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Belgian immigrant boy finds musical path to happiness
A penniless Belgian orphan who landed in San Francisco at 14 learned piano by ear after being cared for by a German woman. He later worked for Lyon and Healy and directs the Division for Advancement of Music. He arrives in Shawnee October 19 for Sunday musicales at 4. Mrs. A. H. Ullrich chairs.
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Kellogg
San Francisco
Lang
Unsque
Lyon and Healy’s
Shawnee
A. H. Ullrich