Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1914 — Mother’s Ultimatum. [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Ultimatum.

“Mr. Timkins, I’ll bet you can’t guess what mother said when father telephoned her that he would bring you up to lunch?” “Why, no, Tommy. I can’t guess that. What did she say?” “She said, ‘Bring him if you want to, but he’s eaten his last jar of my plum preserves! ’”