Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1920 — Page 4

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THE GIFT SUPREME IF it is your wish to excite the ring of true pleasure in her voice when <she says, “Thank you!” Christmas mornin g—let your gift be a Sellers Cabinet. » _ With a woman’s intuition *she will see more than the mere gift. She will mark the thorough thoughtfulness for her comfort that prompted it Three hundred sixty-five drudgery days will be completely taken from her life for each and . every year 4he is the happy pdfesessor of a Sellers Cabinet. ; - The SELLERS is nobu -the Lotvest Triced, High Grade Cabinet on the Market. . . worLand brothers Rensselaer, Indiana

REMINGTON

(Frjfm the Press.)

REMINGTON R. R. TIME TABLE No. 318 East Bound 7:24 a. m. No. 331 W«?st Bound 9:22 a. m. No. 340 East Bound 5:15 p. m. No. 319 West Bound 5:15 p. m.

Born, Wednesday, December 15, to Mr. and Mrs., Thomas Worden, at the home of Mrs. George Worden, a son. Mrs, D. A. Bickle and daughter, Miss Agnes, visited relatives in Logansportr from Thursday until Saturday. John Sheperd of Gilman, 111., spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Higgenson, returning to his home Sunday. * Emmett O’Connor of Indianapolis came Saturday night and spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Ellen O’Connor. Mrs. Lee Alson, reported last week &8 very low, continues in about the same condition, and from late reports cannot last long. A mild case of scarlet fever is reported in town, but the patient is getting along nicely. An eleven-year-old Alson boy is the patient. In anotther place we have stated that Ben May has a mild case of diphtheria. Since printing this item, we learn that he is in a very, serious condition. * Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnston went to Rochester, Minn., Sunday, where Mr. Johnston will take an examination and treatment for his recent

CHRISTMAS SALES!

On SATURDAY, the 18th, we will offer the following articles at the reduced prices. Numerous others not listed.

Dolls $1.50 value at. .sl.lO $1.75 value at. .$1.31 2.50 value at.. 1.88 . 3.00 value at.. 2.25 3.50 value at.. 2.60 4.00 value at.. 3.00 Toilet Sets $3.50 value at ..$2.62 $3.00 value at .$2.25

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peculiar ailment that has been growing steadily worse. Mrs. Carl J. Boerstler of Cincinnati, 0., is spending the week with friends in town. Mrs. Boerstler was formerly Miss Margaret Bates of north of town. James P. Lucas is rejoicing over the advent of his first grandchild, a son born Sunday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schembs, Jr., the ypung mother being formerly Miss Hazel Lucas, for a long time beekkeeper at the State Bank of Remington. All doing well. Jim says it’s the smartest baby he ever saw. Route Carrier Bringle of R. F. D. No. 4 came out this week with a real, sure-enough mail wagon mounted on a Ford chassis. The body, of the regulation type, is roomy, tight and convenient for the work at hand, and not excessively heavy. It is nicely lettered and presents a very smart appearance. The little six-weeks old baby son of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Alvis of west of town was taken very suddenly and severely ill with diphtheria Suhday morning. The child was given 5,000 units of diphtheria anti toxin, and it is gradually improving and doing as well as can be expected at this writing. This proves mammoth doses of the diphtheria antitoxin can be safely given to very young children. Wednesday, December Btht, at the M. E. parsonage in Remington occurred the wedding of Miss Irene.

| youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bartoo of northwest of town, and Merle Carllle. eon of Mr. and Mn. W N. Carllle. The bridal couple win accompanied by Mlee Gladys Culp and Clifton Carllle, the latter u brother of the groom. The young couple la well known to our readera and both are held In high regard. All Join In whlehing them smooth sailing throughout the Journey of life, with all the good things that pertain thereto. On the Friday evening following, a reception was giv en the bridal couple at the home of the groom, at which there were some sixty relatives' and close friends of the newlyweds. A very pleasant evening was spent and the guests left many useful articles of silver, cut glass, etc., as tokens of their regard. The young couple will set up housekeeping on the Dr. Avery farm near Earl Park about the first of January.

Lake county Is the first county In Ohio to elect a woman as probate judge. The newest vault protection de vices for banks and such Institutions has an automatic door closer, which will trap thieves who might gain access to these storage placea Women were the recipients of a 'large number of the awards given last year by the Royal Life Saving Society of Great Britain for ability In saving the lives of persons In danger of drowning. Nineteen years ago, a Virginia civil war veteran, then fifty-seven years old, filled out an application blank asking for admission to the Lee Camp Soldiers’ home, in Richmond. Now he has apparentjy decided to enter the home, since the application blank recently was received by the board of visitors. According to the census taken on January 31, 1920. Austria, in its present territorial limits, has a population of 6,067,430. Compared with the corresponding figures for 1910, the census of 1920 shows a loss of 227,209, or 3 6 per cent. The city of Vienna alone, with a population of 1.842.006 in 1920, shows a loss of 189,493, or 9.3 per cent.

