Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1910 — NO FOURTH OF JULY [ARTICLE]

NO FOURTH OF JULY

Celebration at Rensselaer Will Be Held This Year. A very slimly attended meeting was held at the court house Friday evening to talk 4tih of July celebration, and, while the ttendance scarcely justified, commutes were appointed to go around and see the business men and learn the sentiment. After interviewing some of the business men Monday the committee reported no interest taken in the project, and the matter will likely be dropped. The dedication of the Milroy monument on that day will no doubt draw a number of people here who prefer a quiet program, while the young folks who enjoy something more strenuous, where firecrackers of at least the length of one’s finger may be shot-off, will go to neighboring towns. , The small boy whose patriotic instincts yearn for cannon crackers must hike to the country or to some more noisely patriotic town than Rensselaer to give vent to this enthusiasm,- and he cannot even buy the big noisemakers here, either.