Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1911 — Watch Out For Fellows Who Trade Pictures for Chfekeus. [ARTICLE]

Watch Out For Fellows Who Trade Pictures for Chfekeus.

. Two or more fellows are ntjw wording Jasper county on the scheme of trading cheap pictures for chickens. Thejr .travel through the country with a bunch of pictures in the front part of Jhe buggy and a chicken coop on the rear and by making all sorts of representations as to the value of their pictures they induce women and elome times the men to give several chickens for the pictures. C. C. Parks, of near Surrey, called The Republican office this Thursday afternoon and told how the solicitors tried to hold up his wife. Thor at first wanted eight chickens for a 'picture but finally came down to two and then she would not trade because she had seen an item in The Republican several weeks ago telling how these fellows worked up in Porter county. Mr. Parka learned that a neighbor of his had given eight good, fat hens for one of the pictures. He says that the pictures are very cheap and that he has seen them sell for about 35 qents. These solicitors will probably call on you within a few days and all should know that they are offering to trade on almost any basis and that their pictures' are really very cheap affairs.