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Grandfather at 36 in Fayette county Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania Railroad man from Uniontown, William R. Albright, becomes a grandfather at 36 when his daughter Thelma Wilkins, 16, gives birth to a nine pound boy. The Albrights are believed the youngest grandparents in Fayette county. Also noted are a smallpox scare near Falling Waters, Army court martial executions from 1917 to 1919, a grain alcohol ruling for druggists, and quirky historical and medical notes.
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William R. Albright
Uniontown
Thelma Wilkins
Weaver
Potomac River
Berkeley County
Enoch Crowder
Army
France
United States
Walter S. Hallanan
Prohibition Department
Wheeling
Hallanan
Senate
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
J. W. McComb
Oregon
Oregon Agricultural College