Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1889 — When Booms Stop. [ARTICLE]

When Booms Stop.

Easterner —“I understand the great land boom at Dugout City has collapsed.” Westerner —“Yes; no use keepin’it goin’ any longer. All the land now is owned by outsiders.” —New York Weekly. A man has to mind his p’s and q’s to keep from being classed with the j’s.