Times Independent | 1928-08-16 | Page 2 | Quits Home in Row over Hens and Stays 50 Years

quits home in row over hens and stays 50 years cedar rapids iowa nearly half a century ago joseph cek then a youth quarreled with his wealthy father at solon iowa over rescuing a hen which had fallen into a well the boy refused to save the hen and that night be disappeared and since that time be bad written no word home his family and friends long ago bad given him up as dead but recently he stepped from a train at solon and inquired if any members of the cek family were living he was not recognized by any bt the residents of the town but when he arrived at the home of charles cek he was recognized as the long lost brother ills parents have been dead many years joseph cek said he had wandered over most of the country since leaving home but had lived in san francisco for many years