Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1915 — Wasn’t a Surprise But A Fine Time Anyway. [ARTICLE]

Wasn’t a Surprise But A Fine Time Anyway.

Sunday was the birthday of Mrs. Tom Parker, on the J..H. Chapman farm in Barkley township and her husband and a number of neighbors planned a surprise, but in inviting one of the neighbors Mr. Parker was overheard by his wife, who held her counsel but quietly set about to make plans to receive her guests. About seventy-five gathered and a big dinner was spread and a very fine time enjoyed by all and it wms even more enjoyable than it would have been had the surprise feature worked out.