Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1917 — ALL BUSINESS TO SUSPEND [ARTICLE]

ALL BUSINESS TO SUSPEND

FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 2 TO 5 FOR RED CROSS BASEBALL GAME. * 6 The business section of Rensselaer will be a deserted one Friday afternoon from ’2 to 5 o’clock—more de-; serted than it ever has been before, due to the fact that S. P. Hilliard got busy. Banks, restaurants, barbershops and all other lines of business joined heartily in the movement to close up their places during the ball game to be played in the interests of the Red Cross movement in this county. In not a single instance was a dissenting voice raised. Anyone wanting a shave, money, ice cream or anything else will have to wait until after 5 o’clock, for Rensselaer is going to be too busy to bother with trivial things. B. F. Fendig has donated Riverside park for the afternoon’s entertainment, so the expense accompanying the game will be small indeed. It appears that quite a neat little sum will be raised to go toward the Red Cross fund of the county nOw. The band concert and other attractions accompanying the ball game should prove to be quite an attraction and provide splendid entertainment during the entire afternoon. The game is not expected to border on anything representing big league stuff, for there should be lots of base knocks and fielding errors with some bonehead plays added that will not allow the contest to lag.