Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1914 — SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
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MAKING IT POPULAR. The puzzled Mexican looked at the crisp bills which had just been handed him for his horse feed. “Wh-where did these come from?” “From my printshop,” replied the jovial Villa. “I had ’em made.” “Are they g-g-good?” The eminent leader slipped his sixshooter from his belt “Are they good?” he satirically repeated. “Say it again.” “Of course they are!” the frightened man admitted. Then he dropped the roll in the crown of his sombrero and pulled the latter tightly on his perspiring head. “I don’t seem to find any trouble in putting this new issue In circulation,” chuckled the fighting chief. He shoved the gun back in its holster and strode away.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
