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Newsboy Billy Rugh Heroic Sacrifice Sparks Gary Memorial Drive
Gary citizens honor William Rugh a newsboy who donated skin to injured girl after a fire. Mayor Knotts proclaims a city fund for a permanent memorial including a statue in Jefferson Park a memorial room in Gary General Hospital and a plaque on the papers stand building. A committee collects about 800 dollars with further subscrip tions. bills and tributes flow from supporters including a crippled woman and Jackson Michigan Newsboys Association.
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Gary
City of Steel
Bally Kuga
Wayor Thomas E. Knotts
Cary
Maso
Ethel Smith
Rugh
Chicago
Billy Rezh
Billy
Flower
Bily
Chicago Tribune
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Jimi
Sim
Tim
Hilly
Fife
Pneumonii
Billy Rough
Knotts
William Rugh
W A. Wirt
A. B. Keller
W. P. Gleason
Stearns
Orion, Ill
Chiceen Daily News
Knots
Anowahoss
Jackson
Mich
Calie
Mayer Knotts
Hilly Rugh
Newsboys’ Association of
Jackson Newsboys’ Association
Billy Rugh
W. W. Todd