Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1914 — Hallowed Spot [ARTICLE]

Hallowed Spot

“Why doesn’t somebody build on this vacant lot? You seem to be short on civic enterprise.” “Quite the contrary, stranger. The man who owns that lot has too much public spirit to build on it.” “How do you make that out?” “That’s where the circus show* when it comes to town.”