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1924-09-13 Howell Hart to Mrs. Francis E. Whitley
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Offices: Iowa National Bank Building Des Moines Iowa Child Welfare Commission Appointed by Governor Kendall, November 1923 Members of Commission James B. Weaver, Des Moines, Chairman Miss Caroline Forgrave, Perry, Vice Chairman Miss Frances Edmund Whitley, Webster City, Secretary Wesley Johnson, Dayton, Treasurer Mrs. E. F. Armstrong, Fort Dodge George Cosson, Des Moines Charles E. HEarst, Cedar Falls Mrs. Isaac L. Hillis, Des Moines Mrs. H. W. Spaulding, Grinnell Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, Des Moines Des Moines, Iowa September 13, 1924 Dear Mrs. Whitley: News has just come to me of your sorrow. Because I wish so much that I might help I am venturing to write you. When my first-born son was seventeen months old, he died suddenly of infantile paralysis. I know something, therefore, of how a loss like this one hurts. As one who spends his life in the search for truth, I have been gradually convinced, in spite of former disbelief, that death is not a misfortune for those who die, but is an adventure and a progress into a continuing and fuller life. I have come to believe that for those who live in faith there is a subtle but profound contact between those who love and have been parted by death. Please forgive my intrusion in this moment of sharpest grief. Yours sincerely Howell Hart
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Offices: Iowa National Bank Building Des Moines Iowa Child Welfare Commission Appointed by Governor Kendall, November 1923 Members of Commission James B. Weaver, Des Moines, Chairman Miss Caroline Forgrave, Perry, Vice Chairman Miss Frances Edmund Whitley, Webster City, Secretary Wesley Johnson, Dayton, Treasurer Mrs. E. F. Armstrong, Fort Dodge George Cosson, Des Moines Charles E. HEarst, Cedar Falls Mrs. Isaac L. Hillis, Des Moines Mrs. H. W. Spaulding, Grinnell Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, Des Moines Des Moines, Iowa September 13, 1924 Dear Mrs. Whitley: News has just come to me of your sorrow. Because I wish so much that I might help I am venturing to write you. When my first-born son was seventeen months old, he died suddenly of infantile paralysis. I know something, therefore, of how a loss like this one hurts. As one who spends his life in the search for truth, I have been gradually convinced, in spite of former disbelief, that death is not a misfortune for those who die, but is an adventure and a progress into a continuing and fuller life. I have come to believe that for those who live in faith there is a subtle but profound contact between those who love and have been parted by death. Please forgive my intrusion in this moment of sharpest grief. Yours sincerely Howell Hart
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