Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1918 — HATED YELLOW, EVEN PAINT ON SIGNS [ARTICLE]

HATED YELLOW, EVEN PAINT ON SIGNS

Newark, O. —There is a woman near Perryton who has a son in the army. Consequently she will not stand for anything yellow about her premises. A. L. Norton hired Joe Neis to paint a sign for him. In putting in the flourishes ‘and curly-cues Neis placed a streak of yellow across the board. A telephone call promptly informed the painter that he must change the sign. Accordingly, he went back and erased the obnoxious yellow streak, substituting one of the allied colors, blue. » •