Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1912 — SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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MUFFLED KNOCKS. "I am glad to hear you eating your Soup with so much enjoyment, Uncle ‘Richard». ; .“Yes, that’s a very amusing story, (old chap, but here’s the way my grandfather says they used to tell it *when he was a boy.” “I always come to your restaurant Cor my noon lunch, Klipson, because there’s no danger of ever finding it crowded.” •*1 beg your pardon, sfr, for letting the train of my dress get under yonr tfeet. I’ll remove it as soon as I can.” "Boras, come and let’s have a square meal. I won $5 from Naggus by reading your last story through -without stopping?’ "Dearie, I wouldn’t mind what anybody says; I know you could have married long ago if the right man had come along.”