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Weekly Contest #48
Like most people, Horace Cardwell had a humble beginning. Horace was born in 1882 New York City, as the son of a blacksmith. Working long hours with his father growing up, he scraped together meager savings and a dream of going to college. Horace wanted to be able to give his future family a better life than he had growing up on the lower east side of New York City. All throughout school, Horace worked as hard as he could to get the best grades; he knew that being a blacksmith was not for him. Using connections he made through his fathers sh...
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