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- 1 2 "Harry Saunders to Have Been Married Day After Crash Of Airplane That Took His Life, Uncle Writes To U". Arizona Daily Star . June 23, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved August 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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- ↑ "Santa Fe Man Weds In San Francisco". The Arizona Republican . December 10, 1914. p. 16. Retrieved August 13, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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