Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — Good Reasons For Long Life Has Boone County Men. [ARTICLE]

Good Reasons For Long Life Has Boone County Men.

Thorntown, Ind., Feb. 22. —Isaac Belles, of Thorntown, the oldest man in Boone county, will be 101 years old tomorrow. Mr. Belles’ first presidential vote was cast for William Henry Harrison. To what he attributes his long life, he replied that he “never used tobacco, never drank any intoxicating liquors, never swore, never ate green beans and never voted the democratic ticket. 1.