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“A Stone Tower for Bernard” – Germantown, NY (1910)

December 28, 2025 No Comments

Mr. Bernard Decker lived in Germantown, a town on the east bank of the Hudson River in east-central New York State. The area around Germantown

Pastor Sends the Blessings of Heaven – Carlisle, PA (1913)

January 28, 2024 No Comments

Miss Ida Shugart lived in Carlisle, once a frontier fort, now an academic center in the Cumberland Valley of south-central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania In January of

“Happy New Year” from Hattie – 1910

May 25, 2022 No Comments

On January 1, 1910, Mrs. Charley Klinger received a New Year postcard from Philadelphia. Sent by her friend, Hattie, the postcard reached Mrs. Klinger with