Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-12
A YEARS CHARITY WORK.
Annual Report of the Agent Submitted
to the Society.

At the annual meeting of the Organ
lied Charities Society the following re-
port of the years work was submitted
by the agent Mrs Nj. e. Whitehead:
ITO the president and executive
committee of the Organized Charltles
of Marshalltown. Your agent respect
fully submits the following report OF
work done during the year beginning
April 1, 1901:
I'VE have given to IS families num-
bering 44O people; 40 of these families
have a regular account on our books
and depend upon the society for CLOTH
ing. shoes and many other usefu.
things. Always looking over our stock
before going uptown to spend their
money, getting what they can from
us and paying in work, thereby making
their money go farther.
THE other SO families are from the
deserving, not very poor, who call upon
us to tide them over some time of
trouble or sickness, and who quickly
regain their independence when the
cause is removed. All have received
aid of some kind, either food, clothing
or work and in every case kindness
sympathy and advice.
ITO supply this department we have
received 1921 pieces of clothing, 1926
pairs of shoes, 245 pairs of hose, FAC
hats, caps and hoods, 50 pieces of
household goods, 139 dishes, 10 pieces
of bedding, % pounds of groceries, 81
loaves of bread, 8 pounds of crackers
13 pounds of sugar, pounds of tea
pounds of coffee, 81 cans of fruit
80 cans of vegetables, % glasses of
jelly, 10 pounds of beans, 2 bushels
of apples, 3h bushels of potatoes, 2
quarts of berries, baskets of cooked
food, 2O4 toys, 10 pictures, (framed)
80 quilt blocks, 10 skeins of yarn, 8
pounds of meat, chickens and many
useful things which can not be weighed
or measured, and which would take too
much space to enumerate, such as
buttons, combs and brushes, handbags.
pocket books, etc.
There has been given for work
1,524 pieces of clothing, including
hats. caps, hoods and hose, 2O4 pair of
shoes, SO pieces of household goods
"a dishes, 25 pieces of bedding, so
bars of soap. "a baskets Of provisions
and 80 yards of carpet.
There have been given without price
forty-nfne baskets of provisions, in
Guiding delicacies for the sick and aged.
During Christmas week the mem
bers of each family of which we have
any knowledge received some present
of toy, book or picture.
In connection with the work we
have an employment bureau. During
the year sixty-six have applied for
work and fifty for help. Twenty-Five
sick and aged people have been assisted
in various ways.
Amount of cash on hand April i,
1901. $3.50; taken in since for goods and
donations, s23.73. Expended, $22.56.
balance on hand April 1. 1902. $1.67.
I'm literature ninety-f five books, 1851
papers and $40 magazines have been
donated, while seventy-four books, 942
papers and 267 magazines have been
"Of our eleven libraries, three have
been lost. one by smallpox, one by diph-
liberia and one stolen. The other eight,
112 volumes, have each been
read seven times during the year.
Work done for the society: Three
hundred and fifty-two quilt blocks
made. 1881 quilt pieces cut, nine COM
fort tops Joined, ten comforts lined and
tied. sixty garments made fifty-four
garments mended, fifteen pounds of
carpet rags cut and sewed, sixty-six
hats trimmed, and some washing and
hauling. Your agent has made $50 Wis
its in the interests of the society,"