Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1917 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Our line of rubber footwear is large and complete. Rubber goods are vrey difficult to obtain from wholesale houses. We are in shape to take care of your wants in this line. B. N. Fendig. REDMEN All Redmen are requested to meet at the hall Monday evening, December 17. Important business. By ORDER OF SACHEM. • NOTICE AU business houses wiU remain open on evenings on and after Monday, December 17, until after Christmas. Rensselaer Retail Merchants’ Association.

If a man or woman should write to Santa Claus with the simple faith that the children do, the man would say something like this:

Dear Old Man— For all these" years you and I have been filling the stockings of the universe, you have got a heap of glory out of it and I don’t begrudge you a bit, but if it had not been for my checkbook they’d have attached your sleigh for taxes The folks are going to give me something this year. They always do. tell them, won’t you that, I Do Not Want a snow shovel, a saw buck, a bunch of flowers or a bottle for perfume. But there are things I do want. Some of them I must have, and if I get them they will save me money. I should like some new NECKTIES, nobody ever has enough (25c to $1.00), and some SILK SHIRTS ($3.00 to $5.00), ana some of those ($1.50) kind. One of those HART SCHAF r NEB & MARX SUITS or OVERCOATS would just fill the bill. And the I/AJ>X would say I could Use very nicely, one of those PALMER GARMENT CO. SUITS or a, good COAT (offered now at reduced price.) A nice DRESS PATTERN, SILK or WOOL, SILK UNDER SKIRT, TABLE LINENS,

P. 8. And if you love me don’t fail to tell them to buy the things at. The G. E. Murray Co. Store