Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1916 — Enlisted to Get Away From Mexico. [ARTICLE]

Enlisted to Get Away From Mexico.

St. Louis, Mo., July 3.—'Howard Truesdale came all the way from Mexico, Missouri, yesterday to enlist in the United States Marine Corps at its local recruiting station. “Do 'jou want to enlist to go to Mexico?” Sergeant Turin of the marines asked the reciruit. •- ‘<No,” was the'reply, “I want to enlist to get away from there.” All of which goes to prove that "Truesdale has little regard for the libel laws and the pretty and thriving seat of Audrain county which he claims as his home.