Millionaire Cowan estate heirs revealed in DuPage hearing
In Wheaton nine heirs, including the Saxton and Hart families, await a court decree as Judge Rathje advances claims to a 2.6 million dollar estate from William P. Cowan, former Standard Oil of Indiana president. Total bequest exceeds two million after expenses. each heir could receive about 2000 to 900. Nine attorneys argued, more depositions needed before ruling.
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Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Wheaton
William Baxton
Ragle
Mich
Walter Saxton
Waucansia
R. B. Colby
Cadillac
William
Wing
Cowan
Ruthie
Judson Phelps
Detroit
Henry B. Stillwell
Gloveragilie
N. Y
William G. Stillwell
Springfield
Mars
Helen Shadbolt
Plymouth
Alfred ©. Hoy
DuPage County
Tudge Rathje
Saxton
Chicago
Hoy
Bullwell
Judear Phelps
Shadboldt
Walter
Saxtons
Peter Cowan
Caynes County
William P. Cowan
Shakespeares Passioned Pilgrim and Sonnets Found In Rare Volume
Sothebys auctions a remarkable London volume containing Shakespeare's Passionate Pilgrim and Sonnets with rare other works. Discovered by Richard Francis Burton at Longner Hall near Shrewsbury, the discovery challenges claims to the earlier fourth edition. The Britwell copy includes two issues blended in twenty seven leaves, with one of the two issues new to scholars. The set also lists Middleton Ghost of Lacrece and an unknown work Emartedulfe.
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London
Sotheby's
G. D. Smith
New York
Britwell Court
Britnel
Shakespeary
Paasiondte Pilgrim
John Davis
Christopher Marlowe
Shakespeare
Thomas Middleton
Shakespieare
Richard Francis Burton
Longner Hall
Shrewsbury
Device Shoots Words as Gun Shoots Shells
In a room at Imperial College of Technology Prof Rankine develops a device that shoots messages like shells. A person speaks into a trumpet fixed to a tiny mirror with strong light, enabling distant readers to hear the words clearly up to half a mile. Messages travel via projectors to a selenium device on a telephone receiver with range depending on battery size.
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London
Imperial College of Technology
South Kennington
A. QC
Rankine
Alligator Reported Trapped in Humboldt River Near Fr ey Ranch
James Bryant and William Brennan, Nevada trappers, arrived with a tale of trapping an alligator on the Humboldt river near Frank Frey’s ranch west of Winnemucca. The reptile, said to have escaped a circus train, had reportedly killed calves and caused fear in the district. Frey plans to make the skin into a traveling rug. The hunters also brought in muskrats, beaver, otter, coyotes, and wildcats.
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Winnemteen
Nev
James( Bryant
William Brennan
Nevada
Humboldt River
Frank Frey
Wib- Hemucca
Bryant
Brenoan
Frey
Imlay
Berlin population toll climbs in Greater Berlin census
Berlin and surrounding districts report 3,801,235 inhabitants after the census begun October 8 1919. The city proper shows a loss over eight percent since 1916 while suburban males rise little and females gain significantly, reflecting wartime effects on demographics.
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Washington, D. C
Berlin
Greater
Eskimo Hunters Drift Fifteen Days On Ice
Three Eskimo hunters drifted for fifteen days on the ice near Nome Alaska after their seal camp broke away in a gale. They traveled in a canoe through sea ice to reach solid shore finally on March 2, reporting hunger and extreme cold before sighting land again.
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Nome
Alaska
Fcv
Wea
Ica
Bread Lines and Work Dictation Sparks Economic Debate
Fragmentary text portrays a debate on bread lines and employer control, predicting an economy shaped by compulsory bowing to management. It hints at unemployment and crowding in bread lines as a sign of broader social distress and calls for an economic mix to cure the world's woes.
Labor Strife and Economic Transition in Pennsylvania Mills
A dated, polemical summary argues workers resist agitation as mills shift to shorter weeks and leaner operations. It notes three day weeks in woolen mills expanding to knitting, shoe, silk, and other industries, with wage and price pressures causing hardship. It cites Pennsylvania Railroad losses under private operation versus federal control and cites Cummins-Bus act subsidies to the railroad.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Federal Treasury
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Nevada River
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Hardy Williamson
Darmling Fleming Sisters
Edison
M. E. Crockett Edison
Sisseton
Dakota
A Wilbur
Frank Parker
W. A. Smith
Siseston, S. C
Lloyd Gleason
Claire City
Sec
Holt Motor Co
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Nels Johnson
Stoughton Lumber Wagon
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Guaranty State Bank
Siz-It
Commercial Hotel
Mary Olson
P. FL Hush
Minneapolis
Minn
L. J. Houde
O. P Olson
Peever
Ageney
Rim
Alex Murray
S. D
New Effington
Ethel Gorstich
New Eisington
S. C
J. C Johnson
Standard
South Dakota
Enterprise Township
John Deere
Barnes
Surrey
John Deere Gang
Deering
McCormick
Monitor
Great Western
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Maxwell
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Leo J. Lubare JH
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