Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1916 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Senator John W. Kern, who has been confined to his v home with illness several days, was compelled Wednesday to cancel his campaign speaking engagements for the remainder of this week. Eleven fully matured tomatoes and many life-sized potatoes growing on a single plant in the vegetable gardens of the Pennsylvania state college marks the advent of the newest freak plants in the vegetable world.