Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1913 — GOSHEN WENT “WET” BY SMALL MAJORITY [ARTICLE]

GOSHEN WENT “WET” BY SMALL MAJORITY

Votes to Retain Its Eleven Saloons By the Narrow Margin of 36 College Section “Dry.” By a majority of 36 votes Goshen Monday voted to retain its eleven saloons. Two years ago the city voted wet by 146 and at the county election four years ago, when the county voted out saloons, Goshen went wet by 44. The total vote polled Monday was 2,392, as against 2,380 two years ago, or a gain of 12. The drys gained 61 and the wets lost 49 when compared with 1911. :