Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1917 — Never Knew Value of Money. [ARTICLE]

Never Knew Value of Money.

“I am not to blame for my spendthrift habits,” Insists Ike Van Quentin. “They were taught to me by a too indulgent family. One winter I washed the dishes every night, for which they pressed pay upon me at the rate of a nickel a week. The following September I found myself the bewildered possessor of 50 cents for keeping the lawn mowed all summer.” —Kansas City Star.