Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1918 — SALE BRINGS NEARLY $3,000 [ARTICLE]

SALE BRINGS NEARLY $3,000

Report Not Yet Complete But Above Figures Approximately Correct. While Saturday was a rather cool, raw day, there Was a good crowd of people in town during the afternoon and the various attractions and sales for raising funds for J the local Red Cross were well patronized. At this writing it is thought the total amount raised will approximate $3,000. There is quite a lot of canned fruit and some other articles that were not all disposed of Saturday and they will be closed out at the Red Cross headquarters. Following are the receipts as compiled to Monday and reported to The Democrat: Auction sale (about) $1 200.00 Country store 301.80 Candy booth 54.90 Boßk booth 16.fi0 White elephant booth .... 31.30 “Pickpockets” 10.55 Flowers 7.3 a Jap tea shop Knock the kaiser 26.3r> Antique exhibition 46.95 13a,nce . • . . • Cafeteria dinner (about).. 240.00 Donations . . 5 74.00 Moving pictures 75.00 Total $2,638.14 The excellent cafeteria dinner served in the corridors on the first floor at the court house was very largely patronized, and so great was the crowd that many went away •without being served, rather than to wait for those ahead of them. The 2-year-old heifer given by J. J. Lawler brought SIOO, being bid off !by Granville Moody, who gave her back and she was sold for about an even SIOO the second time. The safnje thing was done •with the Holstein calf given by Mrs. John Duvall, Kenton Parkinson bidding it off for some sl6 and then giving it back to be sold again. John R. Lewis gave a pure-bred Hampshire hog, but as there happened to be no bidders who wanted to pay a fancy price for a hog—-such as these hogs usually sell for—Mr. Lewis bid it oft himself at S4O

rather than let it go for about that price. He valued the hog at $l5O. The Columbia Furniture company gave a fine davenport, which brought S4O. Among the other more valuable articles contributed to the sale and not heretofore reported was a tworow cultivator by St. Joseph college; a $35 gasoline range by E. D. Rhoades & Son; two new hand corn shelters, one each by Ed Herath and Kellner & Callahan; a ton of hard coal by the Rensselaer Lumber Co.; one-half ton alfalfa hay by M. I. Adams, and a horse by Frank Hill. The college band furnished some excellent music during the day.