Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1915 — Reported to Have Left Some Rad Checks Behind. [ARTICLE]

Reported to Have Left Some Rad Checks Behind.

It would appear that another manufacturing bubble has “busted” in Rensselaer. At least there seems to be no present activity on the part of the Wisconsin and Chicago people who were going to take over the old match factory building and manufacture coal oil heaters. It is also reported on quite good authority that at least one of these parties left a few bad checks here. The Democrat is informed that W. B. Holmes was given a check for $25 which came back from the bank on which it was drawn, with protest charges added. Mr. Holmes is said to have written the party at once, threatening prosecution unless the matter was fixed up immediately, and to have received a reply to hold his horses just a short time and the matter would be straightened out. These parties were from Chicago and Waukegan, 111. The option given them by the Commercial Club on the match factory building expired several days ago, The Democrat is informed.