On a warm summer night in 1912, nothing seemed unusual in the quiet town of Villisca, Iowa.
Children laughed as they walked home from church.
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On a warm summer night in 1912, nothing seemed unusual in the quiet town of Villisca, Iowa.
Children laughed as they walked home from church.
The handwriting in the journal was precise, each stroke executed with the care of someone educated in an era when literacy was a rare privilege. Samuel…