Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1902 — Where It Came in Handy. [ARTICLE]

Where It Came in Handy.

Tlie train rubbers had pasktwl through the conch-and ordered every passenger to keep ills bauds In the air until told to lower them. After thirty minutes tiie man from Rt. Louis was impatient. “I can’t hold them up another minute," he said, “my arms are so tired. How do you stand It?” “Oh, I’m used to it," responded tlie num from Chicago. “I have been clinging to a strap in a street car two hours a day, for six years."