Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1905 — The Comic Side OF The News [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Comic Side OF The News

These are days in politics when skim milk passes for rich cream. Atlanta has'about concluded to try the municipal ownership of Mayors. In the government printing office they seem to have many other machines besides those used for setting type. The decision to have the divorce convention held in Washington looks like a personal affront to Newport and Sioux Falls. Some of the Russians are dissatisfied with the peace terms, which is another indication of the dense ignorance of the Russians. A Massachusetts woman announces that she has discovered a new star in the constellation Aquilla. She ought to let the doctors cut it out right straight. With Mr. Depew compelled to pay up the Equitable debt, and Mae Catherine Wood again on Mr. Ptatt's tracks, the New York Senators are starting a lively fall season. When Uncle Sam is done killing the yellow fever mosquito in the South he might direct his efforts toward the destruction of the ordinary mosquito in other parts of the country. There appears no reason why it should be spa r ed.