Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1908 — McCoysburg. [ARTICLE]

McCoysburg.

Mr. Ed Peregrine and J. P. Gwin went to Monticello Wedusdea.y -*•- Robert Drake shipped a load of hogs to Chicago Tuesday evening. Miss Pearl IWilHts spent Saturday night and Sunday with her parents. Mies Anna Montz returned to her work in Chicago Saturday morning. Mr. amd Mrs. Orlando McDonald took dinner with Mr. J. P. Gwin’s Sunday. W. A! Rush’s household goods were loaded here Saturday to be shipped to Cheneyville, 111. Mrs. Frank Kenton, of Pleasant Ridge, and Mrs. George Parker called on Mrs. R. L. Bussell Tuesday afternoon. ...Mr. Montz is the only farmer around here who has planed any corn this year. Some have not even began to plow. Misses Jessie and Bell Southard, of near Monon, spent a few days with Misses Vera and Edna Lefler. and friends last week. ,

George Parker sent the large shepherd dog belonging to Sam Parker to Mitchell, S. Dak., Wednesday morning, where Sam now lives. S. H. Howe left Tuesday morning for a visit with relatives in Ohio and will take a trip through North Dakota before returning home. Mrs. Knopinska and son Andrew went to Logansport Tuesday evening to attend the wedding of her son Alec, who is to marry a young lady of that place. « J Thomas and Martin McDonald, of LaCrosse, and Frank McDonald, are visiting relatives and friends here this week. Frank has just returned from Oregon, where he has been for the last year and a half. That country surely agreed with him, for he is looking fine and just as tall as ever. { Mrs. R. L. Bussell arranged a very pleasant surprise for her husband Sun day evening in honor of his 24th birthday. Refreshments were served consisting of ice cream and cake to those present, who were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. James Lefler, Misses Ethel Parker, Gertrude Downs, Mr. Gailord Parker, Wilson and Ehrin Bussell.