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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

01 Jun 2004

Page 5

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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Jun 01, 2004

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5

Last widow of a Civil War veteran dies at 97 in Alabama

Alberta Martin, the last widow of a Civil War veteran, died at a Montgomery nursing home on Memorial Day after suffering a heart attack May 7. Born 1906 in Danley's Crossroads, she rose from sharecropper roots to become a famed symbol for Confederate history buffs, aided in later years by Sons of Confederate Veterans appearances at rallies.

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Montgomery Ala Alberta Martin South Alberta Stewart Danley’s Crossroads Howard Farrow Farrow Stewart Opp William Jasper Martin Georgia William Petersburg Virginia
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Stewart seeks community service to hedge prison term

Martha Stewart plans up to 20 hours weekly of teaching poor women how to start businesses as part of possible alternative sentencing. She could contribute up to 1,000 hours via Women's Venture Fund in New York while awaiting sentencing set for June 17 for stock manipulation convictions.

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New York Martha Stewart Newsweek Magazine Stewart Women’s Venture Fund WWF Maria Otero Otero U.S Miriam Cedarbaum Newsweek Hilton Robert Morville Daily News Peter Bacanovic
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