Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1911 — Just Had a Swell Time on Eve of Abe’s 49th Birthday. [ARTICLE]

Just Had a Swell Time on Eve of Abe’s 49th Birthday.

Of sixty friends invited to celebrate Abe Long’s forty-ninth birthday all but two or three responded Monday evening and the spacious Long home on river street was the scene of one of the pleasantest stags of the season. It was the day before his birthday but his friends remained until a shade after midnight and saw that he safely started the last lap of tTie half century of life. Seven-up was played and Eld Honan was again th§ winner, being on the big scort end of twelve out of thirteen games played. He was given a nice leather card case. Harry Kiplinger brought up the end with three games to his. credit and he received a nice deck of cards. All the rest finished up some place between three and a dozen and had Just as much fun and participated, just as heartily in the excellent supper spread by Mrs. Long and a number Of lady aids.