Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1915 — Fudged the Load But the Little Man Was Still Game. [ARTICLE]

Fudged the Load But the Little Man Was Still Game.

Hammond, Ind., Feb. 18.—Andrew Platke, of Hessville, Ind., weighs 121 pounds. It hurts his pride to be reminded of the fact. To establish a standing he made a wager that he could carry a sack of chicken feed weighing 127 pounds from Hessville to Highland, five miles, without pausing or shifting the burden. The scales were “fixed” and, unaware of the excess weight, Platke today carried 141 pounds over the,route and won A hundred natives accompanied him.