Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1912 — Piano Contest Result. [ARTICLE]

Piano Contest Result.

The (1. E. Murray Co. announces the following result in its piano contest: No. 128 1,230,115 No. 22 1,091,805 No. 133 1,025,235 No. 45 1,009,820 No. 9 691,625 No. 134 655,905 Freed’s dog and pony show which came here Thursday proved to be an excellent diversion’ Although there were only seven wagons in the outfit, the show was very clean in appearance. They played to a packed house Thursday night. Every seat and all standing room was sold, and the show they gave was very good for its kind. Their show grounds were not very centrally located, but that they had to turn people away from the box office was probably due to the fact that they ad ver t i sed in The Re pub licah; Moral: It pays, etc. C. A. Robbins, a Chicago automobile agent, passed through Rensselaer with two Abbot-Detroit automobiles Saturday on his way to Indianapolis. Robbins is the man whose reckless driving forced a buggy occupied by two Union township ladies into the ditch last year and who was arrested near Rensselaer after his automobile broke down. He later escaped by getting repairs for his (machine and leaving in the early morning, but was pursued to Indianapolis and arrested. His experience’ 1 cost him S2OO or more and he proceeds a little more cautiously when he goes through Jasper county now.