Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1914 — The Village Fire. [ARTICLE]

The Village Fire.

"How was it you allowed the fire to get such a hold on the place? You’ve got a good engine, haven’t your’ “Yes, but it’s fire since it came, and the hose was so wrapped up in wreaths from being used to decorate the streets that we couldn’t get the water through."—Fllegende Blaetter.