Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1903 — What, Jim, Our Jim! We Can’t Spare Him. [ARTICLE]

What, Jim, Our Jim! We Can’t Spare Him.

Frankfprt has just completed a new $40,000 opera house, up to date in every particular. About such a building in fact as Rensse'aer had in sight two years ago, but which faded long before it flowered. And having an up-to-opera house they are now looking about for a manager of proper capacity to take charge of its management. Such a man as Mayor James B. S. Ellis, of Rensselaer; owner and of the opera house here, and a man who has a good stand-in with more theater people and show managers, than any manager in northwest Indiana, and who gets for Rensselaer more good shows probably than any other town of. its size in the state. It is gi*on out pretty straight that the owners of* this new building are trying to get bold of Mr. Ellis, for this purpose If they succeed Fr nkfort will gain and Rensselaer will lose a mighty successful manager, as well as a most popular arid universally respected citizen