Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Conntry, SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings In the Nearby Cities Hd Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. CALDWELL HOME NOW OPEN To Open at Earl Park for Refuge for Homeless Women. The trustees of the Caldwell trust have announced that the Jemnie E. Caldwell Memorial home in Earl Park is completed and ready for occupancy. The homo was destroyed by fire May 5, 1917, and has been rebuilt. The new building was erected on practically the same site as the old one, in the northwest part of Earl Park and is on a high plot of ground that Blopes gradually from the front of the biulding, on the east, to the Big Four railroad track. The building is constructed of brick and is modern In every way. There is a basement under the entire building, which is a two-story afTair in the shape of an "L.” Übeat is furnished with a modern 'hot water heating plant and the building Is lighted with gas by its own plant. A complete vacuum cleaning system has been installed and there Is a system carrying hot and cold water to all the bath rooms, pantry, kitchen and cold storage rooms. Two sleeping wards divide the building. The first floor is divided into two sleeping wards of nine and eight rooms, a reception hall, library, office, dining room, butler’s pantry, kitchen, and one large cold room containing refrigerators. The total cost of the building and equipment is $34,274.71.