Rare Gift for Fatherland.
Showing a love of country that could not be more self-sacrificing, Carl Barwieck, an aged resident of Davenport, Iowa, has given to the German war relief fund committee his most treasured family heirloom, a rare German Bible, 311 years old. The book has been in the possession of the Barwieck family for over 300 years. It was printed in Wittenberg in 1603 by Lorenz Seuberlich.
“I haven’t anything else to give. Maybe you can sell this for something and get money for the fatherland that way,� said Barwieck, when he produced the old heirloom. His gift was accepted. It is expected to bring several hundred dollars. Wealthy Germans here are planning to buy it and give it to the Academy of Sciences.