Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1919 — SOME LIGHT SHED ON THE SAGE RUMOR. [ARTICLE]

SOME LIGHT SHED ON THE SAGE RUMOR.

Mrs. Loren Sage returned to her •home in this city from a visit with relatives at Geneseo, 111., Monday evening. During Mrs. Sage’s absence some damaging rumors have been afloat in reference to Mr. Sage. It has been reported and become common rumor that he was badly involved with the oil company by whom he had been employed and further that he had married another woman. The Republican has been upbraided because it did not publish the story, which indeed was an unfounded rumor that Sage was in jail here or elsewhere. Mrs. Sage spent Monday night with the family of A. R. Hopkins on College avenue and she informed Mr. Hopkins that Mr. Sage had not been arrested; that he has been traveling for a school supply house since leaving the oil company. There Beems to be no doubt but that Sage has been very reckless financially and that he has made it a very great burden to his father to take care of these matters. It is reported that before leaving the oil company he took a large number of orders for oil in and about Mt. Ayr; that he collected the money in advance and that it seems that he has not placed the orders with the company, and while that has been more than six weeks ago, no oil has been received on these orders placed and for which it is claimed Mr. Sage had collected the pay. Mrs. Sage is reported to have said that the relations between her and her husband have always been ideal, and hia financial troubles. hfi” -of " n difficulty in which her husband has been involved. iShe reported to Mr. Hopkins that Mr. Sage would be in Rensselaer this Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Sage has sold his residence on North Cullen street to John EigelSbach.