Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1910 — Aid Caming Daily From Old Friends for the Monument. [ARTICLE]

Aid Caming Daily From Old Friends for the Monument.

Aid from former Rensselaer and Jasper county people toward the erection of the Milroy Soldiers’ monument is coming in daily; and the friendly interest our former young men, who have become successful in the various fields in which they have located, is very reassuring to Mrs. Thompson and the committees Ahat are assisting her, - that old Rensselaer holds a favored place in their memory. Will E. Moss, whose father was Dr. Gordon A. Moss, once a well known physician in Rensselaer and a soldier during the civil war, sends $lO from Detroit, Mich., where Will is now a successful banker, under the firm name of W. , E. Moss & Co. He said in his letter to Mrs. Thompson: “Kindly permit me to acknowledge receipt of yours of the 3d, which came during my absence from the city, asking for subscription for the monument to -be erected on General Mllroy’s old homestead, and I herewith enclose draft for $lO, which I trust will be acceptable. I thank you for the opportunity of being one of the subscribers to this fund.

Hon. Jesse E. Wilson writes from Washington, D. C., as follows: “I enclose herewith check for $5 to be turned into the Milroy Soldiers’ monument fund. It certainly gives me great pleasure to aid in this movement, and I further take pride in the fact that I contributed my mite to the fund that was raised to purchase~the site, and it is a source of great gratification to me that this site is now being utilized for such a patriotic purpose.” Albert E. Coen, of Berwyn, 111., who Is the auditor for the Western Trust and Savings Bank, of Chicago, writes as follows: “Enclosed find check for $5 to apply to the monument fund. I certainly very honestly commend the project of erecting a monument to General Milroy and the Jasper county volunteer soldiers. Ido not know just what is intended to be done, but I hope the subscription will meet with such hearty response that you will be able to improve Milroy park and make it a spot that will be attractive as well as commemorative. Please credit the enclosed amount as follows: $2 to Mrs. A. E. Coen, $2 to A. E. Coen and $1 to Alban W. Coen.” James E. Flynn sent $1 from Kennedy, Ind., and states that he hopeß to be here for the unveiling on July 4th. Chas. E. Lewis, formerly of Barkley township, sent $1 from Orono, Maine, where he is a teacher in a college. Chas. R. Yeoman, who is engaged in the real estate business at Newcastle, Wyoming, sent $2, to be credited to his wife and himself. He writes as follows: “Enclosed I hand you check for $2 as the small contribution of my wife and myself, to the Milroy Monument fund. We have noted with deep interest, the progress In this patriotic undertaking, and are pleased as all loyal former residents of Jasper county should be at its consummation. It is likely that Mrs. Yeoman .will be in Rensselaer at the time of unveiling, and I should very much desire to be present myself, but that will be impossible. While it is altogether unlikely that I will ever again be a resident of Jasper county, it will always be remembered with affection as the home of my childhood and young manhood, and still holds many who are very near and dear to me.”