Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1915 — Drove About a Thousand Miles in Illinois Mud. [ARTICLE]

Drove About a Thousand Miles in Illinois Mud.

Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Barnes and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Geitzenauer returned this morning from a trip to Springfield and Mount Auburn, 111., after a drive of about a thousand miles mostly over Illinois mud roads. At Mount Auburn a reunion of the Barnes family was held last week and it proved a very enjoyable affair, although the rains kept many away. There was rain almost every day over there, the fall for the week being about 6 inches. Corn was beat down and lay flat on the ground, but very little thrashing had been done and farming conditions were bad.