Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1909 — FAIR OAKS. [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS.

Paul Carr is quite sick with typhoid fever. Fair Oaks is rushihg the pickle season just now. Mrs.' McGlinn, of Rensselaer, is visiting relatives here. Miss Edith Moffltt is taking treatment in St. Louis for her hip. Miss Mildred Gundy is visiting her brother, Clint, of Monon, this week. Mrs. Cottingham has gone to Wheatfield to visit her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Fife. Will Cottingham is a fullfledged car inspector on the C. & E. I. railroad now.

.Dr. English has made two or three professional calls here within the past week.

The Fair Oaks band will go over to Virgie again Saturday night to play r cr the dance.

Goldie and Gilbert Fentess, of near Morocco, are visiting their sister, Mrs. Geo. Lambert.

A young child of Wess Odels was brought here from Wheatfleld Tuesday for burial, Dick Mallatt and family, of Remington, is visiting relatives and friends here this week.

Elder Briggs will preach in the M. E. church Thursday night. All are invited to attend.

Mr. Bbnta, of Reynolds, has moved his family here and will occupy the HelselL house for the present. Miss Anna Lee, who has been staying with Mrs. Cottingham for several months, has gone to Reynolds. Mrs. Frank Goff and daughter, Effie McKannel, have returned from a two weeks’ visit with the family of Philip Goff, of Cissna Park, 111. There will be meeting here at the Christian church three nights the last of the week. Preaching by the Rev. Dundeburger, of Lowell. All are invited. Laurence Halleck has a lot of new song books for sale for the benefit of the Christian church. Anyone in need of one will do well to buy one or mot*e and help a good cause that much. David Brockus, formerly a resident of this place, but lately of Thayer, was brought here Monday for burial. Funeral services at the M. E. church, of which he was a member, and did some very active work toward getting the means for its erection.