The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-09
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Practically every boy and girl in
the grade and parochial schools Of
the city were present last night at
the Orpheum theatre, where the
closing program of Fire Prevention
day in Mankato was carried out.
These boys and girls had listened
to interesting lectures on fire pre-
vention at the schools during the
forenoon yesterday and were told
that moving pictures illustrating
the dangers Of carelessness etc
would be shown at the theatre, and
the prize winners of the fire pre-
.tion essays would be announced.
The kids were certainly in the ma
jority at the meeting ten to one
adult. The greater number OF the
boys contented themselves with
Iusty ,yells, ETC., but few OF them
forgot their own self-respect and
those of their seniors by starting
to rip of one Of the curtains on
the upper right front box. .Tney
were expelled from the box by
The names OF the bright boys and
girl winners of the fire prevention
essay contest head the column OF
/, this article.
nection with the meeting last night
were certainly educating and en-
tertaining. They showed ViVldly
what carelessness means IN con-
nection with fires.
&. M. ZueIi Presided
SE NJ. Zuell, president OF the
Nankato Underwriters associatlon'
presided at the meeting and intro
duced the speakers, George B: Gray
one of the members OF the mime
sota Fire Prevention association
said in announcing the prize WIN
ners that the parents OF the emil.
dren taking part in this contest
NAV well feel proud OF their poyss
and girls. and it would be a soo9a
thing If they read the essays T The
get pointers on fire prevention. Inc
sneaker announced that the local
Insurance men had appointed Z: M.
ZueIl to announce the contest:
There were 300 essays submitte@,
and thew were mostly all graded
from S5 per cent upwards. the
sneaker said that he was ndeec
aereeably surprised to see so many
fine essays handed in from =. ret,
er and st. Pauls Catholic scaoot o.
this CITY, The students ,S S ina !.
SenTcansbip' etc. All of the Other
children from the other schools
ehnwad wonderful ability too. Mr,
Grav said that the idea OF gettine
the children to write fire prevention
essaVs was indeed a brieht one. anc
10 honed that the local insurance
men would conduct another con'eS'
next year. ,,o,o-a -
announcement OF the prize Wlnners
Mr.. Gray thanked the l9cal ips Tho
10 press for the CO. operation IN
fine fre prevention work.
praise For Free Press
"The hest CO. operation our asso
citation has received from anV
newspaper in the state is from Inc
Mankato Free Press. That progress :
s,ve paper has certain got tho
right spirit in the matter SAID MY
Gray. .~,-,, AID mn,
happen to he present at last nisIt
meeting. Thev can get tneir u.sar
money from Mr.. Zuell at his ofnc'
in the National Citizens Bank ouiia
ing. r;o snote
practically alone the same lines ae
he did at the dinner served at the
sauInsrgh cafe at noon Yesterday
He said that the United States
government reslizino the trenend =
GUS drain on the finances or m
country throrgh IRE losses has tax
en- a hand in the matter ~ fire pre-
vention and he's carsed fire pre-
yeDtion associations to he oreaniZ
I'D IN all Of the states Of, the union
In closing President Wanvig sal"
that perhaps the greatest dancer 7"
he guarded AGAINST in Mankato Is
defective wiring. =.
r. w. Srh',r,nal OF Minneanolie
speaking along the same lines &c
he did at the noon day hann"e'
yesterday. said that eiehtv-h vr
nercent Of the fires in tNe ITnitn6
States are nrevertahle Moving pic
Is lures sbowinp the causes of a. ero"'
many fires th-ouohnut the T1nite6
States were shown to hear out tn"
words Of the sneaker. Sneak'no ~
the man who hurns h's nronertv fo'
pain. the snneker stv'ed him thf
greatest CRIMINAL outside NJ IT,
murderer. for he forever dnst"o~c
wealth and nuts an e,tra ta~ on ev-
erv man women and rhrd in ~"
countrv. The spaabar said that i"rioe
! chorId show no rnercv tn men n
this caIihre. for fhev gro tho great
est usrara IN the .wor'd ts'dr
from yLo 60 I>s-o7 nnct' year
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