Says Frogs Kept Him Awake

1916

Now Wants $2,000 Damages From Owner of Pond.

OTTUMWA, Iowa — Because bullfrogs made such noise in a pond near his home that he lost sleep during the hot weather, Charles H. Barton, retired capitalist, filed a $2,000 damage suit against L. H. Hughes, wealthy Riverview grocer and postmaster.

Barton charges that the pond was constructed by Hughes so he could fish from the rear step of his store.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Sept. 16, 1916, p. 7.