Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1916 — A Near-Hero. [ARTICLE]

A Near-Hero.

“You say you saved a young woman from being drowned last year?” “Yes. Several people lost their lives on that day.” “Did you have a hard battle with the waves?" —» —• “Oh, no. She Intended going for a sail in the boat that was capsized, but I persuaded her to spend the afternoon tangoing with me.”