Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Thousand Families Homeless by Fire. Krementchug, Russia, Aug. 24.—A thousand families have been rendered homeless by a fire that burned a day and a night. Five Killed by Explosion of Gas. Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 24.—Five persons were killed* and twelve injured by an explosion at the city gas works, BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Aug. 23, to Mr. and Mrs. C* C. ' Parks of near Surrey, a daughter.