Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1918 — Twenty Years Ago. [ARTICLE]

Twenty Years Ago.

Bicycles were as common as legs. Automobiles and millionaires were rare. Table board was $3 a week, or $5 a week with the “best room in the house.” Hotels had a “bill of fare,” and the “menu” with prices smarked opposite was almost unknown. Appendicitis had just been discovered. Nobody wore white shoes, and palm beach suits were in the “alpaca stage.” Jules Verne had a monopoly on the submarine. —Washington Times.