Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1918 — Rats Steal Flatiron. [ARTICLE]

Rats Steal Flatiron.

Paris, Mo. —Some plastering fell from the celling of the linen room at the Glenn house recently, and Harland Ray secured a ladder and climbed up to knock down the loose plaster remaining. He discovered a rat’s nest and in it were three ladies’ silk stockings, two perfume bottles and a flatiron, besides numerous other tiitags r>pt mentioned in this inventory. How the rats got the iron there remains a mystery.