Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1919 — NOT HIS UNLUCKY NUMBER [ARTICLE]

NOT HIS UNLUCKY NUMBER

Although Unpopular, "Thirteen” Has Been Decidedly Mixed With This Englishman’s Life. ' Superstitious readers will be interested in the following extraordinary st<>ry, of which the hero 1? Mr. F. G. Cordwell, the well-known and popular Fleet street journalist. Mr. Cordwell has been literally dogged by the number thirteen. It w*as on the 13th day of the month that he went to France, that he went into action, got his first leave and returned to take up his commission. It was in the thirteenth* tent, in line 13. camp 13 that he had his- first lodgment in France. The tent contained 13 mqn. He had 13 days in hospital. He was given No. 13 pills. And, returning to civil work on January 13, he found that his old room had been renumbered 113. Now count up the coincidences. You will find 13 of them! —Answers, London.