Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1901 — Fair Oaks. [ARTICLE]

Fair Oaks.

Mrs. Kight was in Chicago last Sunday. Mrs. P. W. Nelson spent Sunday with relatives at Thayer. Jack Kight and Allison Kinney were calling on friends at Lowell last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Sheppard are now permanently located at Sandy Hook, N. Y. They left for that place on Thursday of last week. M. Strain gave a dance at his new house on the McCoy & Porter farm last Saturday night. An enjoyable time was had until a late hour. Wm. Geary has bought Bruce Moffitt’s property in town and is making extensive repairs on it preparatory to occupying it himself. Mis, John Mundon and children, of Momence, 111., spent the past week with his parents, Gus Mundon and wife. Grandpa Gwin, of Rensselaer, has been the guest of his daughter Mrs. Mundon and other relatives in town for a few days. John Thornton, wife and baby, of Rensselaer, were the guests of her parents, Marion Goble and wife and other relatives in town over Sunday. C. T. Otis has returned home from Bowling Green, Ohio, and New York City, where he had been for two weeks’ looking after business matters. He also took in the Pan American, The ladies of the M. E. church will give their annual Thanksgiving oyster and general supper, Place of holding announced later, Don’t forget the Old Hat social and supper at the school house next Saturday evening Nov, 16th, This will be the most amusing entertain, ment of the season, Proceeds for the benefit of the school library. Everybody invited. Mrs. N. A. McKay reoeived a telegram Tuesday from her brother Milton Smith at Elwood, Ind., announcing that their father is seriously ill with paralysis and is not ex- ; peeled to recover.

Elias Brockus and family are now located at Billings, Montana. He has steady work at the carpenters trade at good wages. They went there about three weeks ago from Chicago Heights on account of Mrs. Brockus’health, thinking that climate wiR benefit her.

Albert Knopinski, who just lately finished learning telegraphy with agent Nelson, now has a steady situation at telegraphing for the Chicago & North Western Rv., at some point in Illinois,