Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1902 — Fair Oaks. [ARTICLE]

Fair Oaks.

John Prey and family have moved to Lochiel. Ind. The M. E. ladies cleared abaa $9.25 from their ice cream and peanut social. Emory Cox expects to move back to town as soon as he can rent a house. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Holly, at Beaver City, Aug. 12th, a son. Twenty tickets were sold at this place for the Chicago excursion last Sunday. The C. & E. I. will run an exour. sion to Michigan City next day, Aug. 28th. Only $1 round trip from Fair Oaks. Train leaves at 841 A good many people from here are attending the Carnival at Rensselaer this week. Eighteen tickets were sold to Water Valley last Saturday on account of the Woodman’s picnic. All report a pleasant time and plenty to eat. Mrs Scott Herrington, of DeMotte, is visiting her parents, Thomas Fry and wife and other relatives this week. Mr. and Mrs. Gundy spent Sunday with friends at Hammond. - Frank Brady and Jennie Cotting-

bam were the guwsts of friends in Chicago over Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Kight went to Lake Village last Sunday to see his mother, who is reported quite sick. Mrs. P. W. Nelson spent several days this week with old friends at Harvey. 111., accompanied by her sister, Laura Boyles, of Chicago. Milt Gundy, took in the sights at Niagara Falls last week and reports an enjoyable time.. Several couple tripped the light fantastic at the park last Saturday night until a late hour. ■' Mr, and Mrs. Felix Erwin attend, ed the Assembly at Remington last Saturday and Sunday and also visited friends. Operator Zimmerman is attending the Carnival and visiting his parents at Rensselaer this we§k. N. Littlefield just lately returned from a business trip up in the Da. kotas. R H. Dodge returned last week from a two weeks’ stay at Caldwell, Kans. He has bought a good farm near that place and will move his family there next month to remain permanently. Mike Sbeban, the Monon yard, master at Lafayette, is taking a two weeks’ vacation, and be with his wife and daughter Bula. are spend, ing the time here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kight. The former’s neice, Miss Nellie Shehan, is also here with them. We will venture to say that Wm. Shoup’s water mellon patch near town will not be disturbed again this year, at least by a certain individual who recently received a load of scattering shot from a gun in the bands of the dwner and had to call on a Rensselaer doctor to “have ’em dug out.”