Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1918 — Timely Warning. [ARTICLE]
Timely Warning.
“Tim” Healy’s “bull” that the new man power bill is a “mere mask to stilletto home rule" nearly eclipses the Irishism of a gunner, severely wounded in the withdrawal upon the Western front. When all the detachment went down an oilicer ran to the gun, seized the lanyard and was about to pull it when the wounded gunner shouted: “For the love of heaven, sorr, don’t fire that gun ; ut’s not loaded !”
