Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1911 — SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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HAD COME TO STAY, ANYHOW. The stranger, who had been detained tn the Tillage by a washout on the railway, stepped into the office of the local newspaper. “I see you call your paper the Ex pertinent-Vindicator,” he said. "It’s a consolidation, 1 presume.” "No, sir,” answered the editor; "this Is the only sheet that ever has been published In the town. 1 gave it that name because J rather Liked the sound of tt* 1 see." • • - “Besides. I wanted to see If the people here would give me support enough to vindicate the experiment If they don’t, by gravy, sir. I’m going to change the name of It to the SnipeBag. edited by A. Holder!”