Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1914 — MRS. M'CARTERTO TO TALK ON LINCOLN [ARTICLE]

MRS. M'CARTERTO TO TALK ON LINCOLN

Former Rensselaer School Teacher, Now Noted Author, Accepts Invitation of Ladies. At a meeting of the Ladies’ Liter-, ary Society held at the home of Mrs. J. J. Hunt Friday afteiyioon a pleasant surprise was given the ladies by the announcement by Mrs; George E. Murray that she had received a letter from Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, of Topeka, Kans., stating that she wopld come here from Chicago on Jan. 30th, and address the ladies with “Abraham Lincoln” as her subject. It is needless to say the ladies were very greatly pleased at the announcement. Mrs. McCarter is to be one of the speakers at the annuaf banquet to be given by the Kansas Society of Chicago on Jan. 29th, and will come here the next day. The meeting of the literary society will be held in the evening of Jan. 30th at the home of Mrs. Mary E.-/tfhompson and the husbands of the members will also be invited forattend and to hear Mrs. McCarter’s address. Many Rensselaer people have read her most recent book, ‘The Master’s Degree,” and her welcome here wiH ; be a most cordial one and our people will consider themselves'greatly favored ,to have her present on that occasion.