Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1912 — Several Families in Need; Charity Measures Proposed. [ARTICLE]

Several Families in Need; Charity Measures Proposed.

Persons who look after the needs of the poor report that at this time a number of families in Rensselaer are in quite destitute circumstances and that there are no funds to use for their relief. It has been proposed that a charity entertainment be given, the proceeds to be placed In the hands of a committee for systematic distribution. The long, severe winter has kept many industrious men and women out of work and their* expenses have been much more than during ordinary winters, owing to the long cold period. No time should be lost in meeting whatever needs exist and the ministers will find hearty co-operation of the public if they will devote some time to this matter.