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I found mention of my great-grandmother within an issue of Il Pensiero Italiano, via google book search.
She was a mid-wife.
Could someone please translate for me? See attached.
Thank you.
More or less, this is what it says:
This is about to declare untrue the gossip about Margherita Artale.
Mrs. Artale, who's been working for years here in Utica with honesty and competence, doesn't want to leave this town where she is held in high esteem by her clients. She graduated in Italy, and is registered (as a midwife) in the State of New York; authorities never carped about her, and she got her licence for 1923, that she can show to anyone who wants to see it. We hope that's enough to set everything up, and avoid misunderstanding.
Giuseppe "Pippo" Moccaldi
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