Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1917 — Alter Family Has Had a Run of Hard Luck. [ARTICLE]

Alter Family Has Had a Run of Hard Luck.

A letter was received from Lewis Alter, of Carpenter township, today by The Renublican. Mr. Alter states that the remark in The Republican that he was having his share of hard luck was indeed true, but that he is not complaining. Some of the misfortunes which members of the Alter family have had within the past few months follow: Ii» July Miss Myrtie Alter was operated on for appendicitis, in August Lester Alter severed an artery in his foot and almost bled to death, and is-just able to be about. The latter part of August found John Alter, of South Bend, in bed with typhoid fever, from which he is just recovering. On the 16th of September a fire at the Alter farm destroyed property valued at about SI,OOO, and the last of September found Lacy Alter in the hospital, following burns he received while riding his motorcycle. In addition to these misfortunes, Mrs. Alter has beep sick for the past six weeks. — Certainly a run of hard luck.