Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1911 — Mrs. Karen Gulbransen Dies After Surgical Operation. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Karen Gulbransen Dies After Surgical Operation.

Mrs. Karen Gulbransen, who was taken to the Francis Willard hospital, in Chicago, was operated upon for tumor last Wednesday, and although she recovered fairly well from the anesthetic, the surgeons held out very little hope for her recovery, and she died at the hospital Monday evening. Mrs. Gulbransen was the mother of eleven children, ten of whom survive her. Her son Clarence and daughter Clara were with their mother at the hospital when the operation was performed, and her sons Henry and Elmer, and daughters, Mrs. Casius Wesner and Edna went to Chicago "••osday morning with the expectation of seeing their mother before she passed away, and had not learned of the demise before departure. The funeral services will be held at Wheatfleld Friday, February 10th, at one o’clock. A complete obituary will be published next week.

Mrs. Amiel Schrader, of North Dakota. came Wednesday with the intention of visiting home folks, and it was certainly sad when several members of the family met Mrs. Schrader at Schneider Jet, returning from Chicago with the remains of their mother.

Senator Beveridge will be among the speakers in the senate who will deliver eulogies next Saturday on the late Senator Dolliver of lowa. Senator Beyeridge and Senator Dolliver were close friends.

The Pennsylvania railroad company last week placed an order in its local car shops at Altoona for 1,000 open gondola cars This order will keep the car shop men busy for several months.

The pupils of the Hope school in Bartholomew county are protesting against six days’ study per week and on the sixth day the attendance is light. School is being held on ‘Saturdays to make np the ten days lost while the school was closed by the shutting off of the beet from the