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Memory and Mystery Attend Elwell Twins in Late 1890s Camdenville
In Camdenville New York in October 1898 Prof and Moll Ve Blwell host twin sisters renamed Susty and Betty after an incident that night. Jim Elwell enlists in WWI, returns later with memory loss and unclear identity while Mollie and Prof await news at Bellevue Hospital. A hospital telegram sparks family anxiety, with readers following the long struggle to identify Jim and restore his memory.
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Prof
Molve Blwell
Camdenville
Margaret
Elizabeth
Susty
Betty
Jim Elwell
Cirst
New York
Jim
Nite
Weir
Harvey
Mirtha Dalton
Martin Dalton
Chicago
New
Rey
Mollie
Praf
Dim
Martha Dalton
la Telegraph
Staten Island
Hospitaul
Uf Nethiur
Sim
Jim Hbwell
Une
Martha Dallon
Edwin CG
Miwell
Cave
Une Hospital
Bert
Wally
Tanvson
Uta Mollig Mlwell
Teleseai
Clarkin
von Sas Coeeringenees
Erik Manus
Howe