrom and son Ivan and Byron Smart accompanied them as far as Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sinclair and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bentley and daughter Caroline of New Lennox, Ill:, spent the latter part of the yreek with Mrs. Bentley’s brother, George Agate, and attended the funeral of Mrs. Amos Agate, at Brook. O. R. .Reames disposed of his household goods at auction Saturday afternoon and everything brought a

good price. Mr. Reames will leave about Nov. 2 for California, but Mrs. Reames will remain here until school closes In the spring, when she and their < daughter will also go west. They have not decided to locate In California, and will spend some time in looking around. A. B. Jenkins’s Maxwell touring car was completely destroyed by fire about 10 miles north of Morocco last Saturday morning. Mr. Jenkins and John Pendergrass of Washington township had left here but a short time before for Saginaw, Mich., to visit relatives. Mr. Pendergrass waa driving, and when near the Green farm noticed fire coming up around their -feet. The car was stopped at once and efforts made to extinguish the flames, but they were beyond control. Mr. Jenkins had the car insured and his loss will not be heavy. 4 j ~ A Chandler touring car -fahich had been stolen from W. J. Gaynor of Chicago on Sept. 22, was found near the home of Jack Bower early last Sunday miorning, it having been abandoned in the road there between 12 and 1 o’clock that mbrning. The car was turned over to Marshal Bachelder, who got in communication with the chief of police at Chicago and located the owners, who. came and got the same Tuesday. A reward of $25 was given to Mr. Bower and Marshal Bachelder for their part in recovering the car. The thieves who took the car four weeks ago were apprehended two weeks later and it then developed that the auto had been stolen from them, and they confessed their part in the deal. They had stripped the car of its appliances and sold them in Chicago, and this Ifed to their arrest. A Chicago detective, H. W. Raash, accompanied Mr. Gaynor here' and is now on the track of the latest thieves.