The undersigned will sell at public auction at his residence. 4 miles north and 4 miles east of Rensselaer, 1 mile east of the Smith cemetery, on the former “Doc" Nichols farm, commencing at 10 a. m., on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1920, the following property: 9 Head of Horses and Colts —Consisting of 1 bay horse coming 6 years old. wt. 1600. sound; 1 bay mare coming 4 years old, wt 1400; 2 black horses, well matched, coming 3 years old, wt. 1350 each; 1 black mare sh foal, wt. 1500; 1 black colt coming 2 years old; 1 black colt coming 1 year old; 1 bay horse, wt. 1400; 1 gray horse, wt. 1200, lady broke. 13 Head of Cattle —Consisting of 1 red cow 6 years old, fresh in February; 1 light red cow 9 years old, giving good flow of milk; 2 spring heifer calves; 1 Hereford cow 8 years cld, fresh December 28; 3 coming 3-year-old Hereford heifers, all with calves and good ones; 1 yearling heifer; 1 Shorthorn cow 4 years old, fresh in February; 1 cow 4 years old, fresh in February; 1 cow 4 years old, giving milk; 1 heifer 1 year old. 15 Head of Pips —Weight 30 lbs. each. Wagons, Implements, Etc. —1 Birdsell wagon and rack, broad tire; 1 Deering binder, 8-ft.; 1 Osborne mowing machine, 5-ft.; 1 hay rack; 1 Keystone disc; 1 4-section flexible harrow with riding attachment; 1 6-sec-tion lever harrow; 1 Emerson gang plow, 12-in.; 1 Janesville sulky 16-in., all in good sliape; 2 riding cultivators; 3 sets of work harness; 1 set single harness; 1 endgate seeder; 1 phaeton buggy; 1 Independent binder, 7-ft. cut. Terms —A credit of 12 months will be given on all sums over $lO, pur-chaser-giving bankable note with interest at 6 per cent if paid when due, if not so paid to bear 8 per ceht interest fram date; 2 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. Sums of $lO and under, cash in hand. JOHN SCOTT. W. A. McCurtain, Auctioneer. E. P. Lane, Clerk. Hot lunch on grounds.

Kodak Albums 75c value at 65c $1.15 value at. ...86c $1.25 value at.... 94c 1.35 value at.. sl.Ol 1.50 value at. .sl.lO 1.75 value at.. 1.31 Shaving Sets $3.00 value at $2.25 $2.50 value at .$2.00

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EUROPEANS PLEADING FOR THEIR CHILDREN

Elder Generation Sacrifioet Self That Hope of Future May Receive Means of Life. # • The one optimistic not* In the desperate need prevailing through the war* torn areas of eastern Europe Is the mtraordlnary and touching faith of the people In the children. The elder generation has put all Its hope and trust In the future of the geoeratioa now la Its eafly years. In fact, tn many Instances It Is deliberately sacrificing lb self for the children, the Europe of tomorrow. In the war-ravaged districts supplies necessary for maintenance of institutions are lacking, but It has been noted that always tbs request for outside old emphasises the needs of the orphanages. How marked la thla Inclination was Indicated by the fact that one district of Poland the authorities, appeal'ng to an American relief organisation for aaalataDce. naked assistance for only one military hospital, four general hospitals and twenty orphanages. The appeal "has reached America with the result that because they know that literally millions of European children face starvation and death from disease unless the aid that only thla country can give Is forthcoming, eight great American relief agencies have banded together under the name of the European Relief Council to raise $83.000.000 needed to tide the baby generaUon of Europe over possibly the most critical winter It has yet fared. These are the American Relief Administration, the American. Red Cross, tha American Friends’ Service Committee (Quakers), the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. the Federal Council of Churches of Christ In- America, the Knights of Columbus, the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.

FOREIGNERS SENDING VAST RELIEF HOME

Over 90 Per Cent of Food Drafts Sent to Europe Gitts From Immigrant Population. Out of their earnings, for the most part as unskilled laborers, living, from hand to mouth, the foreign-born element in the United States Is contributing largely to the funds for food supplies to aid the starving peoples of their native lands. Figures from the Food Draft section of the American Relief Administration show that $593,110 had been sent to Polund, up to the end of "November. $158,170 had been sent to Czecho Slovakia, Hungary had received $382,700, Germany had $1,448,619 and Austria $2,040,720. It was estimated that more than 90 per cent of this money had been spent by nationals of these various countries who are now in the United States. There are about 1,500,000 Poles, 800,000 Hungarians, 500,000 Czechs and 600,000 Slovaks in this country. The profits which resulted from the sale of these food drafts have been turned Into the fund for general child feeding. It Is to bring this fund up to the point where it can meet the demands on it, to save the lives of 3,50<V 000 children that the European Relief Council has been formed by eight great relief organizations.

Rickets Did This.

