Millionaire Hobo Dies After Years of Self Denial
Stanton Va July end How 56 died after 15 years of self denial and starvations pneumonia caused his death while in a hospital once heir to 500000 bequest from his mother Eliza Eads How He aided migratory workers and funded hobo shelters in sixteen cities as the financial angel of the International Brotherhood Welfare Association His Harvard education and medical license did not lead to practice He left 250000 in trust but used most of it for charitable work.
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Associated Press
Staunton
Eliza Eads How
International Brotherhood Welfare Association
How
St. Louis
John How
James F. How
Wabash Railroad
James Buchanan Eads
Eads
Mississippi River
Hobo
Harvard
Peace Officer Seeks Fair Review of Texas Record
A longtime peace officer in Potter and Johnson Counties Texas asks interested parties to investigate his service and his status as a law abiding citizen. He urges a careful examination of his public record and conduct.
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Potter
Johnson Counties
Texas
Ill traveler dies after hotel stay en route to Washington
Attendants said the man was ill on arrival at the hotel and grew worse Monday. He was moved to a hospital and his body sent to Washington for Louis How, his brother, to take charge.
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Washington
Louis How
Dragline Worker Ernest Foster Fatally Injured in Dallas
In Dallas on July 22 Ernest Foster a 30 year old dragline worker was killed when the hoist of a power shovel struck him as it fell. He died in a hospital last night from his injuries.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Ernest Foster
Texas War Mothers Leave Sunday for France
War mothers from Texas and Minnesota embark for France to visit graves of sons who served with the 90th and Rainbow divisions. About 250 mothers and widows sail on the George Washington as the 13th gold star pilgrimage unit. Minnesota moms bring earth from Fort Snelling for burial sites, and Grace Forbes plans to sprinkle Lake Minnetonka water on her husband's grave.
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Associated Press
New York
Texas
Minnesota
France
90Th
Rainbow
George Washington
List Field Artillery
Minneapolis
Fort Snelling
Third Infantry
United States Army
Fort
Settlement Ended Great Southern Railway Strike
Dublin Irish Free State July 23 A settlement reached in the Great Southern Railway dispute averts a general strike ordered for midnight tonight.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Irish Free State
Great Southern Railway
Girl Scout season ends with final meeting at church
The last meeting of the season for the Girl Scout organization is scheduled Friday at 2 p.m. in the Fellowship hall of Central Presbyterian Church. After a record summer camp at Ceta Canyon, troops will disband until September. campers enjoyed daily visitors, donations from local clubs and businesses, and radio broadcasts via WDAG.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Ceta Canyon
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