Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — What's in a Name? [ARTICLE]

What's in a Name?

Most readers are familiar with the story of the German bank in a United States,city which, finding its name unpopular, changed it to the "Sherman bank.” Here is another example on the same lines: A popular New York city German restaurant was called the Kloster Glocke (Cloister Bell), and its front was decorated with a large bell as a sign. The name has been changed to the "Liberty Bell,” and the bell of the old monastery now does duty as a replica of the one! which rang out independence to the colonies.