Four Share of Lewis Estate Inheritance Revealed
Sinclair Lewis will filed in Berkshire County Probate Court discloses half the estate to his son Michael Lewis and half to three New York women including two literary agents Mrs Sewell Haggard and Mrs Kathryn Powers and Powers daughter Mrs Marcella Powers Amline. Yale University Library receives all books manuscripts private papers and pictures. The author who died January 10 in Rome at 65 had permanent home in Williamstown Massachusetts.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Sinclair Lewis
Berkshire County
Michael
New York
Lewis
Rome
Williamstown
Michael Lewis
London
Cattle counted in Crook County rolls rise then fall
In 1885 Crook County Wyoming reported 115 942 cattle valued at 2 126 544 on assessment rolls. The 1886 figure rose to 155 518 cattle valued at 2 501 592 while 1887 saw 85 136 cattle valued at 1 175 842.
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Crook County
Wyo
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Texans Seek Brazos Dams Without Federal Regulation
Texans urge three Brazos River dam sites at Turkey Creek Inspiration Point and Decordova Bend, arguing navigability is absent and federal input unnecessary. Dallas and Austin attorneys dispute, noting no funds would be spent and that interior projects won’t affect downstream navigation.
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Washington
Brazos River
Power Commission
Dallas
Millard Parkhurst
Brazos
Austin
John Connally
Commission
John D. McCall
Turkey Creek
Inspiration Point
Decordova Bend
Macy’s urges restraint as shoppers urged to curb buying
The world’s largest department store, R. H. Macy & Co., ran full page ads in New York papers urging people to quit buying so much. The ad warned against fear buying and supported controls on prices farm products wages and profits. It noted New Yorkers were purchasing about 25 percent more goods since Christmas than the previous year.
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New York
R. H. Macy & Co.,, Inc
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