Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1915 — Aviator Plays Joke. [ARTICLE]

Aviator Plays Joke.

April Ist was not allowed to pass without a practical joke being palyed, even by the warring nations of Europe. An aviator flying over Lille aerodome dropped a football. It fell slowly through the air and the Germans could be seen scurrying in all directions to take cover from what, they though was a bomb. When the football struck the ground bounded to" an enormous height without exploding, probably taken by the Ger- ’ mans to be due to a delayed action of the fuse. When the ball finally came to a rest the Germans emerged from their shelter and picked up the ball, on whrich was written “Gott Strafe England.” Detroit vapor kerosene and gasoline stoves, no wicks, no odor, perfectly safe. See them at Rhoades & Son's hardware store.