Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1912 — Rensselaer Depopulated By 95 Persons By Sunday Excursion. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Depopulated By 95 Persons By Sunday Excursion.

The Monon ran Its first summer excursion through Rensselaer Sunday. Thetrain consisted of six coaches and started at Carmel at 6:40 a. m. t arriving here about 9 o’clock and in Chicago at 12 o’clock. The train was not as crowded as was expected, probably due to the threatening skies, and the Monon traveling passenger agent, John Priest, was somewhat disappointed. In spite of the rain, however, Rensselaer contributed her share to the excursion. Agent Beam sold about ninety-five tickets, and it is believed that many more would have been sold bad the weather conditions been more favorable in the morning. The rates from here are only 75 cents a round trip and the people are very quick to take advantage of the cheap fare to go to see the big leaguers play or go to a theatre. Among the local fans who took- in the White Sox-Boston game Sunday were Van Grant, Shorty Adams, Don Beam, Lee Richards and Howard Clark.