Father Reunites With Long Lost Sons After Storm
A Texas farmer near Barrier reconnects with his two sons James and Rudolph, lost for sixteen years after a devastating September flood. The brothers, once taken to a convent, grew up in California and Sacramento before a family friend traced them to Texas. They now join their father in Hartrett.
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Wartiett
Tex
Barrier
Jamis
Rudolph
Jamil
Galveston
Tramn
Mr. Gohand
Wronkage
Ching
Tally
Mr. Cohand
Vis
Sisters of Charity
James
Red
Salifornia
California
Sacramento
Calif
Celand
James Celand
Texas
Cehand
Little Talks on Thrift and Growing Savings Banks Deposits
The article notes progress in thrift in America with August savings bank deposits rising by nearly five million dollars, the largest monthly gain since establishment. It highlights rising deposits and 621,000 depositors totaling 95,090,000 in early September, and argues thrift combats wasteful debt and false displays of wealth, urging prudent living and civic virtue.
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America
Esta Savings Banks
Bride to wait five years as groom begins term
In St Cloud Minnesota a dramatic wedding plan ends in a five year prison term for Ira Hall, a Great Northern baggage handler. His bride Selma Gammitz Hall waited in Sunday dress as detectives uncovered a scheme stealing gowns and furs to fund their elopement. The couple planned a preacher’s wedding before Hall’s arrest amid a hotel stopover and a steady stream of stolen goods. Hall pleaded guilty and began serving his sentence while Selma marked the first day of a five year wait.
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ST. Cloud
Mian
Rice
Selma Gammitz
Everett Hall
Ira
Hall Abe
State Reformatory
Everett
Selma
Hig Post
Jim
Hall
Great Northern
T Hease
Solmil
Trousseau
Forth
Stearns County
Stillwater
Indy
Two Pals and a Fame Fueled by the Pen
A fragmentary reminiscence recounts two friends who shared writing plots and sold their work for split profits. One pursued education and later rose to fame in journalism while the other stayed behind, climbing toward his own success. A decade of letters and a voyage to Pensacola mark their divergent paths as the elder narrator laments lost contact and brighter futures.
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Jack
South America
Pensacola
Fla
Wong Jurey
Nuober
Sailors Find Mascot Photo From Last Summer Voyage
Seattle in October 5 report describes a napped child named Frances Mee Braid, daughter of J. Fred and Mrs. Braid, who appeared in a newspaper print as a sea mascot. The image, taken during perilous northern voyage, shows her comforting fishermen and guiding king salmon to waiting boats, as relayed in a letter from Tyree.
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Alaska
Soma
Catelia
Mian Meald
Seuttiesiel
Seattle
Wash
Frances Mee Braid
J. Fred Braid
Tyree
Alan
98 year old widower marries again in Kansas City
In Kansas City on October 14, a 98 year old man, survivor of seven wives, wed 44 year old Hattie Glas after securing a marriage license. The event drew remarks about longevity and the стар度, with witnesses recalling his prior marriages and the clerk’s concerns.
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Aurthouse
Kansas City
Casimir J
Welch
Watch In One Family 116 Years Still Works
Danville reports a family timepiece with 116 years of service remaining. Claudio Campbell recalls the London purchase that started a multigenerational watch tradition. the old clock’s continuing accuracy highlights enduring craftsmanship and family history.
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Danville
Claudio Campbell
Thi City
M Watch
Te Wan
London
Iti Py
Green Broadfather
Ibstill Kage Boo
Kansan Values 200 Hounds At 100 Each
An unclear note describes a Kansan owning 200 hounds valued at $100 each. The fragment mentions a Thawatha Kam Ovte county study and unspecified hound valuation details. Additional lines refer to personal property and sending tiles or birds, with a closing quote from "BIG SWEDE" H. Lem.
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Thawatha
Kam
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Chevrolet
Goodyear
Zenith
Ransone Motor Car Company
Central America
Ty S. W. Straus
American Society For Thrift
Lave
Otaen
Jack London
Mati
Vraingat
Tent
Ulead
Landon
Jenny Moun
Sandusky Horse
Lary
Jerry
Inda
Bea
Murcote
Wishermian
Alanka
Nome
Tsuen
Kansan
H. Lem
Cupper Bros
West
Pike Street
Maxwell
Maxwell Demonstrator
Haynes
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