Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1915 — ATTENDED SCHOOL IN "SHANGHAI" BUILDING [ARTICLE]

ATTENDED SCHOOL IN "SHANGHAI" BUILDING

Frank J. Mayhew Writes From San Francisco and Sends Pictures of Indiana Building. San Francisco, Cal., April 22, 1915. Rensselaer Republican: Herein you will find three post cards showing the Indiana building and grounds at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, which I thought would be of interest to you. I had the pleasure of meeting here a few weeks ago ex-Vice-President Fairbanks and hearing him talk before the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco on “The Panama Canal and the Exposition,” explaining the great benefits the canal would bring to the United States and particularly to the pacific coast. I have previously said to you that when a boy I was a resident of Rensselaer (1860-1665). I attended school in the “Shanghai” building, top floor, on the main street, which was the only school in town at the time. Later a school house was built in the northwestern part of town and Simon P. Thompson was the principal. Respectfully yours, FRANK J. MAYHEW.