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Dogs Lead Hectic Life In The Windy City
Chicago faced a rabies scare after two stray dogs bit ten people in sixteen hours. Officials ordered strays picked up and inoculated, while the Anti Cruelty Society of Chicago and the Coast Guard rescued a mongrel stranded on the icy Chicago River. Sailors hung from a Coast Guard cutter to pull the dog to safety as Ben Maringer of the Anti Cruelty Society comforts it.
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Chicago
Erich R. Mascigan
Windy City
Anti- Cruelty Society of
Coast Guard
Chicago River
Ben Maringer
The
Anti- Cruelty Society