Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1913 — RUSSELL SAGE GOT BUSY FOR HOSPITAL [ARTICLE]

RUSSELL SAGE GOT BUSY FOR HOSPITAL

Started Out With Subscription Paper and Found Cheerful Aid From Every Quarter. The Evening Republican had not been published over a half hour Monday when Russell Sage, who had read the article about the Rensselaer hospital and its needs, decided to try to secure the money for one or two beds at that institution. He carried his decision into action and provided with a paper headed “The purpose of this.subscription is to buy two beds, one for a gentlemen’s room and one for a ladies’ room, for the Rensselaer General Hospital, we. the undersigned, agree to donate the sums below,” he started out on the task and about every person he met subscribed from $1 to $2. By 3 o’clock this Tuesday afternoon he had procured $49 and was still going. It is proposed to buy two beds, springs, mattresses and bedding for them. The amount so far procured is. not quite sufficient to get all that is needed. It is understood that the rooms are to be used especially for charity patients. Russell’s prompt action is very commendable and the aid he has received will enable the hospital to be of great future service in this community.