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Show But Old Soldiers Are Saved by Administering Administer-ing Drastic Kennedies Stamford, Conn.. Nov. Z. Fifteen inmates of the state r.oldlers' homo hero are 111 today aa the result of a meal of rat poison of which they partook par-took heartily yesterday. Through tho carelessness of an attendant, a plate of bread and butter which had been prepared for the purpose of exterminating extermin-ating rats in the cellar of the dorml-torles dorml-torles was placed on the table and the men ate It. The promptness with wh'eh the steward at tho home acted, when he discovered that the soidieit had devoured the bread and butter meant for the rats. Is responsible for the fact that fifteen deaths did not lollow. The Instant he learned that tho soldier had eaten the poisoned bread, he called them to the hospital and nl-mlnistercd nl-mlnistercd drast.c remedies. |