Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1920 — FREAKS DISCLOSED IN ROUNDUP OF COUNTRY’S NEWS [ARTICLE]

FREAKS DISCLOSED IN ROUNDUP OF COUNTRY’S NEWS

Chicago—Thieves walked off with the street costumes of five chorus girls. Clothed in frowns and tights they scampered to their hotels. Kansas City, Mo.—Curiosity cost Fred Litrell, 12, three fingers. tried to open a dynamite cap with o inrlc lenifp Ottawa, Dl.—Sheriff Ayers intends to turn the jail here into a 1 hotel. He says the town hotels can’t accommodate the tourists, and there’s no need of having a jail. Chicago.—Alfred G. Bancroft was so mean that he took candy away from his three-year-old daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Bancroft, his wife charged in her divorce bill.