Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1910 — SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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ONLY COOL PLACE. Through the sultry summer night there came mysterious sounds trom the direction of the kitchen. "George,” whispered Mrs. MacDougal, nervously, “there—there is a burglar in the Ice box.” Still George snored. “George! Do you hear? Wake up! There is a burglar downstairs in the Ice box.” George brushed imaginary cobwebs from his eyes. “Burglar in the Ice box,” he murmured. thickly. “Thermometer popping out of tube and burglar in ice box. Lucky dog!” ? And then George expressed himself with an old-fashioned yawn and turned over for another nap.