Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1917 — A. L. Branch Prospering In State of California. [ARTICLE]

A. L. Branch Prospering In State of California.

The Republican is in receipt of a draft for two dollars from Albert L. Branch, now of Stockton, Cal. Mr. Branch is succeeding splendidly there as he did here and as hustlers always do everywhere. He sells ice, feed, Lwl—and building material and has a business quite similar to that in which he was engaged in this city. Mr. Branch came to Rensselaer and entered into a partnership with J. H. Cox. He had, when he came to Renssolaer, about a thousand dollars. He was in business here about six years and when he left he had increased that investment, some seven or eight times. Mr. Blanche’s first wife was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wileox of this city. Her death occurred a few years before he left Rensselaer. Just before leaving Rensselaer he was married to Miss Eatno Lebold, who was a teacher in the public schools of this city.