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Obituary for Grant Mitchell, 1920
Amanuensis Monday – this daily prompt, developed by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch, encourages bloggers to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. (An amanuensis is someone employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.) Today’s transcription is an obituary for my great-grand uncle, Grant Mitchell, who died December 19, 1920. Original text: Tue, Dec 21, 1920 – 16 · The News-Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com From Newspapers.com. Citation: GRANT MITCHELL. (1920, December 21). The News-Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), p. 16. Retrieved December 14, 2020, from https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65312097/ Transcription: GRANT MITCHELL Grant Mitchell, aged forty-five years, died on Sunday morning at 8 o’clock…