Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1912 — Dates of the Several Township Institutes. [ARTICLE]

Dates of the Several Township Institutes.

The second township institute in the different townships is to be as follows: Carpenter, October sth. Gillam, October sth. Hanging Grove and Milroy, September 28th. Jordan, October sth. Kankakee and Wheatfield, Oct. sth. Keener, October sth. Marion and Newton, Sept. 28th. Walker, October sth. Since these are meetings of the teachers of the townships held for the betterment of the schools, patrons of the schools are invited to be present and take part in the discussions. , Members of the general stafT on the organization of the land forces of the army in a report issued Friday recommend a substantial increase in the strength_jof the army and national guard. Hundreds of rations of whisky were poured into the streets of Petersburg, this state, Friday afternoon, when revenue officers raided three alleged “blind tigers.” More than a dray load of demijohns and barrels containing the liquor were hauled to the public square and the whisky poured into the gutter. Petersburg is a dry town, u*. No person Bhould miss seeing one of the biggest dramatic sensations presented in years, when “A Girl of the Underworld” will ,be produced at the Ellis Theatre on Saturday night, Sept 28. A beautiful story "of tenderloin life which holds /its audience spellbound from the opening act to the finale. -