John started a school newspaper when he was fifteen. Jester apparently lasted four issues; he then stepped up to writing for the Perry Herald. Jester‘s finest moment, perhaps, was when it scooped the grown-up papers with a report on Thomas Dewey’s visit to Perry.
This is what remains of Jester. It was rather crudely printed, and is often hard to read; I’ve increased the contrast, which helps a bit. John was off to bigger things; and, as he says, “As long as our tired fingers can punch the keys of a typewriter something will be published by the Keel enterprises.”
