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in margin: 871 1-19 May, 1893 Martinez, California. My Dear John, Little Helen is now laughing playing with Wanda
Francie out in the garden, but this morning after you left she grieved and trembled so and her little hands turned icy cold,
we were frightened and carried her to the kitchen and chafed her hands and feet in the warmth of the open oven, then Wanda
called in