Relative mob scenes over Kafer Garrett estate rise to $20 million fight
Philadelphia dispatch reports a vast contest over the $20,000,000 Kafer Garrett estate left by Henrietta Garrett. Some 20,000 claimants from across the globe and the United States press for shares as hearings unfold in New York and then Philadelphia. The case traces to a 1835 Isabella manifest and the Garrett family’s rise from tobacco to wealth.
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NEA
Philadelphia
Ella Wendell
New York
Henrietta Edwardine Kafer Garrett
Isabella
Kretschmars
Henrietta Garrett
Prussia
Wealthy Garrett family feud fuels 20 000 claims in will dispute
A multi generational battle over the Garrett fortune expands from a 1921 will bequest to 20 000 claims by 1934. Henrietta Garrett died intestate despite a 1921 request to a few intimates leaving a $62 500 distribution. Charles Starr and Frank G. Marcellus obtain letters of administration as thousands press claims. A 1934 murder suicide involving Ludwig Schaefer ties the saga to tragedy. Strasburg ties add a possible family link to Alsace Lorraine visits decades earlier.
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Walter Garrett
Garrett
John C. Schaefer
Walter Evans Garrett, Sr
Walter
William Evans, Jr
William Evans Garrett, Jr
Elizabeth
Julia
Isaac Starr
Charles S. Starr
Starr
Charles Starr
Henrietta Garrett
Henrietta
Charles 8. Starr
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Frank G. Marcellus
Ludwig Schaefer
Germany
America
Lorenz Schaefer
Lorenz
Ludwig
Strasbourg
Alsace- Lorraine
Page sets new course record for women golfers
In Pinehurst on March 12 Mrs Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill posted a 72 on the No 3 course as she warms up for the women s North and South tournament. She three putted the 6th and 14th greens but one putted the 8th 10th and 17th.
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Pinehurst
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
Boxing Results From Last Night Across Cities
Fights reported by AP in Boston Dallas Pittsburgh Syracuse and Denver feature wins by Jack Gibbons J Paul Maxie Rosenbloom Billy Conn and Joe Louis with bouts in Providence Dallas Pittsburgh Syracuse and Denver including knockouts and decisions in various weight classes and exhibition bouts.
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Associated Press
Boston
Jack Gibbons
J. Paul
Johnny Duarte
Providence
R. I
Dallas
Tex
Maxie Rosenbloom
Tom Beaupre
Pittsburgh
Billy Conn
Gabe Risko
Syracuse
N. C
Denver
Colo
Joe Louis
Detroit
Seal Warris
Eddie Mechcine
California tops list of 1936 traffic deaths
In 1936 California led traffic fatalities with 5000 deaths, New York ranked second with 2600. The data show motorists bear about one eighth of every tax dollar collected in the United States.
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California
New York
United States
Farley mudslinging drawn by Asheboro lawyer in Chapel Hill speech
A. I. Ferree, Asheboro attorney and former fourth district candidate, criticizes James A. Farley for mudslinging before a nonpartisan student body at Chapel Hill. He accuses Farley of attacking Republicans over the Supreme Court plan while Democratic leaders oppose it, and links the conduct to broader political tension. The piece also notes a Germanmaker offering a $845 baby car with a four cylinder L head engine.
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Asheboro
Democratic National Committee
Chapel Hill
A. I. Ferree
Congress
Fourth
James A. Farley
Ferree
Farley
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Josiah Bailey
Bulwinkle
R. C. Kelly
Julins Caesar Smith
J. A. Spence
Washington
Raleigh
Senator Sydings
Roosevelt
All-Bran Saved Me From a Lifetime of Suffering
An advertisement quotes Mrs. Lloyd Baird of Denver praising Kellogg All-Bran for curing three years of constipation. It claims All-Bran absorbs water to form a cleansing mass and suggests two tablespoons daily or three in severe cases with milk or recipes. Sold by grocers and made in Battle Creek.
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Lloyd Baird
Bannock St
Denver
Cole
Kellogg
Battle Creek
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France
Scotland
Union
William M. Davison
William Penn
W. E. Garrett, Sr
Schaefers
Christopher Schaefer
Laurel Hill
Schaefer
Henrietta Charlotte Kretschmar
New Maritime Board
Woodward
Kennedy
Rie Howie
USA
Clara
Shepherd's Grocery Store
Onth Main St
Asheboro Highway
Ernie
Praucut
Alka Seltzer
Agarol
Kolynos
Fletchers Castora
Mangum Ave
Horlick’s
Fetelle Lawson Page
Bran
Spartan
Meadows Et Ti
Hutchens
Paramount
Florida
Pinto
Taha
Brillo
Old Virginia
Brunswick
White House
Mayfield
Home
Fryers
Pound
Amy
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