Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1912 — Force of Habit, [ARTICLE]

Force of Habit,

“Baltimore will be 172 years old next Thursday," said the Oldest Inhabitant, as he pocketed half the box of matches, and made the cigar man swear inwardly. -?* ’ Then, from sheer force of habit, he continued: "And I remember the day when you could have bought all the land the city stands on for two dollars and eighty cents and an old hat”