{"id":803,"date":"2020-08-14T20:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T00:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2022-05-14T20:19:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T00:19:16","slug":"lillie-ladd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=803","title":{"rendered":"Lillie Ladd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lillie-ladd-The_Baltimore_Sun_Thu__Jul_12__1979_-small-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lillie-ladd-The_Baltimore_Sun_Thu__Jul_12__1979_-small-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/lillie-ladd-The_Baltimore_Sun_Thu__Jul_12__1979_-small.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 1927 the wife of the 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