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SOLDIERVTHROUGH LETTER RECENTLY SENT TO THE HER-ALD3TAR.Private John A. Thayer, inFrance Alive and WellParents Buried AnotherMan Six Years Ago Identified as Their Boy.A letter from their son, PrivateJohn A. Thayer, with the UnitedStates Army in France, whom theyhad for many years mourned as dead, brought joy to. the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thayer, of Fifth street, Toronto, yesterday.Six years ago, October 11, 1912, the remains of a young man whomthey identified as their son, wereburied liy Mr. and Mrs. Thayer in the Toronto cemetery. The bodyhad been mutilated, the unfortunate young man having been killed in a railroad accident at Mt. Vernon, Ind.About three weeks ago, however, they noticed an item in the Steubenville Herald-Star, signed by Privato John A. Thayer, asking information regarding his parents and theirwhereabouts. Mr. and Mrs. Thayer immediately got into communication with the Civilian relief section of the Red Cross here and as a result of their inquiry, a letter was received from ih© long lost son yesterday. He reports that he is well and gives an exhaustive account of his experiences.In early youth he had acquired a roving disposition and had become attached to circuses and other traveling itineraries and in time had become so engrossed that he did not even attempt to keep in communication with his home folks.He advises that he has been in the service since last spring. After reaching France he began to worry about the folks at home and took the only method he knew of to locate them, a note of inquiry through the newspaper. He writes that he took out the full amount of soldier's insurance and made it out in his mother's name. He will endeavor to locate his five brothers, who are in Uncle Sam's service in France, and a joyous reunion is anticipated after the conflict is over.IIv' ciif■! v' v3I n, t jtattidn£vSI/Midsyoungeof Sou cd hie Acader 1917.He lete of positio first \ereportswill re news t
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Steubenville Herald Star
Steubenville, Ohio, US
Tue, Oct 22, 1918
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