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Purvis learns wife eloped with neighbor in Fort Madison
A note found at Purvis's Santa Fe shop in Fort Madison Iowa Aug 6 reveals his wife Etta left with Eston Ross deserting their families. Police report Ross also left his wife and four children while Rev and Drs CG Witzigman warn about dangerous crowds at a youth gathering in Clear Lake. Typhus rages in famine Europe with 250 HUD cases in Poland.
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