Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1907 — The Comic Side of The News [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Comic Side of The News

A May queen in flannels and furs— bah! Ellen Terry has become a bride at 59. Terryble! This year’s spring weather was shipped to us by slow freight. The would-be assassins in Central America need a lot of target practice. France is going to examine our meats by microscope. Another case of seein’ things. A Hoboken divorce suit hinges on the quality of the wife's doughnuts. They were not like mother used to make. The Hon. Abe Ruef doesn’t believe he can get a fair trial in San Francisco, but hardly anybody will blame San Francisco. The new San Francisco is reported to be “two-thirds finished.” Boss Ruef was caught before he could quite complete it. Growing a garden should properly be classed as one of the luxuries, rather than one of the economies, of modern civilization. Suburban gardening is again impressing itself upon the public mind as one of our most ponderous national extravagances. Commander Peary has succeeded in loading his proposed North Pole expedition with everything except the funds necessary to make it go.

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