Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1918 — FRANK P. MYER IS CHOSEN AGAIN [ARTICLE]

FRANK P. MYER IS CHOSEN AGAIN

1 FORMER RENSSELAER MAN i SELECTED HEAD OF SHOE ASSOCIATION THIRD TIME. The Republican is in receipt today of the Danville, (Ill.), Commer- • cial News of July 25, 1918, in which j much space is given to Frank P. ’ Meyer, son of Mrs. Mary Meyer, of I this city. The picture of Mr. Meyer j appears in this issue also. Mr. Meyer has been in the shoe business in Danville for fourteen years and has been very successfu financially and is very popular with the people of that city. At the Illinois Shoe Retailer s Association helld in .Peoria, July 22, 23, and 24, Mr. Meyer was for the third consecutive year elected president. There were more than four hundred dealers prsent at this meeting. Mr. Meyer received a gift of two silver candle sticks and other valuables from the members of the association. The Illinois association is the largest in the country. Mr. Meyer’s firm, Cavanaugh & Meyer, had on exhibition at the Peoria convention a collection of ancient shoes worn by royalty and soldiers of the olden days. The shoes are the property of the United States Machinery Company, and are the greatest collection of its kind in the world. They include the boots of Henry VIII, weighing forty pounds. The company vaules the selection beyond price. During this week Cavanaugh & Meyer will enhibit the selection at their Danville store and later they will be on exhibition at the State Centennial Fair at Springfield.