Foreign Language Press Service

Report of the Agent for the German Society of Chicago for the Month of March

Illinois Staats-Zeitung, Apr. 2, 1861

Employment furnished for 105
Free tickets for needy 2
Tickets at reduced prices 3
Board and lodging for poor travelers 6
Furnished medicine and medical attention for 11
Found lost baggage for 3
Found relatives or friends for 30
Help in financial matters for 3
Wrote letters for 61
Referred to County for medical aid, or lodging and board 27

Collected for, and donated to, sick:

Firewood 31/2 cords
Various kinds of flour 190 pounds
2
Potatoes 31/2 bushels
Beans 6 quarts
Barley 5 pounds
Soup-meat 58 pounds
Old clothing given to 6
Used shoes 12 pairs

Chicago, Illinois, March 31, 1861.

F. Schlund, Agent.

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