Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1916 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

MEMORIAL Gather the garlands rare today. Snow-white rosea and roses red; Gather the fairest flowers of May, Heap them upon the heaps of clay, Gladden the graves of the noble dead. This day the friends of the soldiers keep, And they will keep It through all the years, To the silent city where soldiers sleep Will come with flowers, to watch and weep And water the garlands with their tears. —Cy Warm an.