Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1910 — RALPHJOHNSTONE KILLED IN DENVER [ARTICLE]

RALPHJOHNSTONE KILLED IN DENVER

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Johnstone left The home of has uncle ir Kan as Ty l&s: Sunday A M Fedemuam. his uncle. SHifl: *T sujrjiose J'U get a tetegran one of these days to come after yrttr remains Mr. FedertEem wired tiw.t he wodfi come to Denver card take Johnsumf ’s body pi) Kansas 'Citr ior ’buria.l. Johnsrone was 34) years old. ißTss -parraits are dead, s w- r e end two chlidnen are in New T nrk.