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ATTICA, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920:IDIES AT HER HOME IN NEWYORK CITY—SPENT CHILDHOOD IN ATTICASaturday F. W. Macoughtry received a telegram announcing the death of his niece, Mrs. Edna Hunter Wood at her home in New York City. While Mrs. Wood's health has been failing for some time notice of her death comes as a distinct shock to her friends in the old home where Mrs. Wood spent the years of her early girlhood. *Edna Hunter Wood was the daughter of Sam and Emma Hunter. Mr. Hunter died in 1881, when Edna was perhaps 6 ^ears of age. To Mrs. Hunter and her little daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Macoughtry opened their home and they remained there until Mrs. Hunter’s marriage with Mr. Chas. Brownlee, the well known Wabash conductor when Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee and the little daughter went to Toledo to make their future home. Here Edna Hunter grew to womanhood, a well educated, cultured beautiful woman, having come from a family of beautiful woman. About 20 years ago Mrs. Wood entered the theatrical life and because of her beauty soon made a place for herself. Mrs. Wood was before her marriage always accompanied by her mother. About 1G years ago Edna married A. Wood, an artist of ability of New York City. Mrs. Wood, however, did not give up her theatrical career and about two years ago entered movie land, where she was very successful. Many people in Attica will remember having seen Mrs. Wood here in a film with Mary Kimball Young, and at the time of her health failure she was drawing a handsome salary. She left two children, a son and a daughter, aged respectively 12 and 14 years. Mrs. Wood always retained ter love for Attica but her busy life prevented her from visiting her old home which she loved so well.The remains were brought to AtticaMonday morning on No. 9 and taken from the station direct to the cemetery where Edua Hunter Wood will be laid to rest lAside her father and mother. lt;»COMPROMISE WILL CASECommissioner Appointed To DisposeOf Fountain Count}' Property andDivide The Money *The suit filed in the circuit court of Fountain county by James Riley and June Furr, to set aside the will of their father, has been dismissed asthe case has been compromised.Each gets twenty-three acres as their mother’s share out of the 120 acre farm and then an equal share with the other five children out of the remaining sejgrnty-six acres and an% wlequal share o^the personal property.Dennis Broaderick was appointed by the court as commissioner to sell the land. The farm is about a mile south of Melicj'..01Bridge; Contract LetThe Highway! Commissioners in session at the county seat last Saturday opened the bids for the construction of the new bridge across the Wabash at the foot of iviill street in Attica. The contract vfas awarded to Stand-ish Allen, of Chicago, and the bridge is to beibuilt according to the plans and specifications prepared for the county by the Bureau of Bridges of the State Highway Commission. The contract pjico is $272,540.31.\R^cd—PughMiss Eva Re$u and Archie Pugh were married Saturday at Covington. The bride is the granddaughter of Mrs. Lewis Latfaw and has been making her home with her since last summer and attending the Attica high school. The groom is the son of BenPugh, living near Aylesworth, and is engaged in farming with his father.ththangrhadathdilt;onatdi:inycbeO.oforMrs. Walker Carey DiesMrs. Walker Carey, a young mother, died at her home in Newtown Saturday morning about 3:00 o’clock. She was preceded in death a few days by her first born, the infant only living a day. Mrs. Carey formerly resided in Kentucky and the body was sent there for burial.racin\wlt;thtilt;acithsodefoneyctedileofpediw;jelitpllbscorw;thM
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Attica Ledger
Attica, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 13, 1920
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