Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 9, Number 50, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 November 1939 — Doc's Note Came Easy To Chemist—With Cash [ARTICLE]

Doc's Note Came Easy To Chemist —With Cash

An invitation to dinner had been sent to the new doctor. In reply the hostess received an absolutely illegible letter. “I must know if he accepts or declines,” she declared. ‘‘lf I were you,”; suggested her husband, ‘‘l should take it to the druggist. They can always read doctors’ letters.” The druggist looked at the sheet of notepaper which she had handed him, and without waiting for her explanation went into his dispensary and returned a few minutes later with a bottle which he handed over the counter. ‘‘There you are, madam,” he said. “That will be $1.50, please.”