Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1917 — Twenty Years’ Ago. [ARTICLE]

Twenty Years’ Ago.

Ladies wore bustles. Operations were rare. Nobody swatted the fly. Nobody had seen a silo. Nobody had appendicitis. Nobody sprayed orchards. Nobody wore w’hite shoes. Cream was 5 cents a pint Cantaloupes were muskmelons. Most young men had livery bills. You never heard of a “tin Lizzie.” Doctors wanted to see your tongue. Milk shake was a favorite drink. Nobody cared for the price of gas. ' Farmers came to town for their mail. L The hired girl drew one-fifty a week. The butcher “threw in” a chunk of liver. Folks said pneumatic tires were a joke. There were no sane Fourths, nor electric meters. Strawstacks were burned instead of baled. Publishing a country newspaper was not a business. Jules Verne was the only convert to the submarine. . You stuck .tubes in your ears to /hear aphonograph, and it cost a dime.