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Surnames: CHADWELL
Classification: Biography
Message Board URL:
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Message Board Post:
"The Kansas City Post" (Missouri) Thursday, November 19, 1903
SHE WAS OLD AND ALONE.
An old woman, bent and gray with the weight of more than eighty years,
sat in the downstairs waiting room at the Union depot last night and
sobbed as if her heart would break. She was Mrs. Mary CHADWELL on
her way from Iowa to Stillwater, O.T. She had been at the depot since
early morning, and her train was not due to leave until 10 o'clock last
night. Shortly after she had eaten the meager lunch she carried in a basket,
she stepped to the fountain for a drink and in doing so dropped the glove
that contained her ticket, the only thing she possessed.
Many strangers crowded around her, but the tears would not stay back,
and when Depot Master Mont CARNES found and returned her lost
ticket, she cried harder than before. She was afraid she would be obliged
to stay in the depot over night and through her tears, the only information
she could give was that she came from Florence, Ia., and that her son was
a merchant there. She was still weeping when a porter assisted her to her
train for Stillwater.
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(I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate
knowing if you found this posting helpful.)
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