It has been several years since we first met Lee Anna Truxel (also Leanna Truxell). In the postcard story from 1916, she was invited to
Charles found that he must be away on his wife’s birthday, so he selected for her a postcard of exceptional quality. The face of the
Before World War I, there were large German-speaking communities throughout the United States. German-language newspapers and periodicals connected this ethnic community, the largest in the
In the 19th century, a “seminary” was the name often given to educational institutions for women – whether or not the course of study involved
Miss Mame Shuman lived in Carlisle, the colonial city that remains a center of education and commerce in south-central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania Something unfortunate had occurred
In June of 1908, Mamie Wenger received a postcard at her home in Lancaster, PA. The face of the postcard contained a medallion illustration of