Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1908 — CITY IS DECORATED IN RED AND BLACK [ARTICLE]

CITY IS DECORATED IN RED AND BLACK

Welcome is Extended to Former Residents and all Visitors and City Is Ready For Crowds.

The finishing touches are being put I on the home coming arch, and busiL’tss houses are being decorated in red and black, the Rensselaer colors, and everything has the air of “WELCOME HOME.** Already many former residents are coming In and many more will come on later trains. The old town will I doubt has enterain many of its for-1 mer residents during the home coming week and while they are enjoying ths reunion they will be thought of by many of the old timers, who have for many reasons been kept from coming back. The concession stands are being erected today, also the stand for the free attractions. Part of the performers for the" street attractions arrived thia Monday morning and the others win bo here tonight.

The Brook band will be over early Tuesday and the event will start oft with a band concert at 11 Tuesday morning. At noon occurs the basket dipper and in the afternoon the various free shows and the ball game. The l alloon ascension and parachute leap will take place at 5 o’clock, the balloon being Inflated in Milroy park. it will undoubtedly be the greatest vs all free eptorainments ever given in this section of Indiana and country people should arrange to get in ana see it every day. Read the entire program, and don’t miss any of these splendid free shows. Fanners having good horses should enter them tn the Friday morning hoi»e show. This feature la quite certain to develop into a stock show another year. The home coming to <m; tot an make the moot of it. "