Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-08
ARMISTICE DAY WILL
BE OBSERVED IN
OTTAWA
BANKS NOT TO OPEN
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AN.
NOUNCE ALL.DAY CLOSING ON
NOVEMBER nth IN coMPLI.
ANcE WITH PRESIDENTIAL DE.
CREE PRocLAlMlNG HOLIDAY.

ottawa business houses will ali
close at ll:45 o'clock on Friday morn
ing, and will remain closed thruOut
the remainder of the day, in obsery.
ance of Armistice Day. Decision to
close for the half holiday was taken
last, night at the November meeting of
the Ottawa Business Mems Associa-
tion. Mercantile establishments and
houses of all kinds, as we'll as all Of.
fees will participate in the closing.
The fve Ottawa banks announced
last week, that they would remain
closed all day on Armistice Day.
Students at the Ottawa Township
High School will be dismissed from
their classes at noon, and will not be
required to return again that day.
The decision to close at noon, met
with much favor among the business
men. Resolutions asking that the OF
tawa business men adopt an early
closing were brought to the meeting
by J. b. Bassett, president of the
Rotary Club, and DIR. Roswell r.,
Petit, president of the Red Cross.
DIR. Petit acted as spokesman for the
committee explaining the desire of
the Rotary Club to get the business
houses of Ottawa to close for Arms.
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The resolutions when presented to
the association were enthusiastically
adopted by the men who were in at
tendance at the meeting
Secretary's Announcement.
This morning The following official
announcement was issued by John
O'Kane, secretary Of the Ottawa BUS.
ness Mems Association concerning
the closing OF the ottawa stores:
"At the regular meeting of the bust
ness men it was decided to close az
11:45 a. m. Friday, Nov II, aud to
stay closed the balance of the day, in
observance Of Armisticc day, which
has been declared legal holiday b.
our national and state governments
Business men further wish to state
and announce that Streator and La
Sale have taken similar action, ana
that the public may hereby be inform,
ed of the closing practically OF all
business in the la Sale county.
The armistiCe was the greatest
news that came to our country and
world in this generation, and it be-
hooveS US to observe the day
Courts to Recess Friday.
All three courts of La Sale county
the Circuit, Probate and County wild
be adjourned all day Friday YeStcr-
day Judge EIdredge in tho Circuit
Court issued an order stating that
l, tf,,, I,T l, Il.
tribunal on Friday Judge Reck and
Judge Mills had previously stated that
their tribunals would be closed for
ArmistiCe day.
Sheriff Ayers announced this morn
ing that he would close the court
house fer the day, which will close all
county Offices.
Exercises In Schools.
In the public schools special Armis-
tce Day exercises will be held at II
o'clock, which will be participated in
by every child in the city.
Special Church Service.
A special Armistice Day service
will be held at Christ Episcopal
church on Friday morning at II o.
clock, to give all the people in the
city an opportunity to join in few
minutes for the soldiers of the World
War, both living and dead.
Dance A Big Feature.
The big feature of the day how
ever, will be the Armistice Day dance,
which will be held by the members
Of the American Legion on Friday
NIGHT at ArmOrY C. The evenings
program will open at $50 o'clock
with concert and exhibition drill.
Dancing will be from $50 to / o.