Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1920 — GOODLAND [ARTICLE]

GOODLAND

(From the Herald) H. T. Griggs continues to Improve in health and has developed a good appetite. Harold Jones of MUncle and Frances Jones of Danville, 111., were home over Sunday. Mrs. Grace Campbell, a patient at the St. Vincent hospital in Indianapolis, is reported to be improving. Elizabeth Bales, who is attending school at the Holy Angels’ academy at Logansport, spent Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bales. School closed Wednesday for the remainder of the week in order that the kids and teachers might enjoy a vacation and recuperate from their Thanksgiving dinner. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dye and Mrs. Homan and son, all of Kyser, W. Va., motored here for a visit with the George O. Bales and Paul Homan families. Their trip through Ohio •Was in snow from five to eight inches in depth. On election day John Buch had a runaway and one of his fingers was Injured and when he was taken to Rensselaer on the following Saturday it was noticed that the injured member was in a state of blood poisoning, and it is feared that since he has been removed to Longcliff that said finger will have to be removed. Mrs. Margaret Oswald and her son, Lieut. Commander Leslie dswald, have presented the museum with a one-pound shell, a piece of black palm wood from Panama, a beautiful piece of coral from the Burmuda Island, and a small piece of brass taken from one of the engines constructed by the French when they attempted to build a canal across the Isthmus. All of these things have been carefully labeled and placed away in the museum.