Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1897 — A Needy Family. [ARTICLE]

A Needy Family.

A family named O’Donnell is living north of the railroad in no better shelter from this wintry weather than is afforded by a tent. The family consists of Mr. O’Donnell, his wife and three young children. Their situation just now is especially distressing from the fact that Mr. O’Donnell is sick with pneumonia, and with no prospects for getting better so long as he is no better sheltered from the weather. The'Mercy and Help department of the Epworth

League has furnished the unfortunate family what help it could, but there is still great need for further relief work. Mr. O’Donnell is said to be a deserving and industrious man.