Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1918 — TEN YEARS AGO [ARTICLE]

TEN YEARS AGO

Skirts at shoe tops were indecently short. Women who wore only one petticoat were talked about. People were just beginning to believe wifeless telegraphy was impossible. They were saying that eggs would never be a nickel apiece. The Hague Peace Tribunal was mentioned on the first page. The “Divine Sally” was making her “farewell tour” of America. The automobile industry was staggering on its last legs. Thlrty-cent porterhouse steak was called an outrage. Some foolish women were talking about demanding the ballot. The little Singer building was ths tallest in New York.