Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1918 — Federal Hospital Inmates Knitting for the Soldiers [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Federal Hospital Inmates Knitting for the Soldiers

More than 100 women, Inmates of St. Elizabeth's hospital, the federal Institution for the Insane, are knitting for Uncle Sam's sailors and soldiers. Prior to the war the women inmates did no work, though the men who are not violently insane have always done manual labor around the hospital. The women take great pride in their achievements and are aware of its patriotic nature. They have turned out a great quantity of useful garments.