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Unusual Hospital Tale Highlights Pat Mahoney’s Laughing Ward
A humorous hospital tale from Cook County recounts Patrick Mahoney, a West Side laborer, waking from anesthesia after appendectomy. A nurse shows his severed appendix in a jar, while a monkey on the shelf distracts him, prompting Pat’s quip about the monkey resembling the missing organ. Also features Judge Quarton’s candidacy and a Sobriety-linked arrest in Breda and Sioux City race excitement with famed drivers and a dramatic finish.
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