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Mother and Children Retqjn With ‘Friend’ From 2 Weeks JourneyCRNTBI^ PQIt^T, gept. 19.—Mrs. Vernard Fee of this place, mother of five children, the oldest 15 and the youngest 18 months, Is back home after a disappearancc which extepded from Sept. 2 until yesterday when the fqjpily of six and Ralph Owens, characterized by the mother as !'juat a good friend, were found parked along the road near Clutter by a fliqil carrier.A Ford touring -car owned by Oweps had been their cramped home for the two weeks and their, jouriiey had led thcpr to a po\nt between St. Faql and Duluth. It was at Pine City that tty* futility of their mission impressed itself hpon both Mrs. Fee an{l young Owens and they turned back. They passed thru Mason City twice. rUnhappiness caused by quarrels withher husband caused her action, Mrs. Fop explained. The open road seemed ’preferable to constant bickering, she said. But traveling without funds and in cramped quarters a’.so had its drawbacks, she discovered. Owen3 was forced do stop at various po(nts and work for a day or two in order to procure fuqds for gasoline mid food. He slept in fhe car while she and her brood had quarters in a tent. •At Northwoud on the return trip, however, a tire way wrecked and Owcd3 bad to trade his tent in on anew ’cce. From that pointy on, Mrs.GRUPPPACKING HOUSE401 S. FBD15RAI,Spare 191Hibs JLO2Smoked -J f iPicnics ............ 1.^4ninn J n1NEW MORMON HEADQuo of the first photos of Casilo Murphy, newly chosen president of the Mormon churches and missions in the Haivuihin Islands, believed to bp t^o largest Mprmpq colony aside from tho main tepiple in Salt Lnko City, is shown here.Fee- and her five children had to sleep in the little automobile while Owens curled up in e blanket or. the ground olongsidc. t Their food consisted of potatoes, cabbage and a can of fruit.ISd regrets for the adventure was expressed by Mrs. Fee or tbe children The latter regarded It as an excellent vacation. But youug Owens, suffering what waa said to be a lapse of memory, wandered off into the woods near the home of hia parents and was found by a searching party.Whether the Fees will patch up their domestic difficulties has_not been learned.Frapk Worthington, 61,
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Mason City Globe Gazette
Mason City, Iowa, US
Fri, Sep 19, 1930
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