Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1915 — Chairman of Board of Charities Sees Hospital Need. [ARTICLE]

Chairman of Board of Charities Sees Hospital Need.

I was interested in the suggestions offered through The Republican during the early spring for the betterment of Rensselaer, hoping each time some one would especially emphasize the hospital need. Not so very long ago an operation for appendicitis was undergone on a table in the kitchen in one of our good homes. Delay meant death, and that was the best that could be done. Other cases could be cited. We often come up against conditions we are unable to relieve properly. Nurse hire and relief for the physically unfit deplete our funds more rapidly than any other one cause. 'Many persons, for chronic ailments, maternity cases and contagious disease, would prefer paying for care outside the home circle. I would be pleased to see the hospital project carried out and I feel sure I am voicing the sentiments of every one of our board and of many others who have given this matter thought.—Chairman Relief Committee, Board of Associated Charities.