Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Fight tuberculosis by buying Xmas seals. • <l*s Remember Tom Reed’s big public sale Tuesday, December 28. —Advt. Dr. W. L. Myer and family are spending Christmas with relatives at Frankfort. Mrs. Angela Luers is visiting her son, Joe Luers, and family at Kouts this week. Several registered Big Type Poland China hogs will be sold at the Tom Reed sale December 28. —Advt.

F. A. Rogan returned to his home in Cincinnati Tuesday after a short visit here with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Murphy. Scores of St. Joseph’s college boys left Wednesday to spend the holidays at their respective homes in various states. Supt C. R. Dean of the city schools went to Springfield, 0., Thursday to spend the holidays with his wife and son, who have been visiting relatives there for the past few weeks. \ Russell Van Hook, president of the jasper County Farmers’ federation, attended a district meeting of the federation at Lafayette Wednesday. Among the Chicago goers Wednesday were E. J. Randle, C. L. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Rice, Clara Linback, Charles Miller, John Reed and Mrs. C. H. Porter. Edward Honan, Jr., who for some time has been located in the oil fields of Texas, came Wednesday to spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Honan. In few pictures do the male members of the cast average more than six feet in height, but in the Goldwyn picture, “Earthbound,” the shortest is just a shade under six feet and the tallest Is two inches over that figure, with the othef two men of t£e cast six feet one. “Earthbound" comes to the Princess Theatre next Tuesday.—Advt.

A lot of good horses at Tom Reed's sale, December 28. —Advt. Mrs. H. R. Lange of Laporte is here to spend Christmas with her Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Worland. Mrs. Glenn Sanders of Indianapolis came Tuesday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harve Moore. Mr. and Mrs. F. X Busha of Lafayette spent Wednesday here as the guests of the latter’s father, W. H. Beam. William H. Sellars left Tuesday for his home at Baltimore, Md., after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Cope J. Hanley. Laban Wilcox, Jay Dee Roth and Lawrence McLain of. Purdue are spending the holidays here with home folks. Dana Rishllng, who Is employed by the Mid-West Engine company in Indianapolis, came last evening to spend a week with relatives here. S. A. Arnold of Barkley township went to Kokomo Wednesday to join his wife in a visit with her parents before their departure for their future home in California. The Democrat extends compliments of the season to its army of readers and hopes that all may have a full measure of happiness and prosperity during the year 1921.

Mrs. Virgil Hamilton of Auburn, N. Y., came Tuesday evening, having been called here by the critical illness and subsequent death of her grandmother, Mrs. Norman Warner. Miss Ida Fleming, who is teaching in Lafayette, and Miss Lula Fleming of Chicago Heights, 111., are here to spend the holidays with their parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Fleming. Elias Arnold of Barkley township left Wednesday for Pomona, Calif., where he expects to spend the wint;er. Enroute he will stop off at El Paso, Tex., for a visit with his sister, Mrs. W. N. Pence.

While the price of wheat has dropped $1 per bushel and flour from $3.50 to $4.00 per barrel, we still have to pay 25 cents for a pound of crackers which we used to get for from 5 to 8 cents. The South Marlon consolidated school was closed Wednesday morning on account of scarlet fever in the neighborhood, and the box social which’ was advertised to be held there last night had to be called off as a consequence. A. A. Miller of Chicago, a coal dealer, was in Crown Point Tuesday taking orders for hard coal, which he will truck from the city In eighty ton lots at S2O per ton. He is securing his supply from the coal boats which travel the Great Lakes from Buffalo to Chicago. —Crown Point Star.

Nat Heuson, who has resided on the H. R. Kurrie farm one mile north of town for some time,. will haye a public sale on January 10th and will move to the property just south of the Norman corner, which he owns, and whlcli is now occupied by his son Philip “and which consists of a good residence and five acres of land. On the occasion of General Pershing’s visit to the Goldwyn studios In Culver City, Cal., he witnessed the filming of the great murder scene In “Earthbound," which comes to the Princess Theatre December 28. The general stood fascinated while the action was going on, and at its finish congratulated the director, T. Hayes Hunter, on the excellence of the effect—Advt. ' - '.a L .Wk U. « ' ..1 .

