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Far the Journal,KOKOMO NEVER-SWEATS.B0GDE31O7US In COE\CIt;“FATTIES” ORGANIZED;Grand Combination of the HeavyWeights.Bold Stroke for Comfort.R6U of OUlcers and list or51 ein Den.Kokomo not to be behind othercities in points of enterprise,, liaa at.last organized a Fat Man’s Associ-^%atioa.• iOn Monday night of tbi* week. 4 large number of the heavy weight*met in council in Faalkner a Grove for the purpose of effecting as organ* ization for the mutual relief and com* fort of its members. Wo were iuvie ed in, not tor the purpose of ^jhicing ” biii to witness the deliberao tions of the ‘‘fatties.** There wvrt present abont twenty five of th» heavy mea ot this city, and as they* sat around a table discussing th* question of organization, it was tru^ ly refreshing to us, to see with what freedom tho perspiration poured down their manly features. Ouo of the grand objects of the organization is to secure some cool secluded retreat where they can while away thj terriblo hot days of the present cool term” that is weaving away theirenergies and depleting their breadbaskets. They made a bold strokefor comfort, by resol ring to creottents near tho Kokoma oil 'well, where they can enjoy the cool gaa that constantly escape from that valuable hole in the eround.
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Kokomo Journal

Kokomo, Indiana, US

Fri, Aug 05, 1870

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