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WENT TO MEET SONS?MISREAD THE PAPER(Continued from page 1, column-7) a hearty welcome. But he waa grievously disappointed. At the railway station none knew when the company would come. In the stores it was the same. He sought the Commer-cial-NeWs, asking for definite information as to the arrival of the company. *He trfed to keep up a brave front Tears came unbidden to his eyes. They came in tiny rivulets down the furrowed chekes. Even as he wiped them away, he bravely attempted to smile. He. explained that he was ill and should not have come, but that be did not want the mother coming alone. “I’ll go back home and Igav'e her here. I’ll come . back again Thursday when they do arrive—if I can,” he said. And the mother, though tears welled up in her eyes, smiled and proudly mentioned that they are their two only sons; that there was a third, a sergeant with old Company I, but that he died. The boys, three of them with the company, were members of the Danville militia company for half a dozen years before the war was declared. They enlisted when the family lived on North Chandler street, this city. Thenthey removed to Attica and the hoys took employment in the car coupler plant. eWhen war was declared her boys came to Danville and went with the company to Alton, Illinois, for guard duty, going to the border and then going overseas. They have not seen them for t\yo years.
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Attica Daily Tribune
Attica, Indiana, US
Wed, May 28, 1919
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