Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1907 — Fair Oaks [ARTICLE]

Fair Oaks

Uncle Jimmie Blake is very sick at urgent and is thought to have suffered a stroke of paralysis. The two or three dyphtheria patients are reporred improving and it is hoped the quarantine will soon be lilted. Grandma Cox came over the first of the wets to spend a few weeks with hergjanddanghter Mrs. Fred Iliff and other relatives. Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell, wife of Capt. Ed N. * .tidwell, of Lebanon, Ind., is visit ->g her sister, Mrs. A 1 va Lrouhaiu. for a few weeks.

Another show in town last night which v ill probably be the final •>ut of-dours pei .'ormauce for the reason as the weather is becoming quite cold. The Mouon has a new operator h« jp. It don’t seem to be a very desirable job. as the depot is out ot town and lather lonesome in the day time, to say nothing of the lonliuess at night. Mrs Wood and daughter Edna are exacted home from Dakota this week which will likely he gooff new to Mr. Word and the boys who have been keeping batch lor about thre3 weeks. Died of diphtheria Sunday Sept. 29th Earl Shultz son of Valentine Shultz and wife, age 17 years. He had been workin j for Bert Warren here and died at his home. Ho was taken to Medaryvill for burial. Brother Law’s place in the M. E. church was filled Sunday by another student of Evanston college who preached quite an able sermon, and also reminded ns that Brother Law would probably be here with his new wife at his next regular appointment which is a week from Snnday at 3 o’clock.