Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1918 — City Adopts War Orphan. [ARTICLE]

City Adopts War Orphan.

Carbondale, lIL-yThe.city of Carbondale has adopted a French war orphan. It will be provided for from city fnnds. It IB believed to be the first adoption of its kind in Illinois. In the base of a new electric hand lantern is < generator that Is driven by clock work so that it may receive current away from a regular source of supply.