Beckham County, OK - Reunions: John and F. F. Stahl, 1922
Monday, 10 December 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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(27 Jan 1922, Friday, Southwest Press, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
JOHN STAHL WELCOMES BROTHER
Thought Dead - Not Seen for 42 Years.
Last Friday, John Stahl, proprietor of the Palace Meat Market, received
the surprise of his life, when his brother, F. F. Stahl, of Hutchinson,
Kansas, dropped in for a visit with him.  F. F. has lived in Hutchinson
the past two years but knew nothing of his brother John's whereabouts.  A
few weeks ago he heard by accident that a John Stahl lived near Cheyenne,
Oklahoma, and he immediately wrote a county official at Cheyenne asking
about a certain John Stahl.  The official replied to F. F.'s letter that
one John Stahl lived at Elk City.  F. F. then wrote John a very personal
letter, asking him about his old home and his father's name.  John replied
at once, confident he had learned of a lost brother.  When F. F. got
John's letter, he was called away unexpectedly to a relative's funeral and
it was two weeks before he drove into Elk City, last Friday.  John had
given up the idea that this F. F. was his brother.
John and F. F. were born and reared in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and John,
being fifteen years older than F. F., left home first, which is just
forty-two years ago.  F. F. left home thirty-five years ago, and since
then his folks knew very little of him.  John was back in Milwaukee four
years ago, but they knew nothing of F. F.
F. F. Stahl left for his home in Hutchinson last Wednesday, after a very
enjoyable visit with John.  "This is a queer little ol' world of ours.

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