Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT RITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. OTTERBEIN RED CROSS CLEARS $2,200 AT SALE The Red Cross unit of Otterbein held a public sale last Saturday and sold goods amounting to $4,600, the net profits amounting to $2,200. One resident of the town had a slim hog which he kept in his barn. The’“animal was kidnapped and brought SBO. One of the committee donated a horse that was ready for the pasture and this also brought a good sum when sold under the hammer. There were many equally Interesting features connected with the sale. It is believed that the $2,200 realized from tihis sale leads any similar Red 'Cross event in the state for a town the size of Otterbein. The amount is to be used in buying material to be worked up by the Red Cross society of the thriving little town. —Lafayette Journal.