Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1916 — No Laughing Matter. [ARTICLE]

No Laughing Matter.

“I thought you would surely laugh at that little joke,” said the alleged humorist,, as the editor solemnly glanced over the manuscript. “Not me,” replied the man behind the blue pencil. “I feel more like crying *when I meet one of my old boyhood friends.”