Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1911 — Son Got the Key. [ARTICLE]

Son Got the Key.

A South side woman .went calling for the day recently. When leaving home she remembered that her son would be home before she returned and that he carried no key with him. She decided that to place the key under the door mat would be the best means for allowing him to enter. When she had performed this act another difficulty presented itself —how would the son know the key was under the door mat? After some thought she struck a plan. Taking a piece of cardboard she drew the words in large letters, “Key is under the door mat.” Then she tacked the card on the door panel. Some friends passing on the other side of the street saw the card and wondered whether smallpox or scarlet fever had entered the home. They investigated and finally solved the problem with safety to household goods by leaving the key with a neighbor, who watched for ttil son and gave him the key when he arrived. —Youngstown Telegram.