Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — RUMMAGE SALES UNDER BAN. [ARTICLE]

RUMMAGE SALES UNDER BAN.

Columbus Health Board Says They will Not be Permitted. Columbus, Ind., Nov. 19-—The people who depend on rummage sales for their clothing and furnishingß are doomed to disappointment in Columbus this winter, because rummage sales are under the official ban of the Columbus Board of Health. 'During the recent diptherfa epidemic no effort was made to hold any of these sales but last week, when the diptheria was practically wiped out, the Central Christian church announced a sale in the basement of the city hall. As soon as Secretary A. M. Kirkpatrick, of the Board of nealth, learned that the sale was in progress he ordered it stopped and then issued a public notice, stating tnat no more rummage sales would be allowed this winter. Kummage sales have become recognized .nstitutions among the churches of Columbus. Poor people depended on these sales almost exclusively and some well-to-do people waited lor a rummage Bale and then bought a supply of cast-on winter clothing.