E. E. Smith went to Indianapolis Thursday. Help the fight against T. B. Bny Xmas seals. dM If you want a good milch cow, attend the Tom Reed sale December 28—Advt.

Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Shepler are spending the holidays with relatives at Warsaw. Yesterday’s local egg and butterfate prices were as follows: Butterfat, 48c; eggs, 60c. Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Wangelin went to Goshen Thursday to. spend Christmas with relatives Donald Rhoads went to Marshall, UI., Thursday for a visit with his little niece, Virginia Ruth Davisson. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Abbott and baby of Indiana Harbor are here to spend Christmas with Mrs. Abbott’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reeve.

Walter snd Roy Daniela who were called here to attend the funeral of their mother, Mrs. George Daniels, left Tuesday for their homes near Devils Lake, N. D. Mrs. Gwin Thomas and baby of Portland and Mrs. Mildred Richardson of Chicago are here to spend the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Hallock. Miss Katherine Kuboske, a student In St Mary’s college at South Bend, came Tuesday to spend the Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kuboske. The Rensselaer telephone office will be closed from 12 to 1 o’clock on Christmas day while Supt. Bot,t takes the employes to the Barnes restaurant for a turkey dinner.

Mrs. Laura Harris, Miss Lulu Keister and Mrs. I. B. Marlon went to Chicago Thursday afternoon to spend Christmas with Mrs. Susie Lister and family and Mrs. Elisa Reed. Among t£e Chicago goers Tuesday were Dr. M. D. Gwin, A. F. Long. Mrs. E. J. Randle and Misses Mayme and Vera Bever and Elixabeth King of this city and Rev. and Mrs. John Rhlnd of Remington. Mr. and Mrs. W. X F. Lynam and little daughter, Dorotha May, went to Greenfield, Ind., yesterday afternoon to spend holiday week with home folks, the parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Lynam residing there.

The funeral of Mrs. Norman Warner was held Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home of her son, Hale Warner, on Front street, the services being conducted by Rev. D. E. Vanvactor of Argos, Ind. Burial was made In Weston cemetery. John G. Brown of Monon, president; of the Indiana Farmers’ federation, has appointed five members of the federation to serve on a legislative committee to draft a legislative program. Russell Van Hook of this city was one of the men appointed on the committee by Mr. Brown.

Leslie Clark has recently traded his 480-acre farm near Gloster, Miss., for 165 acres of Improved land in Putnam county, Ipd., near Bainbridge. William Porter and Harve J. Robinson, who have had charge of the Mississippi farm, will move to New Orleans, it is understood, where Harve is now employed as a linotype operator on The Picayune. The largest representation of a cathedral interior ever constructed on a motion picture stage Is that used ip the Goldwyn picture, “Earthbound,” from the story by Basil King, which comes to the Princess theatre Tuesday. Art Director Gibbons worked for weeks perfecting the scene. The crucifix used in the scene is thirteen feet high.—Adv.

At the last regular meeting of the local order of F. & A. M., the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: W. M., Roe Yeoman; S. W., Bela Roberts; J. W., Zern Wright; treasurer, William Babcock, Jr.; secretary, Junior Benjamin. The scarlet fever quarantine on the Frank Welsh home in Jordan township was lifted last week. Mrs. Welsh and daughter Kate had the disease, Mrs. Welsh contracting it from her daughter, who had quite a severe case, but Mrs. Weigh’s was very mild.

Creditors of the Revere Motor company of Logansport have filed a petition in the federal court at Indianapolis asking that said company be declared a bankrupt The petition alleges that the debts of the company are approximately $450,000, the liabilities exceeding the assets by $150,000. The petitioners are the Gibbs Service company of Chicago, who have claims against the Revere company aggregating $2,800, and allege that the company offered a settlement on December 22 at 60 cents on the dollar, but was unable to raise the $1,500 cash necessary to make such settlement. ~

