Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1909 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

H. H. Walker is recoveting from a bad spell of sickness. «■ Dennis O’Riley spent Thursday in Lafayette. Peter Pampel, of Illinois, is here visiting the Pampel brothers, south of town. — —=■*— tj-. —• • Fred Bowman came Sunday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Bowman. Mrs. Clarence Bridgeman visited last week with her mother, Mrs. Groves. Miss Helen O’Dell left Thursday for a long visit with her parents at Greencastle. J. D. Allman was seen shaking hands with old friends Friday afternoon. Miss Lydick and Miss Dinnie Keys, both of Crawfordsville, are here visiting friends and relatives. Mr. Gleason, the horse buyer, was here the last of the week trying to pick up a few horses to ship. Wm. Stitz is another farmer to own an automobile, having in his possession a fine new Reo roadster.

Mr. and Mrs. James Hoagland were called to Illinois last week by the death of Mrs. Hoagland’s brother. Mrs. Will Dick came Friday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Beal, and other relatives for a few days. Mrs. C. O. Roush, of Windfall, was here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Julian, of Gilboa, last week. S. G. Hand has finished negotiations for the James Park’s farm of 241 acres, just east of town. Price reported was $27,000 cash. Continued rains have helped the oats and meadows, but has kept the farmers out of the fields until corn has become quite weedy. Mr. and Mrs. William Hawkins returned Wednesday from a two weeks’ visit at Bedford. They brought their granddaughter, Madeline, home with them for a few weeks’ visit. John McCollough, the new editor of the Press, took charge of the office Monday. He has moved into the Peter Roy property in the east part of town. M. B. Price spent Monday in our town and returned Tuesday, taking Mrs. Max Price and baby to Rensselaer with him to visit with himself and sister a few days. James Washburn is one of the new owners of automobiles, having purchased an Auburn; C. T. Denham is another with a fine new Jackson purchased through Johnston and son agency.

J. A. Weppler and wife went Wednesday to Gillman, where they visited his parents till Saturday, when he returned; but Mrs. Weppler went on to Washington, 111., to visit her relatives for some time. Clinton Roades, who has been employed in his father’s blacksmith shop since the family came to Remington, left for Indianapolis last week. He hopes to get work there and attend school in the fall.

Mrs. Minnie Fairchild, formerly Miss Minnie Sheetz, a sister of Bert and James Sheetz, has had quite an honor bestowed upon her. She sends her brothers word that she has been appointed hostess of the Idaho state building at the Seattle exposition. This appointment becomes a double honor, as it came unsought. Alex. Bartholomew, whose sickness has been mentioned before, died Saturday evening of tuberculosis, from which he has been suffering for over a year. All hope of his recovery had been abandoned by his friends for some time. Funeral was held Monday afternoon at the Christian church, and burial made in our cemetery. The newly married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Boicourt, left Wednesday on the noon train. They were accompanied to the depot by a crowd of merry friends who aided them on their departure by the various ways usually employed on such occasions. They carry with them to their new home the best wishes of all their friends here.

Ed Sutherland left Monday morning for Valparaiso, called there by an accident to his son, Wilbur. The boy and his mother were visiting the latter’s brother, Peter Parks, and Wilbur in playing fell from a high grading, crushing the bones of one arm at the shoulder joint. This makes an injury that is extremenly painful and one that may leave a stiff arm. John Murphy, a hog butcher at Cambridge, Mass., went Insane while at work one day recently and before he could be subdued killed five men and seriously wounded three others. In airship dayß there’ll be many a “drop in for dinner” without warning the lone farmhouse. >y- -■ . —r- ,