{"id":3638,"slug":"dr-william-e-thompson-house-oberlin-ohio","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Thompson is the teen conductor — the 'bloodhounds' that's the shot, the 'muzzle-loader' that's the crack shot. The 'Bethel depot' is the sworn — the '1930 statement' that's the notarized at 95, the 'Elklick' that's the guided to. The '104' is the lived — the 'voted twice for Lincoln' that's the boast, the 'radio interview' that's the '39.","The 'two houses' is the stations — the 'boyhood brick' that's the '35, the 'Plane Street office' that's the adult. The 'eight decades' is the practiced — the 'physician' that's the till the end, the 'record pin' that's the says Oberlin. Thompson is the last link — the 'sworn testimony' that's the living memory, the '1940' that's the died.","The file keeps Thompson House: the shot bloodhounds, the teen conductor, the 104 years, and the sworn statement.","Dr. Thompson House is the archive's Ohio file — the last living conductor."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Dr. Thompson House is the archive's Ohio file — the memory in person.","A house keeps its rifle — the file's suggestion being that Thompson's hold is the witnessed: the 'bloodhounds' that's the shot for fugitives, the 'sworn at 95' that's the testified, and the 'voted for Lincoln' that's the span."]}],"name":"Dr. William E. 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