Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1918 — FURNITURE FACTORY SHOWING ITS PATRIOTISM [ARTICLE]

FURNITURE FACTORY SHOWING ITS PATRIOTISM

The Columbia Furniture Factory, Rensselaer’s thriving little factory, is showing its patriotism these days. The factory is now making seventyfive wooden guns which are to be sold to the members of the local Liberty Guard. The guns are superior to those now being used by the memiers of the guard and will be sold for 25c each. The old guns cost 50c. The proceeds derived from the sale of the guns will be turned over to the Red Cross chapter. The factory is also making a fine large davenport which will be sold at the auction sale Saturday, March 23. The sum realized from the sale of the davenport will likewise be donated to the Red Cross. The Columbia factory is a busy little institution, but despite this fact the management finds time occassioqally to aid in the patriotic movements engineered by the city, and their donations next Saturday will be appreciated by all. Young men are now needed at the factory as the owners find themselves short of help. Here is a chance for some of our young men t oleafn a* good trade and at the same time receive a salary.