Saturday, December 21, 2013

What He Was Really Doing on That Farm of His

I thought he was a farmer. He told the 1920 Census enumerator that he was a farmer! Turns out Fremont "Frank" Price was up to something else on that farm of his.

F.B. Price sells insurance
(Click on images to enlarge)
From the Hobart News, 3 Feb. 1921.


But amidst this success, he was dealing with the serious illness of his wife, Carrie.

Carrie Price illness
From "Local Drifts," Hobart Gazette, 18 Feb. 1921.

(I'm not sure, but I think the Charles Wilkening who's announcing a public sale might be the brother of Ross Township's William Wilkening.)

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