Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1899 — THE WEST EXPANSION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEST EXPANSION

M’KINLEI’B FOOTPRINT IN THE WEST. “It pains me,” ears the donkey, With a very heavy sigh, “ When I think that foot will kick me, In the sweet bye and bye.” —Minneapolis Tribune.