Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1907 — Remington Items [ARTICLE]

Remington Items

(The Republican has made airangements for a regular correspondcnl in Remington, and will in the future He able to give our subscribers there a report of the town’s happeningß ) _ Mr. r and Mrs Al Howard, ctf Sheldon spent Sunday with relatives here. Rev. Whitney went to;Kansas City, Missouri. Thursday to attend a class reunion at Park College of which he is a gradua e. The home of John Cochrane near Goodland together with barn, and crib, fifteen head of horses, spur cows, about a thousand bushels of grain and all their household goods were burned Wednesday night The family barely escaped in their night dotbesp-HHow: the fire started is not known but supposed to have been from lightning. Principal C, J. Carpenter has decided to. move to Bloomington, after the close of school here in order that he may finish his course at Indiana University. Miss Nora Level of Wabash came Monday for a few weeks visit with her sister Mrs. Clyde Reeves. Mr. Elcry Bloom who has been visiting his sister Mrs. Ellis Keefer at Indianapolis the past lew days returned home Saturday. Miss Florence Allman fell from a hammock Monday dislocating her elbow. ' School will be out the third day of May. The class of nineteen hundred and s<ven consists of three boys and three girls, Nola Grubb, Carrie Lewis. Mary Bartee, Fred Corah, Charles Fell and Frank Foster. Baccalaureate sermon at the Methodist church Sunday May fifth, by Rev. R. H. Crowder. Commencement exercises, Friday May the tenth address by W. VV. Parsons, President State Normal, Terre Haute, tad. Mr, Gigley is out- from Chicago visiting friends-and lookingadter business affairs. Mrs. Matt Thompson was a guest of George Thompson a few days this week. Miss Anna Derschell returned to Chicago Monday after a ten days visit with relatives and friends Edward Sutherland was called to Chatsworth, Illinois, Tuesday by the death of bis, sister. _ ~;' Mrs Philip Davis and daughters returned home to Terre Haute Monday, after a fwo weeks visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Fultz.

Corporal I)rew of the twenty seventh regiment which'marched through here last fall was a guest of Miss Mildred Hobbs over Sunday,—Mr Drew having just returned from Cuba where his regiment under C6l. Pit :her were stationed all winter.

Mrs. Bell Green returned home Tuesday, having spent the winter with her son John and daughter Anna in North Dakota and daughter Mrs. Thomas Babb at Burlington, lowa. Miss Katherine Hufford of Burnettsville was the guest of the Misses York over Sunday. Miss Millie Gray, who has been teaching in North Union, Benton county returned home Wednesday. Win Broidie who has been confined to the house for the past several weeks on account of a sore foot caused by stepping on a rusty nail, is able to be out most every day but his iftol is hr ham Ving fail> Ima’ftd. Mr. Don Price and Miss Nellie Rhover were married at Middlesboro, Ky., Wednesday April twentyfourth.

Mrs. S. Pothuisje who has been making I lier home with her son Dr. P. T. Pothuisje at | Denver, Colorado, has moved back to GoodI land, and came over Wednesday to visit friends and relatives. Cards are out for the wedding of Miss j Nellie O’Conor, daughter of Mr. "and Mrs. j Thomas O’Conor and Mr. Edgar M. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Johnson, I will occur at Sacred Heart church WednesI day morning May the eight at nine o’clock. The Odd Fellows celebrated the eighty i eight anniversary of American Odd Fellowship at their hall, Friday evening. After a ! short program, light refreshments were served Thos. Calligan, a civil war veteran and a ] resident for many years of Remingtou, has 1 recently been notiiied by the pension bureau j of an increase of pension from sl2 to S2O j per month, he coming in the So year class. Mr. Calligan has been unable to do any work for many years and the pension inI crease will be a great help to him. Robert Parker reports that this year’s program for Fountain Park will be the best ever furnished- A more complete list of the attractions will be published later, but the two most important so for announced are William J. Bryan, and Congressman James E. Watson. The latter’s subject will probably be “Our Ideals—National and Individual.” The assembly will be held from Aug to to 25 inclusive. Ike Peck and Albert Tabor, who have been prospecting down thru Texas and Mexico are now at Otto, Wyoming, and when last heard from were helping in the building of a new house for Dr. Traugh, formerly of Goodland, who is now located in Otto.