Sheriff’s sale of Milam County real estate 1937 notice
Milam County Texas sheriff announces sale of two parcels of land by order of the 73rd District Court Bexar County in John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. vs Walter S Felton et al. The 88 1 3 acre tract near the Georgetown Road and the 306 acre tract along the San Gabriel River are to be sold for cash on July 6, 1937, at the courthouse in Cameron. Sale proceeds cover judgment of $4,822.33 plus interest and costs and liens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Texas
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Walter S. Felton
Milam County
Court House
Cameron
FE. M. Perry
Mary Prokewhl
Georgetown Road
C. N. Folkes
Guthrie
Edna Felton
E. D. Henry
A. D
73Rd District Court
M. G. Perry
Johnnie Dee Perry
Martindale Mortgage Company
Towit
Abigail Folbes
Varas
Wealth Among Women Dominates Early 20th Century Society
The text notes private wealth concentrated in 28 women each worth over 25 million dollars, naming Doris Duke Cromwell and Barbara Hutton among the richest. It cites inheritances from Payne Whitney and Dodge fortunes, Woolworths ties, and Hetty Green’s heir, plus Carnegie’s widow. It highlights women’s business activity and philanthropy. It then discusses Milestones of railroad progress with male links and credits several inventors, including Morse, Pullman, Westinghouse, and Kettering, on innovation and cross-field expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Duke Cromwell
Barbara Hutton
Countess Haugwitz-Revent- Jow
Woolworth
Payne Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
Dodge Automobile
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Matthew Astor Wilks
Hetty Green
Andrew Carnegie
Divorce Suit Alleges Husband Is Female in Texas
Mrs. Lenora Ingersoll of Galveston Texas files for divorce alleging her husband is female after their August 1935 marriage. The suit seeks dissolution of marriage on grounds of incompatibility and gender incongruence as presented in court documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenora Ingersoll
Galveston
Texas
Hollywood Cable Inspector Feeds Phones to Day on Lot
Jack Burchard of Hollywood inspects 500 telephones daily on a movie lot and unwinds the ear piece cards to remove kinks. Ada Sarchon of New York is fined for stealing electricity by tapping a wire before the meter. Judge R C Burwell in London jokes that if women controlled their tongues half the lawyers would be out of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Burchard
Hollywood
Ada Sarchon
New York
R. C. Burwell
London
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Milam
Abigail Follies League
P. Perry
Milton
Isabella Perry
John Moore
G. W. Penny
J. S. Perry
San Gabriel River
E. M. Perry
Milton Perry
S&s
Walter
Felton
R. M. Kennedy
D. B. Gunn
Our Town
Morse
Pullman
Chicago
Eli H. Janney
Thomas S. Halli
Westinghouse
Packiers
Moses G. Farmer
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors’ Research Department
America
Kettering
New Funeral Home
Leland Green
Green & Boedeker Hardware Store
Ambulance Service Funeral Directors
Gus Evans
Optometrist
Geo. A. Thomas Drug Store
M-G-M
Herr le AN A
Jum
Cameron Theater
A. W. Esslinger
First National Bank
NSUP
Ban "Osttoe
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