Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1910 — Many Contribute Cash for Charity and Aid Worthy Poor of City. [ARTICLE]

Many Contribute Cash for Charity and Aid Worthy Poor of City.

B. K. Zimmerman and W. V. Porter secured about $25 to buy food and fuel for some worthy poor of the city this Saturday morning.-They learned that one or two families were in very needy circumstances and started the ball rolling by contributing liberally themselves and holding the hat for other willing helpers. Dollars, half dollars and quarters soon totaled about $25, and this money will be spent under the direction of Mrs. C. A. Roberts. A widow named Williams, living on South Cullen street, is said to be in very needy circumstances and to have four children sick with the measles. It was her case principally that inspired the very proper movement Eind the liberal response. Mrs. Chas. Elder is now getting along very well, several of the societies of the town helping her. Her husband has failed, it is understood, to make any effort to support her, but is understood to be working in lowa.