Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1915 — FUNNY STORY RESTORES VOICE [ARTICLE]

FUNNY STORY RESTORES VOICE

Former Speechless Man Found Repeating It In Sleep. Trenton, N. J.—Laughter provoked by a funny story has resulted in restoration of the voice of Charles Kateza of Allentown, who had been speechless for two years. About four years ago' Kateza lost his sight and hearing temporarily in an acddent In an iron foundry. These functions were restored by medical treatment, but when he recovered he was without power of speech. He was undergoing treatment in Mercy hospital here. A fellow patient told him a funny story and Kateza indulged in unusually hearty and prolonged laughter. During the night be dreamed of the yarn, and his nurse found him repeating the story in his sleep. Since then Kateza’* speech has been normal, and he hospital physicians believe it to be permanently restored. Nine times out of a possible ten it osts the man who is elected to office a lot of money to convince his opponent that he < was the people’s choice.