Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1900 — Great Exertion. [ARTICLE]

Great Exertion.

“That’s a great heater you put in for us,” remarked the tenant enthusiastically. “Keeps you good and warm, eh?” queried the landlord. “Warm! Why, when we get through raking and shaking it trying to make it bum the family has to retire to the yard to cool off.” —Philadelphia Record.