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“Roscoe Will Not Get Up for Christmas” – Pleasant Hall, PA (1907)

May 31, 2026 No Comments

In the Research Note, we lean that the correspondents may be brothers. Mr. Budd Hockenbery (also, Hockenberry) lived in Pleasant Hall, an unincorporated community in

Turkeys Dispute the Wishbone – Wilmington, Delaware (1907)

November 17, 2023 No Comments

Mrs. Richard Webb lived in Wilmington, the manufacturing, commercial, and transportation center of the State of Delaware. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware In November of 1907, Mrs. Webb received

Turkeys from Mrs. Ludwig – Spring Grove, PA (circa 1910)

February 18, 2023 No Comments

Mr. C. Zimmerman lived in Spring Grove, a community that was not served by a local Post Office since 1895. Based on business names that