Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1908 — Death of Mrs. Martha Clark. [ARTICLE]

Death of Mrs. Martha Clark.

The aged mother of Mrs. Henry Amsler died last Saturday evening at her home on Weston street. She was 91- years of age on August 14th, and had been living here for about eight years, having come here from New York shortly after Mr. and Mrs. Amsler moved here. The funeral occurred at the Amsler home this Monday afternoou at two o’clock, Dr. H. L. Kindig having charge of .the services. Interment was mad; in Weston cemetery. An obituary of this venerable old lady will be published in tbe next issue of this paper. A lense smoke, resembling fog hangs over the city and much of the ‘country about Rehs&elaer today, and doubtless comes from the many prairie fires that have occurred north of here.. Henry Amsler lost a part of the corn crop on the Maple Grove farm Sunday, and Lyman Barce lost 6 or 7 acres a few days ago. The railroad is responsible for much of the fire. A rumor that the Wood

school house had burned was not true. Saturday afternoon another big fire raged over north of Stoutsburg, and burned about 40 ricks of hay, and destroyed considerable corn. It required the best efforts of several men to keep the fire from burning Frazier Antrim's house and Mike Delehanty also bad a close call for his house and barn. Mrs. A. W. Wood, who has been vM lting in Chicago, joined her husband and daugh’.u* here this morning, and will vißit his sister, Mrs. Henry Pierson, of Jordan township, and his brother, Henry Wood, in town. Mr. Wood is the pastor of the Delphi M. E. church. Delbert Beckman came up from Lafayette Saturday and remained until this morning, visiting his parents.