Miss Helen Gould’s Self Made Man Attracts by Humanity and Philanthropy
Eldest Gould daughter Helen Gould 44 with fortune around 30 million built a life of philanthropy including large gifts to Y M C A buildings New York University and national causes. Her fiancé is railroad executive Mr Shepard 45 from Connecticut and son of a Congregational minister.
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Helen Gould
Jay Gould
New York University
United States
N. Y. University
Navy Y. M
Norfolk
National Women’s Relief Association
P. L. Shepard
Connecticut
Shepard
Brush
Missouri Pacific
Miss Gould
Mr. Shepard
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Saat
New York
Gould
West Shore Railroad
St. Louis
West
Ian Minister
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Minn
Aitchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Chicago
Iron Mountain Railroad
Iron Mountain Lines
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Russell Sage
Woodycrest
Tarrytown
N. Y
Finley
Nnd Shepard
Bountiful
Finley J. Shepard
Helen Gould and Her Fiancée in New York
In 1895 Helen Gould funded a $210000 library at the University of the City of New York and became a national figure. During the Spanish American War era she donated $100000 to government war expenses, aided the Red Cross, nursed wounded men at Montauk, and earned extensive honors.
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University of the City of New York
Miss Gould
Red Cross Society
Montauk
Gould
Congress
New York
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Naval Branch
The
Liege
Wellsly Col
New York University
American College For Girls
Constantinople
Home remedy promises cure for women's ailments
An offer from Mrs M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana promises ten days of free home treatment to cure leucorrhoea green sickness irregular menstruation and related womb and bladder issues without a doctor. The ad targets women and daughters promising safe, quick relief at a few cents a day and requests readers send their address for the free materials and illustrations.
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Roman Weil
Reese
M. Summers
Notre Dame
Ind
U.S A
Miss Gould Charities and Business Zeal Highlighted
The secretary notes Miss Gould loves helping children and fresh air. Her business talent is praised as exceptional, with an inheritance rising from 10 million to around 30 million due to savvy investments. She favors industrial stocks, especially traction companies, and conducts an annual inspection tour over 7 000 miles to review holdings.
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Miss Gould
America
Gould
Yale Divinity School to Grow into Four-Department Religious Institute
An unnamed Yale donor provides 100000 for a nonsectarian divinity school with the condition of raising 200000 more. Yale plans a 1000000 dollar fund to reorganize the divinity faculty into four departments, integrating psychology philosophy sociology economics and foreign languages for broader Christian service. Dean Charles R Brown notes collaboration across the university to build a global missionary training center.
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New York
Yale
University
Divinity
Charles R. Brown
Yale Alumni Weekly
Divinity School
Wills Farm 10 State Seeks Agreement On Estate
The will of William H. Bower, stock raiser, filed for probate in Jackson county circuit court. He bequeaths a 200 acre Owen township farm to his widow for life, then to the state for an agricultural experiment station, with optional rent to the state at $150 yearly. A $2,000 Brownstown hotel property is left to Clear Spring lodge No 323 F and A M with sale rights if used to beautify Bower Cemetery, a trust already given to the lodge.
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Brownstown
Ind
William H. Bower
Jackson County
Owen Township
Spring Lodge
A. M
Bower Cemetery
Walk Fourteen Miles To Tie Knot In Hastings
Ernest Finkbeiner of Leighton Township and Miss Gladys Holley of Yankee Springs Township walked fourteen miles from the bride’s parents to Hastings to be married by Probate Judge Charles M. Mack known as the marrying judge. They completed the trek in three hours.
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Hastings, Mich
Charles M. Mack
Ernest Finkbeiner
Leighton Township
Allegan County
Gladys Holley
Yankee Springs
Barry County
Hastings
Dead man returns to find wife remarried in Michigan
In Muskegon Michigan on December 28 a man legally declared dead after long absence learns his wife has remarried. His estate, once distributed to grown children, traces the family history as Calvin Clinger, missing for years, returns to Shelby and confronts a sequence of deaths in the family.
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Muskegon
Mich
Circuit Court
Calvin
Clinger
Shelby
Northwest
William Clinger
Raigoad
Estate division after Clinger death prompts guardianship claim
The text notes an estate division after the death of Clinger with the wife and children receiving a portion. It states the mother had previously become guardian of the children following a divorce between Clinger's wife and his. The wife later married 8S. J. Spicer.
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Ution
Clinger
J. Spicer
The Shaughraun at Royal Theatre December 30
Kalem Company presents Dion Boucicaults The Shaughraun a three reel Irish drama with Gene Gauntier and Jack Clark directed by Sidney Olcott admission 10c children under ten 5c Monday December 30 Royal Theatre
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Dion Boucicault
Kalem Company
Gene Gauntier
Jack Clark
Bride Wins Coup In Novel Bed Dispute
Fort Collins police rushed to an eastern town home after a call about a marital bed dispute. A nineteen year old wife insisted her husband had claimed the best side since marriage. after an hour Chief Strahn and deputies settled the quarrel and the wife took the favored side.
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Fort Collins
Col
Strahn
Relics of Primitive Man Found in Arctic
In Alaska near Point Barrow a prehistoric dwelling was uncovered in gravel along Behring Sea. A whale rib framed roof supported by rock columns held skins as a shelter. A 27 pound stone hatchet and skinning knife were recovered, bones remain in place for later transport to a university museum.
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Point Burrow
Alaska
A. L. Maxwell
Maxwell
Point Barrow
Behring Sea
University
Hundred Year Old Citizen Receives First Shave
Huntington Indiana December 2 Jacob Souers town's oldest citizen celebrated his hundredth birthday on December 14. He submitted unwillingly to a first shave as his daughter called a barber to his home for a photograph to mark the upcoming celebration.
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Huntington
Ind
Jacob Souers
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Helen Miller Gould
Bell
Wills Farm
Dead Man
Arctic
First National Bank
Sas Hig
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