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Sorrowing Ones Seek Missing Relatives in New York
A New York World column collects readers’ appeals from across the country as families seek missing loved ones. Letters from Michigan Iowa Montreal South Carolina Ireland and New Jersey ask help locating sons brothers and spouses last heard of in New York or nearby cities. Each plea requests publicity to aid tracing while detailing identifying traits and last known addresses.
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New York
S. Goldman
Ashmantreet
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Joseph Lyons
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
New York World
William Lyons
Elizabeth White
Lincoln Avenue
Montreal
Ned Gardner
Durland Riding Academy
Roper Hospital
Charleston
S. C
William J. Browne
Tam
New Yorker
James One
Staten Island
Fanny Arthur
Allegheny
Colorado
Julia Brindage
West Forty-second Street
Chicago
Third Avenue
New York City
American Pressed
West Thirty-sixth Street
Gan
David N. Smith
Andrew McGinley
Albert Street
Londonderry
Ireland
Frank McGinley
Harlem
Louisa Selover
Lawrie
Emma Stokes
England
E. Flood
Paxton Street
Paterson
N. J
James C. Flood