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Show Weed Fire Is Soon Out The finger of suspicion pointed at a small local boy Monday, so he got a sound old-fashioned spanking, spank-ing, whether he needed it or not. The circumstantial evidence was the boy, plus a match, plus a weed fire. The fire was in back of the home of Mrs. Abbie Prestwich, and threatened a stack of lumber. Said boy reported the blaze, and the fire department was called. Boy then disappeared, and didn't wait to see the arrival of the big red truck. By the time the firemen got there, within minutes, the fire was under control, and they just helped stamp out a few embers. By the time the little boy showed up, he got the aformentioned, just in case. i |