Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1910 — Business Men Agree on Plan To Save Early Closing of Stores. [ARTICLE]

Business Men Agree on Plan To Save Early Closing of Stores.

Most of the business men of Rensselaer attended a meeting in the east court room Thursday night to discuss the early closing project* as it was reported that several who had signed the original agreement were about to withdraw from it. It developed at the meeting, however, that most of the merchants were well pleased with the experiment, which has existed for some two and a half months, but it was decided to modify the original terms and to hereafter close at 6:30 instead of 6 o’clock and to keep open Wednesday nights until 9 and Saturday nights until 10. The new hours were made immediately effective. During the month of December the “wide open” policy will be adopted.