Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1913 — Another Blow at the Public Towel. [ARTICLE]

Another Blow at the Public Towel.

Washington.—The common towel has been ordered abolished from railroad cars, vessels, all other interstate vehicles and from stations, by Secretary MacVeagh of the treasury department, in an amendment to the interstate quarantine regulation. This action follows closely the abolition of the common drinking cup from use on interstate carriers. Towels may be used again only after being sterilized in boiling water.