Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1917 — Handling the Receiver. [ARTICLE]

Handling the Receiver.

“Well,” said the far West mayor to the English tourist, “I dunno how, you manage these affairs over there, but out here, when some of our boys got tied 'up in that thar bankrupt telephone company I was tellin’ yer about, they became mighty crusty!” “Oh!” “Yus; they didn’t like the way the >ecetverwashandlln-thfrbusinesßfno-how.” “Indeed!” commented the earnest listener; may I ask what they did?” : ■ ' L “Sartlnly; I wus goin’ ter tell yer. They Just hung up the receiver.”— Puck. .. L • ——