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Appendix III
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Appendix III REPORT OF WILSON R.AND SARAH BACHELOR’S GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY (1897) The following article reporting on the golden wedding anniversary of Wilson R. Bachelor and his wife, Sarah Tankersley Bachelor, is preserved in his scrapbook, and appears to have been clipped from the Fort Smith newspaper The Elevator. Golden Wedding Editors Elevator: Doctor Bachelor’s golden wedding was celebrated last Monday by his children and grand-children assembling at the old homestead.The Doctor had up some mottoes—“thisWorld isWhatYou Make it;” “TheWay to be Happy is to Make Others Happy,” etc.There was music and festivity through the day. In the evening the Doctor played the violin while his children and grand-children danced. He is just three score and ten, but is not cloyed with life nor afflicted with senility. Attendant. Pauline,Ark., December 4, 1897 155 ...