This Vienna child is six years old, but because of the ravages of rickets, the disease born of under-nutrition that has stricken thousands of European children, she is able to toddle •bout only by dint of supreme effort. The spread of this terrible disease of childhood and the rescue of those already in its grip can only be accomplished by America. That is why eight great American relief organizations have banded together ( under the name of the European Relief Council in a Joint appeal to the American con* science for funds. '

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Before Xmas Reductions B. N. FENDIG’S SHOE STORE ,I ' * | GIVE SHOES FOR CHRISTMAS We announced on Oct. 15, the beginning of a permanent policy of reduction to which we have atrictly adhered. This necessitated reductions in our prices in keeping with and greater than the reductions of the manufacturers. Our second reduction was made Nov. 15, and on Dec. 15 we made the reduction which we had anticipated making January 1, hence you can buy shoes now as cheap as after Jan. 1. 1921. __ All SIB.BO Shoes, men or women SI 2 21 DO • • v All 15.50 Shoes, men or women sll 10 All 13.85 Shoes, men or women CQ Qh now Vv'ww All 12.20 Shoes, men or women rq qc now All 10.00 Shoes, men or women jy gjj All 8.00 Shoes, men or women N #c OK now All 6.50 Shoes, men or women - , 4C now **' l ” Children’s Shoes correspondingly reduced. We have 50 pair of Men’s 4 Buckle Overshoes, C Q mostly large sizes, at per pair All Comfys and House Shoes are reduced 10 to 15 pr ct $2.25 quality, now $2.00 $2.75 quality, now $2.25 * $3.00 quality, now — .$2.50 VISIT OUR STORE WHEN LOOKING FOR USEFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ——^———— ■ B. N. Fendig THE SHOE FITTER ; Opera House Block

VIENNA DEATH RATE BECOMES APPALLING

Condition of Children Even More Harrowing, Declares Authority on City’s Desperate Plight. Five years of famine have resultea In greatly Increased mortality and morbidity in Vienna which before the war was counted as one of the healthiest cities In Europe. Figures prepared by Dr. Gustave Bohn, head of the Vienna Health Department, show that In 1913 the death rate was 15.3 per thousand. In 1918 the rate was 22.5 per thousand*an increase of more than 47 per cent. Professor Hans Spel of the University of Vienna, says that “even more terrible than the mortality statistics are those referring to the condition of children and their mothers. Owing to under-nourishment few mothers can nurse their babies, and the milk , shortage afreets not only Infants, but all children in spite of all that has been done to help. At Professor Clemens Pirquet’s clinic in the university some 54,849 children were examined in 1918. Only 4,637 of these or about one-thlrtpentli were passed as skin good, fat good; 23,609 were pale and thin, or very pale and very thin. “The health of these children shows most disquieting features. Skin-disease, rachitis and Barlow’s disease are rife. “The chief medical officer of Vienna asks, ‘What is going to happen to these under-fed children, In whose bodies the germ es tuberculosis Is latent, when they reach the twenties, at which time it becomes active?’ ” To combat these conditions the American Relief Administration of which Herbert Hoover is chairman fed last winter In the city of Vienna soma 800,000 of the destitute and undernourished children, supplying them with a substantial meal of American food, served in a number of large kitchens opened for that purpose. The conditions in Vienna are more or less typical of those in Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Last year the Relief Administration was able to reach some 3,500,000 under-nourished children and this winter the program calls fer the feeding of a like number, but eight of the great charitable organizations of America have united under the . name of the European Relief Council, of which Mr. Hoover ip tb* chairman.

SATURDAY, Df CSMBER IS. I*o.

The child feeding ftask will be carried on not enly by the American Relief Administration but by the American Red Cross, the American Friends’ Service Committee (Quakers), the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, the Knlghta of Columbus, the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. An appeal for $33,000,000 has been made and the organizations named have joined in raising the sum.

LAUGHTER OF CHILD SCARCE IN POLAND

"In all the time I was in Poland, I scarcely once saw a child laugh,” declared Dr Harry Plotz, discoverer of the typhus baccilus, in a report to the European Relief Council on medical conditions among the Jewish population of Poland, based on his recent investigations there for the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. “The most deplorable sight of all the miseries In Poland Is the condition of the children,” Dr. Plotz said. “Infant mortality is exceedingly high because of under-nourishment and the high percentage of contagious diseases. In large part mothers must resort to artificial feeding as they are unable to nurse their children. In many cltieg I saw underfed children, suffering with diseases, wandering about the streets with no place to go, begging for bread.” Tuberculosis has become prevalent among the Jewish children, largely due to the overcrowded conditions in which they are forced to live, their lack of nourishing food and warm clothing, according to Dr. Plotz. Typhus, which killed- thousands of Jews hast winter in the worst epidemic Poland has ever seen will recur again, he said, as conditions are much worse among the Jews than ever before. “Favus, a contagious skin disease, , is now rapidly spreading from child ] to child,” he continued. “In Vilna j there are 11,000 cases among the Jew- > lsh children alone. Smallpox, too, is prevalent throughout Poland and the Ukraine and children, with wide- S spread eruptions and temperature, have been seen running about the streets. There are thousands of cases i every year, which vaccination would 1 prevent, but there Is no vaccine.” Dr. Plotz told how in Lithuanian villages he found children, six and i seven years old, unable to walk or j talk, the result of malnutrition. In I regions where-whole towns had been ! destroyed during the war, he found j families crowded in miserable dug- ! •uts. ■ ' '

Three hundred and forty-three death sentences were carried out} in' the British army during the war. Oi these, 226 were cases of desertion, i