Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1916 — Traveling Man Who Came Here Many Years Ago is Dead. [ARTICLE]

Traveling Man Who Came Here Many Years Ago is Dead.

Jeff McDonald, 57 years of age and for almost thirty years a drug salesman, died Tuesday at his home in Crawfordsville. Prior to five years ago when he suffered a stroke of paralysis Mr. McDonald came to Rensselaer, where he made many acquaintances and was admired for his many good qulities. He was distinct from other traveling salesmen in one particular. He always wore a Sower on his coat lapel, usually a carnation. For twenty-five or thirty years prior to the affliction that made it impossible for him to continue on the road he came regularly to Rensselaer and the other cities and towns in his territory. “