Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1912 — A Rensselaer girl recently played [ARTICLE]

A Rensselaer girl recently played

a cruel joke on her mother, and this is how it happened: She accidently found a love letter that her father had written to her mother in their halycon days of courtship. She read the letter to her mother, substituting her own name and that of her lover. The mother raved with anger and stamped her foot in disgust, forbidding her daughter to have anything to do with a man who could write such sickening, nonsensical stuff to a girl. The girl then gave the letter to Jier mother to read and the house became suddenly quiet—so quiet she could hear the snowflakes falling in the back yard.

The trial of Roy Koepky before Juvenile Judge Hanley will come up Saturday, not having been called Wednesday on account of the absence from town of his father, Chris. KoepHis mother in a letter directed to The Republican objects to the statements in this paper Wednesday, which said that he had “flourished a revolver” at John Remley’s restaurant The Republican is reliably infer med that the boy had a single barrel revolver, a new one, at the restaurant, and that he had it out and was negotiating a sale to other boys. We are not in favor of revolvers for boys whether they are flourished or merely shown or kept in a hip pocket The law does not countenance their possession and It looks especially serious for a youth who has been warned about his conduct once or twice. Roy was brought to court by Marshal Mustard, and ,he is made the target for severe criticism by Mrs. Koepkey. If your chlldren are subjeCt to attacks of? croup, watch for the first symptom, hoarsness. Give Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse and the attack may be warded off. Ftr sale by all dealers. - * c Butter wrappers, plain or printed. at this office.