Millionaire Orphan's Will Bequeaths Life Annuity and Estate
The will, dated April 1924, leaves Belle Pope an annual life income of 8000 dollars, directs debts be paid, and bequeaths all remaining property to foster father William D. Shepherd as executor. Witnesses Clintock McClintock note the history of the estate, guardianship, and the early life of William Nelson McClintock, including a fatal accident and ties to Isabelle Pops of Wilmette.
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Sarap
Belle Pope
William D. Shepherd
Juliet
Shepherd
D. Shepherd
E&ch
William Nelson Noclintock
Clintock
McGlintock
Emma Nelson
Topeka
Kas
Iliam Nelson McClintock
William Shepherd
Wears
McoNck
Mia Isabelle Pops
Wilmette
Partial Report in Anstery Case Shrouds Billy McClintock Death
Chicago December 30 A chemist reports a partial finding in the Billy McClintock mystery investigation. Coroner Wolff says details cannot be disclosed yet to avoid misinterpretation as the report is incomplete. Foster father William D Shepherd vows to press indictments while awaiting further revelations from the McClintock fortune case.
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Chicago
Billy McClintock
Oscar Wolff
Cherist
McClintock
Harry Olsen
W. D. McNaily
Wolff
William D. Shepherd
McColintock
Billy
Kenilworth
Twenty One Million Dead Letters a Year
The Post Office reports over 21.6 million dead letters destroyed in the last fiscal year due to writers errors. Found money totaled about $126,000 in cash and $35,546,000 in checks drafts and money orders. There were 808,000 unclaimed packages seized from the mails during the year.
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New
Big Hatchery Opens Tuesday at Columbus
Columbus reports a new hatchery ready to serve Muscogee county farmers with a 10 345 egg capacity. Eggs will be bought above local market prices after expert inspection and chicks will be sold at one day old.
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Columbus
Muscogee County
Syrup Prices Jump As Yields Boost Market in Cairo
The Cairo market sees pure Georgia cane syrup rise above 80 cents a gallon as a yield surge boosts sales. About 1,500 barrels were marketed today, including shipments to the Cane Growers' Co-Operative Association, marking the busiest day of the season. Prices topped 85 cents for some barrels, the highest since 1919 aside from a brief spike to a dollar that year. The 15 year wartime average was 25 cents, with postwar declines and subsequent rebounds shaping current levels.
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Cairo
Georgia
Trinity College Becomes Duke University in Durham
The Trinity College trustees in Durham North Carolina vote unanimously to rename the college Duke University to secure benefits from James B Duke's endowment. The decision follows the donor’s substantial financial gift and aims to raise the institution’s profile and resources.
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Durham
N. C
Trinity College
Duke University
James B. Duke
North Carolina Tobacco Farmers Move to Lyons
More than twenty NC growers have deserted the old tobacco belt for South Georgia and arrived in the Valdosta area in recent weeks. They are preparing seed beds and barns for next season, with about twenty seven growers already at work in the territory.
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Valdosta
Der
South Georgia
North Carolina
New City Schools Added to Columbus System
Columbus reports 1,360 students and 27 teachers will join the city schools over the Christmas holidays through the transfer of Wynnien and City View from the county system. Including new schools, the city system will have about 6,000 pupils and 168 teachers.
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Columbus
Roland B. Daniel
Wynnien
City View
Muscogee County
Ten dollar a minute fines set in Macon city court
Macon on December 27 reports Recorder McKibbin Lane imposed fines totaling 60 dollars on five defendants in a six minute court session. The incident sets a new local record for fines per minute.
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Macon
McKibbin Lane
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Deafness Relief
Catarrhal deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and can cause rumbling sounds and hearing loss. Unless inflammation is reduced, hearing may be destroyed. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to treat catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh. sold by druggists for over 49 years by F. D. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
Toledo
Ohio
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Miss. Pope
Lyons
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