Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-31
The WADE MONUMENT
Text Of the Appeal For Funds
For Monument to Jennie
Wade.
9
Iowa Women Taking Lead in the
Project---Reliei Corps at
Work.
Jennie Wade Was Only Woman
Killed at the Battle Of
Gettysburg.

Gettysburg.
Special TO Times-Re Republican.
Belmond, Dec. 31-Mrs. Margaret F.
Human, of this place. as chairman of
the committee of the Women's Relief
Corps appointed to look after the fund
for the monument to be erected to the
memory OF Jennie Wade, on the battle
field of Gettysburg, has issued a circu-
lar which is signed by herself, Mrs,
Mary e. Dearborn, of Red Oak, and
Mrs. Sadie Heasley James of Center
Vile, and approved by Mrs. Christine
C.. Snyder, department president, of
SCreston, in which the plans of the
Icofps the inception Of the memorial
movement project and the circumstan-
ces of Miss Made's death are outlined.
Jennie Wade was a sister of Mrs.
Georgia Wade Mcclellan, of Deniaon,
past department president of the Iowa
w. r.. c., and the corps present de-
partment secretary. 1T is for this rea-
son that the Iowa women are 80 much
Interested in the project, and Mrs. Hin
man says that Iowa's relief corps
members Will build the onument them
selves if they have TO- altho itsis antici-
[pated and hoped that aid viii be cheers
|fully rendered from individuals and
corps of other states.
The circular that mas been issued is
assfoliows::
ITO Every Member of the Woman 8
Relief Corps and ALI LOYAL Friends
yDear Co Workers. Az the clos. sof the
national convention at sPhiladalnhia IN
1899 tho Iowa women snent 4 dav al
C,at.yshurg We visted tha d;fferent
lsnlaces Of Interest an that tis,toric hat
itlefield. flav w.a will mold in ns.r,,,,rv
a ~ long ~ life shah last Az We looked
tsdown the yallay Of Death the orly
wonder was,haf any were left and Vic
tory Won Not tbs. l,a = az IN as.s,, ~, )
Isthe little brick house xitt, ~ 3 mole lssft
|aby the minieball in fb.. door raca,lina.
sthat heroine Jennie Wade. ,vhn cave
her life for freedom and M. dear. did
i.nap ,rha fir., 51a,. ~ ~ hattla 81 4
drew an1, carried water from the wind
Islnss veil and sf,lied the cantat.ns ami,
ma shriel,inr of shel,s and tht o,vf,,l
ldin of the battle She naye, sweYve.fl
from her willing task sof GIVING the cun
| OF cold water Ia those brave men ana
laval No.,
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with 4. win and sbefora ohio had aons
this hall from M. ay.s,,,isss,, 80,
4 crashed thru tha door. and ki,lad ,ha
brave girl in her ss,te,.ss he,n,s. IN 81 J
morning of .I,,iv s,,,a va h,,risd M,
/ evening Of .T,,l,. q nv soldisr i nj, =,
conn nrsr,s,e9 ~, { :
colonel Who rad fal,er Il, t,,a. hstt1s
i She gave her life as heroically as did
i ehe lisen.
az we 1000 AT the grave, where
',tlaits white san marks her resting
i'sf'ls, anu anu d i''epush crops gracefully
osei en ne, Green i'louI!c, the Thought
aes slAe' my not a monument The
IS sise'ssii,n aiiliuai convention aepaft-
n tat "a