Notable Grouch Silent Millionaire Dies in Somerville
Benjamin Hadley, a reclusive Somerville resident who amassed about a million and a half dollars, lived for business and frugality. He shunned social life, never married, and avoided amusements, shaving, and most pleasures to maximize wealth. He valued money over human connection and died solitary, leaving a curious legacy praised by Evanaville News Journal.
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Somerville
Mass
Benjamin Hadley
New Hampshire
Boston
Evanaville News- Journal
Death toll in Glenwood as elderly couple dies hours apart
Aged couple Mr. and Mrs. John Graves of Glenwood died within hours of each other after telegrams announced the father's death at Grant Park and then the mother's passing. Both were 86 and had just celebrated their sixty third wedding anniversary. Three sons and two daughters survive. Funeral services were held at Grant Park on Monday.
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John Graves
Glenwood
Grant Park
Messrs
Mmes
Leon Collins
John Graves, Jr
John Benjamin
Charles Benjamin
Dalton
Chicago Heights
St. Joseph's Church
Larabe
Ill
Morgan Park
Treasurer's February Report for Thornton Township Roads
The February report covers February 6 to March 3 1908 with storm relief work. Labor lists include Wm Van der Vliet John Fischer Robert Eidam and many others plus Brownell Co for stone. Total expenditures reach 469 81 with Henry Milhahn as treasurer and a note on rural carrier road condition reporting obligations.
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Thornton Township Highway Commission
Wm. van der Vliet
John Fischer
Robert Eidam
W. Roehrchr
Fred Bachman
R. Kleim
Henry Greick
Nick Meyer
Paul Lesmeister
R. Propper
Sam Boomsma
A. Vanderzee
W. Alkema
Fred Huber
L. Venema
Cee
A T. Hoekstra
Nick Vanderklok
H. J. Meyer
D. Weaver
H. Dykema
John Flanigan
Labor
Chas. Kraatz
Adolph Gess
F. P. Lang
Henry Volbrecht
J. Paulson
C. DeYoung
Geo. Hoffman
H. Levenhuizen
T. Veldt
Phabas
W. van Millegar
G. Zudam
C. Carlson
J. Huisenga
Brownell Imp. Co
Stone
Henry Milhahn
Family quarrel sparks disturbance on 134th street Riverdale
Last Sunday night a dispute between two neighboring families in Riverdale spilled into their shared home. One man entered the wrong rooms and was struck with a broom handle by a woman, leaving large knots on his head. His wife then attacked him with a stove poker, keeping him sore for weeks. The other man stood at the gate post, laughing through the chaos until a fit of hilarity felled him.
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134Th Street
Riverdale
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Kinney Brothers
Indiana Ave
Cotton Station
Secondlass
Office of Publication
Indiana Avenue
Clifton D. Hand
H. G. Hand
Joliet
Cambridge
Neb
Canbridge
Gustav Wulf
Clara Boysen
Chicago
F. A. Bradley
Harvey
Thornton Township
Calumet
Chicago Brick Company
Diliner’s
Post Office Department
Alfred Peats
C. Vandenberg
Fred J. Ott
Chicago St. Dolton, Ill
John
Kern & Ripley’s
Pointer
Diekman
Priarie Avenue
Bowen School
William Wesse
John DeRidder
138Th Street
DR. Brendecke
Leyden Ave
Richard Buschking
Louis Krueger
Ooolsuu
Albert Krueger
Krueger Brothers Office
Hocking Valley
Illinois
Krueger Brothers
Dolton
Henry W. Schnoor
Chicago Street
Robert Hanschmann
Park Ave
Oxford
John Behrens
Dolton, Illinois
Obeldobel
Andrew Baumgartner
Justice Or the Peace Notary Public
Tel
Schafer’s Hotel
Edelweiss Buffet
Paul Schafer
Hofbrau ON Draught
137Th St. RiverDale
Union Stock Yards
Emil E, Fischer
Remsen & Kuhnert Co
F. C. Bergold
Riverdale, Ill
Rippes Pavilion
WM. H. Rippe
Gidley
Wentworth Ave
Wentworth
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