Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1904 — GOOD TOWN AND GOOD COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

GOOD TOWN AND GOOD COUNTRY.

Two of Rensselaer’s well inform ed business men got to figuring the other uight on an estimate of the amount of business done in Rensselaer every year. They made a careful and conservative estimate and decided that the various stores in tewu sold in the aggregate not less than three qu triers of a milion dollars worth of goods, every year. Moreover, they deoided that present year has been a good year for business, in spite of the bank calamity and some, other lees important misfortunes. In fact some of our merobauts ate said to consider the present year the best they ever bad in amount of business done. Rensselaer is a goo'’ substantial town, and surrounded -by a riob and constantly developing agricultural region,‘and there is no reason at all to fear but what both town and country will oontinue the solid and permanent growth that Las characterized them for many years past. Wheat bran and shorts and oar loads hominy meal just received, at Rensselaer Feed Store. To rent a suit of office rooms. Enquire of Norman Warner.