Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1899 — The Boom Train Is A’Comin. [ARTICLE]

The Boom Train Is A’Comin.

Rensselaer is not to miss the opportunity' to see the Lafayette* Carnival boomers in all their glory after all. Attfcrmgh ~Hrar —Wednesday’s boom train took a different roule another special train, mainly for Rensselaer’s benefit, is to be run Wednesday of this week. It Will leave Lafayette at 7 a. m. but its exact or approximate time of reaching Rensselaer is not yet known here. If it does not stop at other places on the way it would reach here about 9.80, but it may stop at some intermediate towns on the way up. The boomers, when they arrive will parade the town, headed by a platoon of Lafayette police, in uniforms and by two brass bands. It is estimated that the train will bring 500 shouters for the carnival.