Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1909 — BURNS TOWN. [ARTICLE]

BURNS TOWN.

Bennie Price spent Sunday with home folks. Jim Stanley spent Saturday night and Sunday with Elmer Brown. George McElfresh and son, Alpha, visited with John Shroer Sunday. Alex Hurley and children went to Chicago Sunday on the excursion. Wm. Green and daughters visited with Clarence Green and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe visited with Mr. and Mrs. A. Eib and family Sunday; — Mr. and Mrs. J. Meyers visited with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Reed and family Sunday. Mrs. Barney Kolhoff and children visited with Mr. and Mrs. C. Morgenegg Sunday. Esta Holmes is spending a few days with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Scott. Mr. and Mrs. John Scott visited with Mr. and Mrs. 'Samuel Holmes and family Sunday. Quite a crowd from this locality attended the band concert at Rensselaer Thursday evening. Mrs. Charley Jenkins, of Wheatfield, is visiting friends and relatives In this locality for a few days. Spencer Holmes returned home Saturday from a visit with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Scott. Jim Stanley, Elmer, Frank and Grover Brown called on,S. H. Holmes and family Sunday afternoon. T. G. Brown returned home Monday from a week’s stay in North Dakota. He is greatly impressed with the country. Charles Greenlee and Miss Stellp Brown started Tuesday for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. They will be gone two or three weeks. Miss Ruble Gratner returned home Saturday from Chicago, where she visiting friends and relatives for the past week. Mrs. Samuel Holmes and three sons, Spencer, EBta and Wade, spent Wednesday night and Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. John Scott. Michael Burns’ father and sister, who have been spending two or three weeks with him, returned to their home in Illinois Wednesday. Elmer Brown has been giving his new buggy a fair trial. Sunday Elmer took six girls buggy riding at once, bat Elmer said aa it was a little hard on the axle he would prefer just one after this.