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Jeremiah, of Massillon, Wealthy Old Miser, Sorry He Didn’t Spend Money and Have a Good Time, Instead of Saving It For Relatives.MASSILLON, June lt;5, (Spl ) That the spirit of Jeremiah Bender, an eccentric and wealthy bachelor ^ho died near here a few years ago, bmmunicated with him through his wife, Mr*. Daisy M. Burd, a spiritualistic medium and told him that if he comd live over in this world he would spend his money and nor he so saving is the claim of Sylvester Burd, a weilto-do real estate dealer for the ■past 11 years who has been holding private seances at his big stone mansion here,Burd has studied spiritualism 30 years he says.Jeremiah Bender left a fortunte of$1 0,000 to dbtant relatives when he died.H© had spent .his life on the farm west of here working from morning till night. He never bought anything except what was absolutely necessary. Burd say* the spirit told him that Bender was sorry he had lived as he faadiwhile on earth.Burd says that he aBo received amessage from a spirit which claimedto be that of a young man who shot himself for a painted faced girl. Burd says the spirit* predicted that Buffalo Bill would .be in a wreck and that, theprediction was correct. He also say*tie spirits have told him where there1 is a box of gold but that the owner in which it is hidden will not let himsearch.
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Canton, Ohio, US

Tue, Jun 06, 1911

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