Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1910 — He Won. [ARTICLE]

He Won.

To while away the tedium of the railway trip, the excursionists chipped In and formed a pool. The money was to go to the passenger who could prove his claim to the most unique distinction. One after another set up some claim and enumerated the points in its favor, but none seemed particularly to impress the judges until a gentleman arose and said: “Myself, my wife and eight children are going to the country to spend a month with relatives." "Huh!” observed several of those present. “So are all the rest of us.” “But,” argues the claimant, “here is the letter inviting us to come, and even the most casual inspection of the letter will prove that it was entirely unsolicited."