Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1913 — Prepared. [ARTICLE]

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Traveler (In country town)—What'a the matter with the people of this place? Is there some sort of an epidemic ragfn® here? I see that nearly everybody has wads cf cotton stuffed into the ears. Native —No. they ain’t nothin* the matter with us specially. This Is our brass band's regular night f<r practicin’.