Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1908 — Increase Will Be Paid. [ARTICLE]

Increase Will Be Paid.

Under the provisions governing the increase in ' the" rate of pensions for widows, minors and helpless children, j it will not be necessary for pensioners to make any special application for the Increase, according to instruc- ' tibiis received at the Indianapolis office of the Bureau of Pensions yesterday. The instructions advise that i the rate of pensions to all widows, i minors and helpless children now on the pension rolls at a less rate will be Increased to sl2 a month under the act of April 19, 190 a, from the date of the act. “No application,” says the instructions, "is required to obtain the intcreased rate,- but the same will be J paid by the United States pension agent at the next quarterly payment on the receipt of the voucher properly executed, which is now in possession pf the pensioner. The present pension certificate should be retained until its return shall have been requested by the pension agent from whom the pension is received.”

Farmers: Leave your produce at the Home Grocery; they pay highest prices. They also have the cleanest, freshest groceries at the lowest prices. Busiest place in town.—Home Grocery.