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Startling news - Edwin Badger - has appendicitis - come on while he was going to Hoquiam Washington State

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Monday, July 20, 1903

Another beautiful day, all well here, a dispatch came from Hoquiam Washington State - saying that Edwin Badger (son of A.L. Badger) was attacked with Appendicitis, when en route to California with his Father (as companion) he 12 years old. he was operated on at midnight at Hoquiam. Operation successful, Mrs Shreve Badger, received a dispatch at Kenilworth and left at once, Sunday morning ten o.clock, she almost crazy, he her oldest child (and a twin), his twin sister died when six weeks old - he being a seven months boy, he was so delicate for four years, they thought he would die, but of late he has grown to be an immense large fat boy, of grand proportions, and fine bearing, like his grand-father Judge Cowles of California, poor Frances won't reach her Husband, and sick boy, before 23rd Thursday) she must be almost crazy. she had to leave her six year old boy at Kenilworth with her mother and sister Mrs Rearden) and a host of workmen building in addition to their house of several rooms, & ?