Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1910 — Wife in Holland; Husband Wants His Freedom. [ARTICLE]

Wife in Holland; Husband Wants His Freedom.

Herman Bronkhurst, of Jasper county, has filed suit for divorce in the Jasper court against his wife, Everdema Bronkhurst. They were married in Ottawa county, Mich., in 1900, and parted August 25, 1904. The defendant is now supposed to be in Holland. They have<no children. Alfred Irwin, of Springleld, Mo., has sent to his old friends, Mrs. J. W. Medicus, $5.00 for the monument fund. He has not seen his old home in 40 years, but his interest in this place is still with him. He is a very wealthy and prosperous man and writes: “As to my name being on that shaft, that matters not. It will help to mark some poor soul’s name perhaps~who has no friends and has been forgotten.” He was a soldier in the 87th regiment and enlisted here when a poor boy. He writes that he is 69 years old and hale and hearty. Stops itching instantly. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, tetter, itch, hives, herpes, scabies—Doan's Ointment. At any drug store.