Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1917 — A Sufficient Excuse. [ARTICLE]

A Sufficient Excuse.

“Eh-yah!” agreed the,,.landlord of tho Petunia tavern. “Our streets are in pretty bad condition. After every rain they are practically quagmires, interspersed with the automobiles of i plutocrats and the wagons of honest husbandmen stuck in the mud like plums in a pudding. Of course, Wu have held several mass meetings aht denounced the outrage in no uncertalt tones, and appointed committees, and so forth, but we really haven’t done anything etoe yet. You see, it seems likely that some of our boys will have to' go into the frenches in France, and we feel that it Is Just as well for ’em to have a chance to get used to it here at home.”—Kansas City Star.