An unusually large lot of good farm implements at the Tom Reed sale December 38. —Advt. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fidler of Whiting came Thursday to spend the holidays with home folks. Mrs. Riley Miller went to Burkvllle, 0., to visit her son, who is attending college In that city.Last Tuesday was the shortest day of the year, and now they will lengthen a few minutes each day. Mrs. Della Ritchey and son Russell and Paul Smith went to Huntington Thursday to spend the holidays with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heins and little daughter of Hammond are visiting Mrs. Heins's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. McColly. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were A. O. Moore, A. E. Wallace, L. E. Eisenberg, Harley Phegley and Miss Thelma Shafer. Mrs. Lesta Snively returned to her home in Indianapolis Thursday after a week’s visit here with her sister, Mrs. George W. Hopkins. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hopkins go to Indianapolis today to spend Christmas with the parents of the latter, Mr.l and Mrs. A. H. Tedford. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Thompson, Misses Zera and Nora Campbell, Mrs. Donald Beam, Mrs. Frank Hamilton, John Lesh and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hendricks were Lafayette goers Tuesday.

Mrs. John G. Culp, Mrs. Clara Andrus and the Misses Minnie Hemphill and Tillie Malchow were guests at a big holiday dinner given by Mrs. Ethel Sharp-Cooper at her home In Reynolds Thursday. H. H. Potter, of the Farmers’ Grain company of this city, Mr. Roe of Mt. Ayr and Mr. Atkinson of Morocco attended a meeting of grain dealers of northwestern Indiana at Lafayette Wednesday. Yesterday’s local grain prices were as follows: Corn, (yellow) 58c; white and mixed, 55c; oats, 42c; wheat, $1.60; rye, $1.30. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.28; oats, 79c; wheat, $2.25; rye, $1.55. Miss Faye M. Clarke of Indlanapoils has been appointed Instructress of the class in home hygiene to be started in Jasper county and will be here on January 3 to take up her duties. All members of the Red Cross are eligible to enter this class with no expense other than the buying of tjielr textbooks, which sells for 60 cents.

John P. Ryan and family of Gillam township have moved mto their property which they recently purchased of A. Gangloff on Grace street. The Gangloffs have moved to their farm just east of town. Mr. Ryan has leased his farm in Gillam for five years to Charles Mattox, also of Gillam, on a grain rental, and the latter has already moved onto same> The smoke stack at the water plant went down in the severe wind storm Tuesday night, caving in considerable space on the roof. The stack was 190 feet high and probably over a hundred feet of it fell. The stack has been in a bad condition for a long time, being badly rusted and /hojes in it patched to wake it Railroad Inspectors the company that It would high prices for new mater prevented the building of a heretofore, It is understood. —Banton Review. j

Want ads In The Democrat are an investment, not an experiment. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watson will go to Chicago today to visit until tomorrow with relatives. Mrs. F. D. Burchard and daughter Winifred went to Redkey Thursday to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilt Jones. ■ 1 ■■ II ■■ 11 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Moore of Waterloo, la., came Wednesday to spend Christmas with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Moore. Misses Josephine and Myrtle Dayton went to Lafayette yesterday to spend the holidays with their mother, Mrs. Carrie Dayton, and a great aunt residing there. Among other college students here to spend the holidays with home folks are: Sarah Alice O’Neal. Paul Beam, Helen Warner, Forest Merica of Indiana university, and Harry English of Indianapolis.

Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy and Mr. and Mrs. John Braddock went to Rochester yesterday to spend Christmas with the former's daughr ter, Mrs. Russell Sage, and family. The trip was made by automobile Worth McCarthy of Indianapolis, who was at the Kage home to apend Christmas, driving over In the Sago machine after them. Frank B. Ham of Lafayette, formerly of Rensselaer, has been made defendant in a 120,000 damage suit filed in the Tippecanoe circuit court by Maude Shelley and Adeline Mootk who allege that on the evening oC October 12 last, while being oner veyed to Oxford In an automobile driven by Leo Wolfe, a car belonging to Mr. Ham and driven by hla son Clifford, collided with the Wolfn car, severely injuring both plaintiSk the former asking |6,000 and the labter for 916,000 damages. The collieion occurred two and one-half miles west of Montmorenci. Best Job work at Democrat office.