TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
3/4/2007
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FROM THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
APRIL 3, 1902
CHIEF EAVENSON OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE CO. RECEIVED A FEW DAYS SINCE FROM THE PEKIN STAVE AND MANUFACTURING CO. A CHECK FOR $25.OO AS AN AWARD FOR THE SPLENDID SERVICE PERVICE PERFORMED BY THE BOYS DURING THE PROGRESS OF THE RECENT FIRE , WHICH WIPED OUT THE STAVE PLANT.
THE FIRE LADDIES FAILED TO SAVE THE STAVE MILL , BUT SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TIMBER AND MATERIAL WERE SAVED BY HEROIC WORK.
AT A MEETING OF THE FIRE COMPANY MONDAY NIGHT CHIEF EAVENSON DISTRIBUTED THE DONATION AMONG THE BOYS , WHO VOTED A CARD OF THANKS TO THE PEKIN PEOPLE FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION.