Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1911 — Young B. & 0. Operator Fined At Hammond for Hugging Girl. [ARTICLE]

Young B. & 0. Operator Fined At Hammond for Hugging Girl.

There are some things that you are not allowed to do even in Hammond. One of the things is to hug a girl on the street without her permission. John Sheehan, a young B. & O. operator at Beatrice, went to Hammond a few days ago to buy an oil stove. He took a drink after getting to Hammond and then he took another drink, and like the Sultan of Sulu in George Ade’s novel of that name, he didn’t care what he did and he proceeded to drink up the oil stove money. Then he went out on the street and saw a dimpled fairy and imagined that she smiled at him. He threw his arms about her and gave her. a mighty squeeze. The girl had him arrested and the judge fined him |5 and costs. John was sober then and after looking at the girl he was accused of hugging he plead guilty to being drunk; In fact, he said, there was no doubt about it, or he would never have picked on tha: girl to hug. John’s fine and costs amounted to |ls and he will have to put off buying the oil stove for a month or two. '■