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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb’s “Penny Parade” Helped Build A Northern Wisconsin Hospital
Description: Today in 1953, some 10,000 people took part in Woodruff, Wisconsin's Memorial Day "Penny Parade." They were raising to build a hospital, urged on by the leader of the effort, Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb. Plus: a teen who went fishing catches a guy's wallet that had fallen into the water three decades earlier.
Penny Facts (Dr. Kate Museum)
Dr. Kate Museum in Woodruff, Wisconsin continues to honor the legacy of Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (WUWM)
‘A blast from the past’: Lost wallet returns to Comox man after 33 years (Comox Valley Record)
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