Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1916 — Henry Ford Calls Bluff Of Boyhood Friend. [ARTICLE]

Henry Ford Calls Bluff Of Boyhood Friend.

Henry Ford, pacifist and motor car magnate, appreciates a Ford joke. John Schmitz, of Edgar, Neb., a boyhood friend of Mr. Ford, mailed to the manufacturer personally a check for $1.35, asking him to ship a new Ford and “keep the change.” Ford called the bluff, and for the sake of boyhood days, shipped the Ford. j