Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1917 — AIRPLANES TO MAKE FLIGHTS [ARTICLE]

AIRPLANES TO MAKE FLIGHTS

And Distribute literature to Aid Liberty Bond Sale. Forty-five airplanes and eight balloons will make flights In all directions from Rantoul, Illinois, today, and as they pass over citieß and towns they will drop paper “bombs’’ containing literature to aid the sale of Liberty bonds. One large red “bomb” with a ribbon attached will be dropped in each town passed over and will contain a special message for the mayor. (No schedule has been arranged but as 'Rensselaer and Jasper county Is inside the Rantoul district, it is not at all improbable that some of the flyers may be seen here. At any rate a Sharp lookout will be kept for the army planes.