Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1913 — Long Distance Walter Passed Through Rensselaer. [ARTICLE]

Long Distance Walter Passed Through Rensselaer.

Joseph Hoffmann left Cincinnati at B:3Qxo’clock a. m., Aug. 19, 1913, on a 1,017 mile hike to Bismarck, N, Dak., and Teturn, in all a distance of 2,034 miles.: Mr. Hoffman made a stop-over in Rensselaer last night, leaving early this morning on his northward trip. eYsterday he came from Reynolds to Rensselaer by way of Wolcott and Remington, a distance of 28 miles. Mr. Hoffman has made an average of about 25 miles a day, having been ten days on his #rip already and covering about 250 miles in the ten days. He says be will probably be back by way of Rensselaer in October. Mr. Weston, the famous long-distance walker, has a record average of 30 miles per day, which Mr. Hoffman is trying.to equal or surpass. Mr. Hoffman ‘is making his way by selling picture postals of himself in his hiking outfit.