Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1914 — Walked a Mile to Daughter’s Home On Her 90th Birthday. [ARTICLE]

Walked a Mile to Daughter’s Home On Her 90th Birthday.

Mrs. Jared Benjamin was 90 years of age Saturday, Aug. Bth, and she celebrated the event by walking to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Martindale, almost a mile from her own home. iMrs. Benjamin enjoys rer markable health for one of her advanced years and under the watchful guidance of her daughter, Miss Mattie, makes dally trips to the postofflce and through the business part of town. She is one of the venerable old mothers whose happy smile is a pleasure to all who greet her.