Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1912 — W. R. C. Barrel of Fruit Welcomed at Soldiers's Home. [ARTICLE]

W. R. C. Barrel of Fruit Welcomed at Soldiers's Home.

The barrel of fruit sent by the Rensselder Womans’ Relief Corps, No. 39, to the state soldiers’ home at Lafayette, for a New Years gift, very joyously received, as the following letter received recently will show: Mrs. Ida Benjamin, Rensselaer, Irid., Dear Sister: Your barrel of fruit came in good shape and was certainly fine. Please accept our sincere thanks for it in the names of our sick ones, rfhd we have many of them now. But We have so much here to be thankful for. Our quarters have been so comfortable, warm and we have had plenty of wholesome food to eat, while many 1 outside have bad so little. We have had 1,038 in the home, all we can accommodate; how we wish we had more room to receive others who are asking to come We can do very little for the old comrades who did so much for us. They can never be repaid; all we can do Is to make them comfortable. I can assure you that we appreciate your kindness and hope that you will have a prosperous new year. I am yours in F. C. & L. LAURA E. INGERSOL, Matron.