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TWO COUPLESCELEBRATE EVENT(Continued From Page One)fight for liia country. This she had done in 1862 by taking a position in a printing ol'ice, made vacant by theenlistmenj: of a young recruit for [the army of tiie union. Two otheryoung women joined her in similar capacity later, and for six years Miss Hassett continued to ply the artpreservative” until she laid down the printer’s stick lor the broomstick, which latter, howevej*. Sergeant Hamilton asserts, she has always wielded in its ordinary capacity and not in hostility.Meantime, the young captain had gone farther oast and soughtout a New England bride, Miss Anna 15. Lewis. Engaging in railroadwork, he held an agent’s position in a number of places, gradually working westward. Hut the lure of California, to which he had gone in his boyhood, still held his heart, and in ISSS he and Mrs. Merriam came to Corona, then South Riverside, where thev have since made their home.ttVbib'faCC(tltlTt,CicrwPiscPlt;IXrinlt;oforHut the parallelism between tlm I Int 1( CO 111lives of these two friends was not yet over. The sergeant served in his home town in Wisconsin as assist-ant postmaster. The captain was dr the second postmaster of Corona.The sergeant was chosen city trens-i rthtircr, once serving four years, om *• nlt;two. The captain was elected city clerk which post he lilled si\ years, and then city-treasurer which mime he held for lift ecu years, cflily ret-ivn-t-y—myU-uiiLg 011 accoiint iiifi-iiiilAHot.h were honored members of t iu (Ira 11 d Army of the Republic, both holding various oflicvs therein, from commander down: and SergeantHamilton for a short time was adjutant. of the' Wisconsin state organization. Come to Corona'Phe TesFrsTdlleirTmrrmd- Bergen lit-llamilton was stricken with blindness. One eye, in an endeavor to restore his sight, was totally blinded, the other was apparently as bad. For twelve years the girl who had taken a man’s place during the war for the union, lovingly ministered to the helplessness ol this soldier ol the union, faithfully keeping Hie vow she had made in her ym^th Mpi ini- worse.” Then, one oleaMix11;illwPih;.teiltw 1nrhiHeSopi;byNiiccliio:1111II;
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Corona Courier
Corona, California, US
Fri, Jun 23, 1922
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