Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1914 — FIRE DESTROYED TOM PARKER HOME [ARTICLE]

FIRE DESTROYED TOM PARKER HOME

Family Routed Out on Washington’s Birthday When It Was 40 ■' Degrees Below Zero in N. Dak. A letter received by Mrs. James Norris from her niece, Mrs. Tom Parker, now of Thompson, N. Dak., relates their loss and discomfort from a fire that burned their home on Washington’s birthday, com-' pletely destroying their household effects. The mercury stood 40 degrees below zero and Mr. and Mrs. Parker and their five children suffered intensely from the cold. Mrs. Parker, mentioned that she froze one foot and -one ear. They are now stopping with a neighbor, two miles from their burned home, and Tom has to make morning and ev : ening trips to the farm to-do his chores. Their loss was complete, but Mrs. Norris they had some insurance on their household effects. Mr. Parker and family went from this county to North Dakota some five or six years ago. He is a brother of Isaac Parker, of Newton township, and of Charles Parker, of Remington.