Before alarm clocks, you could hire a knocker-upper to wake you in the morning

Before alarm clocks were common and affordable, you could hire a knocker-upper to wake you in the morning. 
A knocker-upper would come to the outside of your house in the morning and wake you up by banging on your window with a long stick. — Read the rest
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