Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1918 — LIKE HIS FAMOUS ANCESTOR [ARTICLE]

LIKE HIS FAMOUS ANCESTOR

Israel Putnam of Revolutionary Fame, Had Nothing on His Great--1 Great-Grandson. Boone, Colo. —Israel Putnam of revolutionary fame, who cut his horses loose from the plow and hurried to engage in battle against the British, had nothing on his great-great-grand-son, Ralph W. Putnam, a farmer near Boone.. When the “war urge” overtook Mr. Putnam he hurried from the farm to the nearest recruiting station, enlisted and left for a cantonment camp, then sent word home by telegraph: “I’m off to grab the German goat”