Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1909 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

If yon don’t want a franchise grant* ed to a company that has no Intention of hnilding a telephone line, hnt that ,1s organized for the purpose of getting a franchise worth SIO,OOO, which they can dispose of to a big financial advantage, then tell your councilman not to vote for Babcock’s Home Telephone Co. franchise, which will come up for final action at the meeting of the council a week from next Monday night. The “nigger in the woodpile” Is now out In plain view. Both hands are out and they are aching for a big haul. Don’t grant a franchise that might be sold for profit Our Specials in Dried Frnlts For This Week Only: Four packages of fancy seeded raisins for 25 cents. Four pounds of fancy seedless sultanna raisins for 25 cents. Four pounds of fancy loose Muscatel ;aisins for 25 cents. JOHN EGER. Marlon Smith will have another supply of nice fresh fish here for Friday and Saturday. Fancy currants and raisins—Home Grocery. ___