Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1898 — A Startling Cry. [ARTICLE]

A Startling Cry.

A local paper yesterday had for one of its newsboy’s cries; “Con-sul-Gen. Lee warns Americans to flee from Havana!” In its subsequent transfer from one newsie te another, however, the original text was slightly altered, apd one ljttlfe fellow was heard crying in shrillest tones: “Paper! All about de American fleas from Havana!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. -,„ v „