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Elope Letters Reveal Secrets of Youthful Pair
Cedar Rapids Iowa October 12 1921 Lucille Hogan and DeWitt Thompson from Monticello eloped to New Boston Iowa on October 6 leaving letters home that were never mailed and found later in a Ford. The girls letter to Janette requests clothes and describes their flight and plan to pose as siblings to avoid detection. The boys letter to Carl recounts the night they left and asks for the same newspapers and clothing logistics. Both letters mention family relations and fear of disclosure while outlining dubious travel from Clinton to Mt Pleasant to New Boston.
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Cedar Rapids
Lucille Hogan
DeWitt Thompson
Monticello
New Boston
Janette
Catherine
DeWitt
Clinton
Mt. Pleasant
Jane LaSelle
Blanche
Lillian
Lucille
Weil
Jlittle Dare
Junior Thompson
Boston
Mother