Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1917 — First to Sleep In Bathtub. [ARTICLE]

First to Sleep In Bathtub.

The first man to sleep in a bathtub is believed to have been an early victim of a hotel proprietor whose house was “full up” and who blithely charged the haggard guest $4 for the privilege. Hotel men promptly took to this scheme most kindly.