Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1915 — Early Closing of Business Houses to Be Continued. [ARTICLE]

Early Closing of Business Houses to Be Continued.

At a meeting held last Friday evening of the Rensselaer Merchants Association, The Democrat is informed, that the proposition of closing the business houses during the summer at 6 p. m., except on Wednesday and Saturday nights, was adopted and the band concerts will take place on Wednesday instead of Thursday evenings. It was also decided to hold another bargain or market day next month, but the date for same has not been fixed at this writing. Some new stunts will be pulled off at the next bargain day and the specials will not be put on sale until a later hour. The mistakes made at the March sale will be avoided at the April sale. Further announcement of the matter will be made later. early closing hour, it is not known just how popular this will be during the summer, and, it may later be decided to keep open until ,a later hour than that now proposed.