Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1918 — Alfonso Has “Flu." [ARTICLE]

Alfonso Has “Flu."

Madrid, Oct. 1. —There has been a considerable increase in the number of cases of influenza here. King Alfonza is ill. but only slightly so. He has some fever_and also is suffering from throaty trouble.

“Shoes wanted on hire’’ is one of the latest advertisements to appear in the German papers. Some of these advertisements are inserted by “gentlemen wishing to hire shoes for a certain period, owing to the necessity of going out of town on business trips.’’ These men go on to say that the success of their trip would be doomed were they to appear in clogs or sandals. They offer from $1 to $3 a week, according to the. age of the shoes. ’