Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1917 — TURNS REJECTED SHELLS INTO FLOWER VASES [ARTICLE]

TURNS REJECTED SHELLS INTO FLOWER VASES

, t Alton, Hi- —Brass shells made - by a cartridge company a£ East ' Alton and rejected by inspectors ■ for the Russian government are ! being used for flower vases. An enterprising jewelry com- , pany has arranged to purchase ; the supply of rejected shells and 1 fix them up for ornamental pur- ' poses. —The —company says there—. is a good demaSfi. ----- The shells are sfci indies In diameter and more than a foot and a half in length.