Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1908 — Seats Went Like Hot Cakes. [ARTICLE]

Seats Went Like Hot Cakes.

The fire company has about run into an obstacle for their benefit performance which is to take place next Wednesday night, Dec. 30th, and that is that the house will not be large enough to accommodate the great crowd that wishes to gee the show. Every seat on the main floor has been sold, and most of the balcony, and the entire house has be n reserved at the 50 cent price. Fire Chief Jack Montgomery struck it rich when he reached the Makes ver House In his ticket celling rounds, for Makeever and “Uncle” George Hosmer took twenty seats each and each planked . down a ten spot to pay for them, j Mayor J. H. S. Ellis also took twenty seats and B. Forsythe, who is always in the front rank of progres- j siveness, took ten seats. If arrangements had been made to have the Musical Hoyles here two nights the bouse could have been filled both nights. As it is the house will hardly hold the great crowd that will be on hand on that occasion.