Wealthy Indiana tramp left fortune to woman who befriended him
Evansville reports reveal Marshall McMurran left $27,894 in gold plus a $10,000 property deed to Mattie Hannum after years of feeding him in 1896. The eccentric beggar later died in a shack near Evansville. the will was proved in court, ending disputes with relatives. Chicago notes praise Boy Scouts for aiding city services and keeping streets clean from a tenement fire escape scene.
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Mattie Hannum
Evansville
Ind
Marshall McMurran
Hannum
Vincennes
Mattie Drain
MecMurran
McMurran
Posey County
Mt. Vernon
Pike County
Petersburg
Hannan
America
Chicago
Editorial Fragments Reflect Social Pokes and Panic
Scattered quotes critique suffrage activists, domestic life, and labor, with satire on cinema and politics. A Chicago doctor warns of growing short sightedness while a national anthem misreads patriotism. The piece blends jumbled snippets about vacations, shopping, and public mood.
Woman Seeks Her Affinity on Swedish Voyage
Mrs. Eugene Williams a nineteen year old widow from Detroit told aboard a New York liner how she sails to Sweden to find her lifelong match. She married at sixteen to a Pittsburgh man who died and urged her to wed a boyhood friend in Sweden. She has since searched foreign lands for the affinity she has never seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eugene Williams
Sweden
Detroit
Alis. Wiliams
Ike
Bishop Works as Coal Miner in Birmingham Pit
The Bishop of Birmingham, Dr. Wakefield, descended the coal mine at the tead colliery near Birmingham after donning miners gear. He watched the men at work, helped obtain some coal, and expressed pleasant surprise at the comfortable working conditions. He spent about an hour underground and traveled about a mile from the shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Birmingham
Wakefield
Cat Costs a College 100000 Estate Bequest Mystery
Miss Margaret Van Deurgen dies at an advanced age in Middletown Connecticut. Her will reveals Wesleyan University lost a fortune after a student allegedly stole a cat ten years ago for experimental purposes in the biology laboratory. The estate valued at 1500000 goes to unknown heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
Margaret van Deurgen
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan
Miss van Deursen
Mayhem charge after chicken dispute leaves woman earless
In Lawrieville a quarrel over water and a chicken led to Mrs. Elizabeth Wright losing her left ear after an exchange with Mrs. Nora Skidmore. Wright, shaken and unable to speak, and Skidmore, reticent, faced assault and battery charges with mayhem likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wright
Nora ’Skidmore
Lawriceville News
Porter Avenue
Skidmore
Sively
Rockefeller’s Pocantico Hills Estate Aims and Activities
The article details John D. Rockefeller’s hands on control of his 6000 acre Pocantico Hills estate. He alters the landscape to suit his eye, adds stories to houses, and spends about 1 million dollars on his home. He used to hire foreigners but now employs local young men, with a 30 000 monthly payroll for 700 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Mr. Rockefeller
Markout
Rockefeller
BO ‘Nnlich
Secret Lecture Ads Spark Moral Debate
A note notes growing suspicion about Secretary Bryan's forthcoming lectures being widely promoted. The informal remark questions the propriety of two people presenting as a couple in the publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Casey Woman
Case testimony from Mrs. John MacNight of Casey Illinois credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing a year and a half of backache and urinary trouble. She reports rapid improvement after two boxes and urges readers to use the product, noting Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo as sole US agents and the price of fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Casey
John MacNight
Jefferson St
Casey, Ih
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Master In Chancery's Sale in Clark County Illinois
Public notice announces a partition sale of Lot 3 in Block 4 Marcusy L McCarty First Addition West Union Clark County Illinois. Sale set for August 16 1913 at 2 pm at the east door Marshall Illinois. Terms: half cash, half in six months with interest seven percent secured by mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Miller
Elva Parker
Roy Clark
Jane Clark
Arthur Poorman
Clark County
Marshall
Ilinois
Clark
Illinois
Marcusy L. McCarty
West Union
Mashall
Ill
W. T. Hollenbeck
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Smith & Lewis
M. Grabenheimer
Clark County Mills
J. T. Randall
Mgr
W D. Baughman
South Sixth Street
S. M. McMurray
R. L. Warriner
Read
P. E. Read
Randall’s Queen
Randall's Queen
Igan
B. F. Johnson
Bubeck and
Gallagher's
Fred Wallis
Kohl
East Main
Read's
West Main Street
Indiana
Amex Dca
Boy Scouts
Stessmien
Nour
Ware
Briabin
Elgin
Medicine ,Co
Philadelphia
St.Louis
State of
Circuit Court
Chancery
Universal’ Car
Irvin Rogers, Ast
Marshall Herald
Southern Illinois
Anderson Low. & Son
Martinsville,’ Ill
Herald Office
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