Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1902 — Home for the Orphans. [ARTICLE]

Home for the Orphans.

The Knights of Pythias lodge will build an orphanage during the present year somewhere in the state of Indiana. The location not yet' been decided upon and the largest bonus raised will in all probability secure the home. The grand lodge will probably vote a tax of SI on each member of the order in Indiana for a building fund This will be the means of raising about $48,000. The fund is now about SIO,OOO, which will make $58,000 to be expended in buildings. The board having the matter in charge wants 60 acres of land that will cost about $3,000. The county that gets the home will have to raise about $5,000 and the northern part of the state has as good a ohanoe as the central and southern portions. Grant county is making every effort to land the institution.