Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1906 — The Comic Side of The News [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Comic Side of The News

The advance in the price of sugar will make many of us look sour. Europe proposes to prevent the Shah of Persia from hiding under the bed. Palma might catch those recalcitrant Cubans by putting a pinch of pie on their plates. Bank Wrecker Stensland doesn't know so much about its being “Home, Sweet Home.” The Chinese Emperor is getting to be almost as great a proinrser as the Czar of Russia. Before the court gets through a Pittsburg divorce suit, they arrest most everybody in sight. ~ , It is claimed that Gen. Tropoff’s death was due to natural causes. Natural to Russia, no doubt. , What Cuba especially wants is to learn the difference between a ballot box and a waste paper basket. “Segal got all the money; I was fooled,” says Hippie in his confession. So were the rest of ’em. How fortunate would be all nations arho go to war if they had some big friend to make them behave! Cuba knows a hint when, one as large as a skyscraper begins taking ominous strides in its direction. The insurance Companies are not all quitters. They have paid $55,000,000 of their San Francisco kisses. Between being arrested and committing suicide, our poor bank wreckers are having a very unpleasant time. The Czar is beginning to find out that you can’t govern an empire nor lay pavements merely with good iofintiona.