Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1920 — BAB’S CHRONIC GROUCH ERUPTS [ARTICLE]

BAB’S CHRONIC GROUCH ERUPTS

The scab on Bab’s running sore must have been rubbed off, for Ms grouch again has had an eruption and has belched forth lava of bitter bile in an attack upon the front office force of the Republican. We are fortunate that we have not been haled into court by good citizens of this city for attempting to blackmail their characters and have to give as our excuse that it helped to build up our circulation. We might take to the back door but we have not had to get down on our knees and beg for mercy at the hands of those whose reputations we had tried to ruin. Further eruption from Bab will undoubtedly be forthcoming. No one is a match for 'Bab when it comes to down-right personal abuse and misrepresentation. He inherited that gift and has carefully trained it all his life.