Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1912 — BRAVE DOG GIVEN FUNERAL [ARTICLE]
BRAVE DOG GIVEN FUNERAL
Tige Got Ten Cents for Every Rat He 4, Killed and Had Bank Account of His Own. Columbus, O. —I<ing in a little white silver handled casxet in a local hotel and properly embalmed was the body of Tige, the dog who saved several lives in a hotel fire three years ago. Tige was carried to a cemetery in a real hearse. Since the fire which threatened the master’s hotel and the lives of many people Tige ran down the corridors and scratched on the doors until the guests were awakened in time to escape.
