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Wednesday Evening, July 2,,Mt, Zion Friends Make Up; Purse of Forty Cents for the Banker.The public generally wllj be pleased to know Ihiit James MUllkin will soon : be fully reimbursed fny the loss* occn-*tnn«lt;i *y n visit from a burglar not long- ago. At that time Mr. MMIikin’S watch and forty-fiYe rents were taken. The watch was recovered. The money was* not recovered.Monday a friend of Mr. Minikin visited him In the bank and presented him wlih h five-rent piece to help him out of hi* embarrassment. The donation wap highly apprecmtori. Tuesday a collection wan started in Ml. Zion for the relief of Mr. AHIMKin Forty crnls VfiR raised, as being the amount needed to reimburse Mr MUlikln, and thiswas entrusted lo the lt;‘nro of A. H. Mill* for conveyance to him.Tuesday Mr Mills with C. M. Fletcher drove *o Mt Zi»n to the Mills farm near there, which Mr. Fletcher will in the future manage. Thev met John tfcott In Alt. Zion, an«l he told them that hfl had heard that “Jim MiNlkln had got his watrn back and had been Riven by a sympathetic friend five cents. Mr S^ott «Aid Mr. Mill I kin -was tonKlt;nd a nun for Alt. Zion people to forget.lie aild over twenty-five years at;‘ John Scotl, A C Trnughbor, J. R. P*are, Kli Fiery and James AHlHkiti were interested together Iti ti cattle deal. On r return trip from Chicago, where Mr Scott had ffune in the Interests ol tills partnership, his hot was lost.Hearing of this his partners w* re sorry and rather than have Air. Scott go! ng around ha re head cd they mail a up a purse of twenty-rive cents with which they purchased a lint at the Race store. For years Mr. Son it has In bored tn Ret even with these men. Mr. M ill i kin has eluded hip best endeavors, umt up until this burglary he Has had no way of Hearing off that old score.Mr. Scntt made hurried calls on se%'-eral of the more Intimate of Mr. Mliii-lcin friend* in Ml. Zion, Including A. B. Champion. David Blalock and Mr, Ifuprhes, and urged thorn to aid iri thegonrl xvrrk.Mr. At LUkin wa.n not to be foundWednesday morning and Air Mills walt;=gfraId he would refuse lo accept the money when the bunk was closed.DEMOCR ATkTcALL
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Decatur Daily Review
Decatur, Illinois, US
Wed, Jul 27, 1904
Page 5
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Decatur P.
IL, USA 04 May 2021
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