Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1917 — SHE PICKED UP A PENNY. [ARTICLE]

SHE PICKED UP A PENNY.

Mt. Ayr Tribune. It was a small piece, but it was money; young or old, rich or poor, none pass it by; it is money and a medium of exchange for the pleasures or necessities of life. The same person who picks yp the penny from ,the....sidewalk. will.of ten pass by or neglect to save things represented by the same penny. It is remarkable the many and important parts the PENNY plays in the modern day affairs. It’s the penny that ' in childhood furnishes the toy or stick of candy; no child passes the early stages of life without a knowledge of its value. It’s the penny that buys the great DAILY NEWS that furnishes information and interest from youth to old age. It’s the penny reduction in the “bargain price” that attracts the maid and mother, and builds up the large department store. It’s the penny profit that makes the big corporation; that turns the wheels of the locomotive—the extra cent per mile Chat carries the passenger—the extra cent per pound that pays the freight. It’s the penny charged by Uncle Sam that carries the post card' or package from coast to coast and performs one the most important services to the nation. ' It’s the .penny saved by the careful farmer that insures him a profit at the end of each year. _ What the penny does for one it will dofor all. It’s the small things in life that count. Without the small the large could not exist. - All large bodies are made up of smaller ones. And if we-will take care of the penthcmsclves, is an old adage in which many have found their key to success.