Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1897 — Business with Pleasure. [ARTICLE]

Business with Pleasure.

Mrs. Tiars—Oh, I just hate wash day. I wish we never had to wear our clothes more than once. Mrs. Wheeler—Ah, that shows you’re not up to date. My husband has rigged up a set of belts and pulleys so that I can sit on my wheel in the laundry and run the wringer. I’ve already reeled off nearly 1,000 miles this fall.