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Show Little Chats on Public Notice MISSING PERSONS Now and then a newspaper will carry a small paid advertisement adver-tisement appealing for information informa-tion as to the whereabouts of a missing person. Sometimes the person has been missing only a comparatively short time. In other oth-er situation:; the person sought dropped out of sight years ago. Behind these brief notices may lie a poignant story. It may involve in-volve only the desire of a parent or other near relative to find the missing person for understandably understand-ably human reasons. Again, a very real tragedy may be involved. involv-ed. But sometimes they may concern con-cern legal matters of some importance. im-portance. One example would be the settlement of an estate where one or more of the known heirs are missing. Again, it may be the matter of clearing the title to a piece of property for which the signature of the missing person is needed. Whether the appeal is In the form of a classified advertise ment or takes the more formal one of a paid public notice, the purpose Is the same.. It Is to try to locate the missing person or persons. , One of the most effective ways of doing this is through the columns col-umns of a bona fide newspaper with a well established following follow-ing In the form of paid circulation. circula-tion. This is only one of many services which your newspaper affords day in and day out. And its importance is underscored by the fact that the law provides for its use in hundreds of situations. |