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Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1902

Page

11

Contested Will Case Centers on Alleged Forgery in Colbert Estate

In Butte a court heard sensational arguments over the alleged will of Charles Colbert, one witness claiming Colbert was too feeble to sign. Other testimony places witnesses in Colbert's cabin the day the will was signed, while proponents argue proper attestation may have been missing and seek to prove forgery.

Charles Colbert Miser Colbert Old Colbert Wegner Hofreuter W. S. Lippincott Otter Cotter Lip- Priesti Dolpula Donovan Roote Etter Claus Hoote Edina Judge Montana Wilkins John Woolbeater Wegner and Lippincott FL. Iselley Werner Woolbeater Lippincott Dixon James W. Porbis Kelley T. B. Moore Heles Butte Mr. Kelley Smith Smith and Jones John Kriser East Aluminum Street John Woolheater Colbert Again and Met There A Mrs. Franz Mr. Lippincott TL Downot Kriser

In business schools teach banking maxims from era

The New York Press notes a classroom emphasis on prudent banking habits. It cites early day deposits and keeping a bank book for security as lasting lessons taught in business schools. The fragment suggests ongoing financial literacy concepts from historical instruction.

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Memory and humor in a Twain dinner tale

A New York Times recount notes a dinner remark that the colored race has longer memories, with Mark Twain agreeing and narrating an anecdote of an old colored man who claimed to have known George Washington and insisted he steered the boat during Washington crossing the Delaware and later drove the hack at the cherry tree. The tale is rendered in period dialogue with dialect for effect.

New York Times Mark Twain South George Washington General Washington Delaware Massa George

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