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MOBILEMemories of the Olden Days [Called to Mind,When the Volunteer Firemen's Association Paraded Streets and Were thePridethe City- History of the!that all the old volunteer firemen look back upon its operation* dttrinpthe sixty years of its existenee. Itsfunds were derived front voluntary donations from many leading: citizenswho appreciated the services of the fire department in saving their live., and their property from destruction at the risk of their health and their lives and whose only reward was the consciousness of having well performed a self-disposed duty. Under an act of the legislature entitled An act. to raise a fund for the lie nr fit of the (Ire companies in the city of Mobile. approved January 30. 1839. each insurance agency doing business in theIhaat{4.i| P11CIScaiF Am oils Sooietv From Oreraui-city of Mobile was required to pay autnnniifil fav r»f f 'llll
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Mobile Daily Item
Mobile, Alabama, US
Wed, Apr 09, 1902
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