Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1916 — CAUSE OF INDIGESTION. [ARTICLE]

CAUSE OF INDIGESTION.

“What’s the matter, my good man?" asked the lady with the gingham apron, of the tramp at the back door. “Oh, it’s Indigestion, ma'am,” replied the man, his hat in his hand, “And what caused you to have Indigestion so bad?” “Well, you see, ma’am, since somebody invented an electrically-driven machine for splitting kindling wood, I can’t find anything to do but just eat, ma’am.”