No Need For the Marshal

Glenn had a serious side; he also had a funny side. A clipping in one of Glenn’s scrapbooks, from the context, must have been printed in the Pretty Prairie newspaper. It says, “Glen Coggswell of Topeka, came in Monday afternoon to pay his father’s debt of 2c tax, which Carl failed to remit when he paid his subscription recently. Glen said:

“I wrote to dad and told him I would pay his debt, but that he might leave me short of finance, and that I would expect him to send me a check.”
This relieves us of sending the marshal to Topeka to collect this debt, for which we are all thankful. Glen is visiting with Mrs. A.C. Evans.” (This was his mother's foster mother, whom he called Grandma Evans)

Another version of the story may have appeared in a Topeka paper. Unfortunately, many of the clippings are not dated or do not indicate what newspaper they appeared in:

“Glen Cogswell, Topeka, son of Carl Cogswell, chairman of the state tax commission, called at the office of the newspaper in Pretty Prairie, the old home of the Cogswell, and handed Editor C. W. Claybaugh two cents. “Dad owes you this in tokens,” said Glen. “He forgot to send it in renewing his subscription. Yes, I know he’s the head of the tax commission and ought not forget about tokens. But he did. Here’s the two cents. Don’t send the sheriff after him.”