Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1915 — Canvassers Make 100 Per Cent On Everything They Sell. [ARTICLE]

Canvassers Make 100 Per Cent On Everything They Sell.

Rensselaer has been full of canvassers during the past few days taking orders for this and that, and they should be promptly turned down and not allowed in the homes of the citizens of the city. The business should be given to the home merchants who are here to back up the goods should they he faulty in any respect. Considerable snealk thieivng is now going on over the country and many of the agents may be calling at the homes to size up the premises and it is safe to watch all strangers. It was reported last week that an agent was in Crown 'Point taking orders for women’s dress skirts, and the fellow informed a certain lady that it would be necessary to leasure her limb between the ankle and knee to get a perfect fit, which is a new wrinkle in measurements. The fellow, according to report, was ordered out of the house. Can it be that he was in search of a stray five dollar bill that might have 'been hidden where women usually carry their spare change? It is a good plan to give the stranger who has something to sell a very wide berth and patronize the home merchant. ,