Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1909 — A Hustling North End Farmer. [ARTICLE]

A Hustling North End Farmer.

The Dunnville correspondence to the Kankakee Valley Review, has the following to say about Thos. J. Maloney, who is well known in Rensselaer and throughout Jasper county, and It demonstrates what industry and thought will do for a hustler in the pursuit of fortune: In July, 1893, Thos. F. Maloney purchased his present homestead in Kankakee township, comprising 270 a: res, paying $2,000 cash and entering into a contract to pay the balance of $6,000 in due time, and besides making some valuable improvements such as tiling, fencing, drainage and buildings, 1 paid tbe last installment Jan. 1, 1909. Mr. Maloney also basuaccumu’ated considerable stock and ether personal property, and liis success can be at--1 tributed to his doing things at the [ right time and always keeping at it, and is an example of what can be done by a man who has energy and business ability.