Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1909 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

W. F. Smith was here again Tuesday. Earl Atkinson was here the first of the week. * 1 Bruce Bowman spent Tuesday In Logansport. " r " ;• Sam Miller is at work in Broadie’s meat market. Mille Washburn went to Kentland Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert returned from Lafayette Tuesday. The two sisters of Mrs. Carl Somers visited her last week. A daughter was born on July 14th to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Klouse.

Mrs. Ben Kahn spent last week with relatives in South Bend. Miss Nancy Julian is visisting with her sister, Mrs. C. O. Roush, at Windfall. H. O. Burgess is back home, after several weeks’ visit at Crawfordsville. There will soon be a complete program of Fountain Park ready for the public. Mrs. Turpening has gone for several weeks’ visit with her son in Michigan. Misses Helen and Hazel Straaservisited the York girls several days last week. Arthur Vincent is back from Kansas' and reports crops there to be looking fine. Miss Augusta Shay is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank McKee. She came Monday evening. Mrs. Ed Lecher returned home to Windfall, after a week’s visit with friends south of town. Our new principal and his wife are now here, and will make their home in the Geo. Griffin place. Mrs. L. P. Cornwell returned Wednesday from a several days’ visit with relatives in Illinois. Mrs. Fitzgerald returned to Chicago Wednesday, after several weeks’ stay with Dennis Hayes and family. Mrs. Sam Yancey, who is living in Royal Center, Cal., Is here visiting the family of Harry Kinsell south of town. Miss Belle Parkison, of Pleasant Ridge, returned home Monday, after several days’ visit with Bert Sheetz and family. Several members of the Masonic lodge here went to Kentland the first of last week to help in the degree work there. Mrs. Orvilllg Julien, of Sheldon, 111., came Saturday, bringing her daughter, Ethel, to visit her sister, Mrs. Melville Julien, for several days. Several of the business men have tried crude oil on the streets in front of their places of business as a dust cure. It seems to be a marked success.

Vernoh Balcom and Claire Meehan were married at the home of Father Hostman on Wednesday evening. This is an extremely popular young couple and all their friends extend hearty congratulations. William Rich and wife entertained a number of guests over Sunday. One of them, Rev. Spray, spoke at the Christian church in the evening. Everyone reported a pleasant speaker and good sermon. Elias Julian entertained last week two sisters. One of whom he has not seen for ’twenty years. They staid with him over Sunday and on Tuesday went to Logansport to visit with the family 'Vy. A. Julian. John Ulm, Jr., had a bad runaway at his farm near Goodland. His team was hitched to a binder and in the run they flung him against a fence and broke four ribs and Bhook him up a good deal. His father went over Thursday. Adam Weppler and wife came Wednesday form Gilman to visit their sons and daughter, who still live here. Mr. Weppler returned home Saturday, but his wife remained for a longer visit. He reports crops here fully as good as in bis section in Illinois. Mrs. Wm. Love and little daughter are here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom O’Connor, Just south of town. Miss Laurretto. O’Connor, who has been staying with her sister for some time past, accompanied her home, but does not expect to stay any length of time.

Hay harvest is pretty well along now. Many fanners are entirely through. Wheat and rye are already in the shock, and some few fields of oats are either cut or have the binders at work in them. Next week will see oats harvest completed and the next will hear the hum of the threshing machines.