Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1916 — Visit Son at Fort Benjamin Harrison [ARTICLE]

Visit Son at Fort Benjamin Harrison

Mr. and Mrs. Al Peters and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Humphreys went to Indianapolis Sunday to see the former’s son and Mrs. Humphrey’s brother, George Peters, of Lafayette, who is a sergeant in Battery C of I Lafayette. They returned home on the early train Monday morning. Mr. Peters says the street car service from the city out to Fort Benjamin Harrison was the worst he ever saw. There was not nearly half enough cars to accommodate the visitors, the cars were packed to the limit and passengers were held up for 40 cents for the round trip, where the regular fare is but 25 cents. They left the grounds to return to the city at 6:30 and did not get into Indianapolis to the terminal station until 10:30*that night. The distance from the camp to the city is but 12 or 14 miles. They saw quite a number of members of Company M and report them all in good spirits. This is the last week for your yellow coupons on the player piano. Get them ail in on Wednesday as color changes next week —ROWLES & PARKER.