Strange British wills put wives on cold end of list
A probate judge notes more wills with harsh bequests to wives in Britain. Examples include wives told to buy rope and hang themselves, receive pennies, or wait for small installments. Other cases grant trivial sums or odd conditions, while Miss Muriel Hunt's Surrey house demolition plan was blocked by government work limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
John Hugh Roberts
Samuel N. Galbraith
Stuart Gould-Hurst
Bill Phillips
Muriel Hunt
Surrey
Ministry of Works
Quinine Cousin May Battle Tuberculosis Drug
Dr. Alfred Burger of the University of Virginia announced at the national medicinal chemistry symposium that a Japanese quinine cousin cepharanthine is being studied as a potential tuberculosis remedy. He noted several quinine derivatives exist but cepharanthine shows promise only so far, with studies just begun and no conclusions yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AM Arbor
Mich
Alfred Burger
University of Virginia
American Chemical Society
Burger
Japan
Wake up service founder says men kinder than women
Chicago businesswoman Mrs. Gretchen Good runs a 24 hour wake up service waking people for work. She notes men are more polite than women and recalls a prank caller who wanted to hear her voice. She worries a faulty alarm could cut her business. She also offers door hinge pin tips to reduce hazards in the dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gretchen Good
Mrs. Good
Ohio
Various Advertisements and Notices From Sherman Area
A dense page of classified items includes water kegs auto parts and appliances for sale, rental listings for four room cottages, plant and window cooler sales, tractor plugs and land listings. Also listed are loans, kitchenware, flowers, a government job recruiting notice, and political primary candidates for July 24 1948 in the Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Market
Kelley Garage
Tom Sears
McQuay
Norris
Babcock Auto Store
Larenace Ancante
Johnson Jewelry & Appliance
Tom Barbee
Farmall
John Deere
Allis Chalmers
W. E. Stanford
South Bend Street
L. R. Dossey
Ford
Chevrolet
N. B. Nicholson
Kissinger Motor Company
M. N. Fain Jr
Exclusive
Blanton Home
Auto Supply
Flowers of
Sherman
Carl May
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Craig’s Cafe
Quinine
Oxfords
T. W. Ayres & Son
Stetson
Whitewright
West
Davis Street
Dallas
Sun
Tillett Grocery & Market
Aes. Gydaes
Joe W. McCarty
S. Travis
Texas
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Bill Reeves
Farm Quarterly
Farmer’s Digest
Jimmie McSpedden
Wolfe City Community Hospital
Marcella Huseman
Wes Judd
W. A. Gladden
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Forces Recruiting Station
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
W. A. Phillips
Mary Jane Hunter
Hunter
Bill and
Besse Muirheads
The
Congress
G. C. Morris Sam Rayburn
David H. Brown
Grayson-Collin J. A
Capt
Benton
Court of Civil Appeals
William M
Bill) Cramer
Grayson County
Robert Doss
George T. Morris J. C
Calvin) Buchanan
Harold H. Vestal
J. N
Jim) Dickson
Murkel Dicken
E. P
Edgel) Jackson
F. M
Far
Louis G. Quassa
Frank Trimm
C. E
Cliff) Mauk
Tom Head
Fannin County
Moore
Sherwin-Williams
America
SWP
Westinghouse
Arctic
He Sun
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