Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — Doubts Mechanical Skill. [ARTICLE]

Doubts Mechanical Skill.

A “prominent business man” has offered $50,000 for the privilege of being carried as mechanic on the first transatlantic flight made in an airplane. If this offer is accepted, It 18 to be hoped that his mechanical . ability equals his enthusiasm. —Springfield Republican.