Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1896 — FROM WEST CARPENTER. [ARTICLE]

FROM WEST CARPENTER.

Oats harvest opened on the 6th with prospects of an excellent crop. Hay nearly all up, in an excellent condition. tMrs. L. S. Alter got her hanc pretty badly burned on the 4th while helping the children with some fireworks. A very pleasant picnic at Mr. Geo. Welch’s on the Fourth. The Mennonltes have a flourishing Sunday School and church at Bowdie school house, west part Carpenter Tp, Services evey Sunday a. m. in both German and English.