Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1918 — Great, but Not Up to Date. [ARTICLE]

Great, but Not Up to Date.

Old Colonel Eve positively refused to wear corset-covers. Hannibal did not use tobacco in any form. Peter the Hermit never spent a cent for phonograph records. Gustavus Adolphus would not patronize the parcel post. Goliath absolutely declined to don B. V. D.’s. Genghis Khan preferred the steps to the elevator. Doctor Johnson would not put his foot in an automobile. Moses had an unconquerable aversion to motorcycles. Nero couldn't be persuaded to buy an electric fan.