Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1919 — ERECTS GARAGE—FORGETS TO BUY THE MACHINE [ARTICLE]

ERECTS GARAGE—FORGETS TO BUY THE MACHINE

The last thing in absendmindedness has come to light, and it occurred right here in Rensselaer. The one guilty of the mental 'lapse is none other than Van Wood, the Vine street barber and north end mayor, who, after erecting a cute little garage at his home, discovered that he had no automobile to put in it He’s in a quandry now. Having expended considerable money in an automobile kennel he now finds it utterly worthless unless he can discover some use for it, and of what use is a garage unless one can use it to hide an automobile? To quit now means that the money used in the erection of the garage is lost, and the only possible chance he has of getting even is to ibuy a car. He has decided upon the latter course, and is being besieged with automobile dealers, each and every one driving him almost to madness with their chatter on the* superior merits of their car. 7 7 “Haven’t decided upon what kind of a car I shall buy,” said Mr. Wood, in discussing his trouble with-a Republican reporter. “It may be a -Franklin, Pierce Arrow ,Locomobile or an Oakland; it may be a Buick, Maxwell, Cadillac or a Nash; it may be an Overland, Dort or a Haynes. And then it may be only a Ford. Anyway, I have a garage that will compare favorably with any of them. Cute little thing, too, 9x14, and if it isn’t large enough I can cut one end of the garage out and fool the carpenters.” Here's your chance, automobile dealers.