Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1888 — A Run in Flannels. [ARTICLE]

A Run in Flannels.

Chicago Tribune. “Everybody fn the trade is figuring on a great run in flannel shirts this spring and summer,” said the proprietor of a down town furnishing goods store. “We have laid fn an immense stock. The indications are that we will not be disappointed, and that the flannel shirt, popular as it suddenly became last year, will be four times a % popular this summer. Why shouldn’t it b;? It is the most sensible, romfcr:able and coolest faihion that ever struck this climate during this hot months. The flannels used in the better grades come from France and Scotland. The patterns are stripes and checks in all colors.