Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1918 — CLOSE LARGE STORE TO FIGHT FOR COUNTRY [ARTICLE]

CLOSE LARGE STORE TO FIGHT FOR COUNTRY

Chicago. When' the lights were put out the other night in the four-story .department store of Moeller Brothers, here, the curtain went down on the first act of a stirring drama of patriotism. The Moeller brothers, John P. and Earl C. have offered up the milllon-dollar business as a sacrifice on the altar of loyalty to the nation in which their father and grandfather, both Germanborn, made their fortunes. Stock and buildings have been sold and the brothers now are awaiting dally the call to report for service In Uncle Sam’s army. For 40 years the Moellers, grandfather, father and sons, have been building-up the business, until last year its transactions totaled more than $1,000,000. Three and a half years ago the father died and the sons took business, which at the time of its liquidation had over 150 employees.