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i a Reward of Seventeen Years’ Ser-'! vice Will Continue to Munch GoodFeed—Couccii Meeting.*II* tti, Old Tom, the veteran horse of the - dphos Fire Department, one of the to be placed in service when the partment was improved In 1890, will ^ain find asylum at the City Bulld-g, and will be given care by men who sre associated with the city’s fire rvlce during the long term that old im. was always alert to an alarm ;id assisted In hauling the apparatus fires. He was displaced last spring jtten new horses were purchased, and a reward for his seventeen years service, he was sent to the Frank 'mgemeier farm, in Washington town-ip, to spend his last days in peace id quiet. Tom was becoming too old V be relied upon. He was willing and ;,ver failed to hold up his end of the :'brk, but age was telling on him, and , was considered a humane act to take | m out of the service. Mr. Ltmge-’ eier gave notice that he does not wish continue the care of the veteran ce horse, and Council, in meetinguesday evening, decided to place him ■ i a „«iall in the barn at the rear jofHm -4 fie City Building, at least during thef iming winter, one of the members\*|ished, to sea Tom, but others protest-H, and Tom. will continue to eat oats tid hay with the best of the horses,. id w'lii have no worn to doy lanltordam Wegeir will see to U that he gets i*oper exercise.
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Delphos Weekly Herald
Delphos, Ohio, US
Fri, Nov 01, 1907
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Clipped by
Bob E.
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