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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1910
Page
4
A stray rope was used for a clothesline from the fire engine house bell. The constable climbs to ring it with a hammer during fires. A hammer borrowed by Deacon Renfrew delayed response, and Tank's corners burned. Judge's Library notes the incident.
A humorous snippet from Tit-Bits about a seven year old boy William who keeps a pet pig and plans to feed it only when it grows long enough, delaying fattening. The piece includes a brief, garbled exchange from Lippincott's featuring a church committee chair and a conv ersation with a Mama in dialect.
A Chicago clerk recounts how Grape-Nuts food restored her health after nervous collapse from overwork and poor nourishment. She credits improved diet with ending brain-fire and dyspepsia, enabling her to keep her job and income.
The Carnegie Hero Commission lists 58 new heroes including Mary Brown a Washington nurse killed trying to save others from a delirious patient. Also named are Justin McCarthy Herbert Hesse Jesse Dunlap Gertrude Sharpsteen James L. Smith and others with medals and educational stipends for saving lives from drowning fire and other dangers across multiple states and ages.
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