Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1920 — FIREMEN HAD EARLY MORNING CALL [ARTICLE]

FIREMEN HAD EARLY MORNING CALL

The fire department responded to an early morning call this Thursday morning, a blaze at the home of William Simons in the east part of the city being the cause. The firemen perched themselves right smartly aboard the fire wagon as it sped down the street The horses received a splendid workout, but the firemen had nothing to do upon their arrival at the so-called fire, kind substitutes having done the wonk of putting out the flames for them, and they returned to their coffee and cakes. A defective flue was the cause of all the excitement