Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1913 — TWENTY-FOUR HOURS ON EXCURSION TRAIN [ARTICLE]

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS ON EXCURSION TRAIN

Twelve Hours Going and Same Returning From Louisville—2l7 Out of. Rensselaer. The Louisville excursion proved the biggest drawing crowd that the Monon has run for a long time. When the train left Rensselaer at 6:30 Sunday morning it had 217 passengers out of this city and surrounding country. It is said thpt sixteen others missed the' train because they overslept. Those who missed the train seem to have the best of the bargain. The train met Up with one delay after another, due to the immense crowd that took passage on it. Rensselaer was not the only town where the excursion did a big business. There were 165 out of Monon, while all down the line they came in large bunches. The train became so heavy that it was finally cut in two sections and ran for 'some distance, when one of the engines got into trouble and the two trains were again made into one and the twenty-one coaches proved a heavy load and the train did not reach Louisville until 5:30 o’clock. It left there at about 11:30 that night and arrived here at 11:30 this morning, bringing back 217 of the sorriest looking excursionists since the French Lick excursion of last year. Notwithstanding the delays going and coming most of the patrons.of the excursion said they ha<} enjoyed themselves and were glad they had made the trip. The Eastern Star Club will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. Mary D. Eger. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Snedeker were visited over Sunday by her brother, V. C. Loos, and her nephew, Roy Loos, of Athens, Ohio, who stopped off here on their wtfy to Chicago, where they will attend the national convention of jewelers, in which business they are engaged.