Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1919 — The Usual Thing. [ARTICLE]

The Usual Thing.

“There does not; seem to be much fraternal spirit among your citizens,” said the spectacled guest. “They appear to be almost at swords’ points with each other—backbiting, gossiping, denouncing, and —” “Yep I” returned the landlord of the tavern at Wayoverbehind. “But that’s all on the surface. Just wait till some stranger comes to town and gets into trouble, and you’ll behold a united community jump onto him with both feet and in one voice." —Kansas City Star.