Emphasis Preaching Journal
For one week in January...
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For one week in January 1925, the nation held its breath waiting to hear if a supply of
lifesaving serum would make it to Nome, Alaska, in time to save the town's 1,429
residents from a diphtheria epidemic. The inspiring story of the serum run, accomplished
by mushers and sled dogs, was memorialized by a Disney movie titled Balto.
The actual event involved scores of dogs and twenty men. Edgar Nollner was one of
them.
