Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1908 — The Good of the Thread Factory. [ARTICLE]

The Good of the Thread Factory.

Monticello Only a little over two years has it been since ground was broken for the thread factory. Today the company has a building and equipment that represents an investment of over $35,000 outside of the raw material in stock and gives employment to fifty or more people with a wage roll each week of more.than SSOO. A half dozen of the best renting properties in town are occupied by these same employes at rentals ranging from sls to $25, the highest paid, and the influence of thread factory money is felt in all lines of trade. As an outgrowth of the thread factory is the construction of the new dam and the power house in connection, that means the investment of a good many more thousands of dollai s, nearly $15,000 of which was paid out diectly in the town for wages. All of which is the result of the lot sale made here in' the fall of 1906. Does it pay to get new capital into a town? Yes. While Lewis Bell was playing a violin in his home near Rushville a shot rang out and the young man fell to the floor with a bullet wound in his neck. His brother Minor Bell, had been toying with a revolver in an adjoining room with the door open between, when the pistol was accidentally discharged. The injury was not serious. The change of administratlcn in China ought to furnish a lot of encouragement to the fellows seeking jobs as chop suey inspectors. The crooks that stole $13,000 worth of stamps from the South Bend postoffice must be engaged in the mail order business. The Cubans have reached -the stage of civilization where they can hold an election without pulling -off a revolution.