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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1921)
“Village Horseshoer” of Chicago Retires Out at 2737 Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago, In a little fraine-gahled build Ing constructed long before tlie Civil war, G rant K. P atte e , m aste r furrier, reigned fo r forty years as “ the village horseshoer.” T h e other day he quit. H e sold the s h i p to one of his a s sista n ts and retired. T h e “gasoline age” was too much for him, he said. T h e lllustratlou shows Mr. Puttee and the shop as it Is today. W IS E A B O V E H E R E A R S Flying to the Virgin Islands —" r i-Mft Prayer in Gaelic at the Funeral of Sinn Feiners A p r a y e r In tiuelie a t the grave of ihrce prominent S in n Ken » t s who were sh ot dead In their homes T h e funeral Is in th e “ Hepublicuu P lo t" In Limerick. T h e dead were M ayor Clancy o f Lim erick, ex Mayor O C allughuu und Jo se p h U'Donaghue. R o y a lty G ets G rip on Leeds Millions r Tying 5,000th Matrimonial Knot L ittle Susan Mitchell, eight ye ars old. photographed at h e r home In New Yo rk city, hns the mind o f n child of fourteen, and hus passed the Illnet tests for t h a t age, some fo r sixteen- year olds, and even one fo r eighteen. S usan Is In every o th e r way a normnl and quite a t t r a c t iv e little girl, who delights In the things all good little girls do. S h e ulso w rites wonderful stories. CO LLEEN AT OUR G ATE When he m arried Vlnnie T o w le and W a lter Pasm ussen, both of Henson, Net».. Itev. C. W. Savldge. O m aha’s “marrying pars on," reached the goal of his ambition, having married 5,000 couples. Mr. Savldge performed his first m arriage ceremony O cto b e r 15, 1ST!*, in Klchfleld, Minn. T h e photograph shows him perform in g the o.UUOth ceremony. Howard Escapes Mother’s Wrath Mere is Miss Manic O ’Ciatnell, one of 545 Irish Immigrants, the first to ar rive in the United S t a t e s since 11*11. T hey landed in Boston from the S. S. Vedlc. REU TERD A H L AT W ORK * 0 ; Blind Ox Dies in J Pining for Gander t — t * t * , * » Greensboro, A la .—T h e blind ox, famous as the protege ami ward of a stately gam ier on 'lie J . A. I lo lcroft plantation, ten miles west of tills city, is dead, und those on tlie Ilo lcroft farm believe hls death was due <11- re e tij to separatio n trota tlie * St. Paul, Minn.. Is not i n f e s t * ] with w o iie» or ratti ’ Bakes, but when How ard Itussmaii. twelve y e a r s otri, built this t r e e top dwelling, he had a good r e a « m for doing so. When b is mother Is arm ed with the razor strap It affords j | jeuf Com. Henry Iteuterdah! plar- an excellent refuge. Howard, with the a s sista n c e o f some boy friends, built l n f U ( , touches on Ms panel, the | .... ;ir : . u • . T he > ard and equ pped t - # " k St >1« \ , ady N..w, 1 « M l > WM .e lamp, cooking u te n sils and sufficient food to Iss t until his m other's temper has unveiled In the Missouri state cooled. 0 | capito) a t J e ffe rso n City. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 bonghi thè concerti ami thè protlts of thè “big finir" « t re estimateti to lune 0 0 liceii d o s e to »-MMMOJkh*. 0 Mr. I.ecds ami bis a s so c la te s In- 0 0 vested thelr protlts In lite Clilcngo. J 0 Rock IsIam) & Pacille rallrond. Thnse * gander. 0 J Since last fall, when the ox 0 u è re thè gitoti olii days of wnlored 0 * loat it- - 1 . id, the gam ier had s tocks ami thè I.ei*t|s-Helil Moti're 0 u ted a - personal guardian of 0 cotnhlne sona Inni lite Rock I«laml a t 0 f a r ililTerent Instltlltloii tinti) Iti thè < ' 1 0 Grc.it Fortu ne Built Up by One-Time cairn days of l(. It. t'ah lc 's control. t u e re In con stan t asso ciatio n 0 0 Indiana Florist, T hen Tin Plate I.cctls wns Iliade prcsldeut of thè rotai J the fw itw alwajra pceaewt to 0 0 « ay ■ .t cattle, on the King ar.d Railroad P yiam ider Iti 1002, hot a f t e r two years he qttar- 0 0 to Go to Greek Nobility. reletl wlth bis pnrtners ami wns oust- J spot n hen the ox net 0 rtl front office. Hoarever, he Inni * in tin nearby paatu n creek, and 0 J alert io every c h an c e to g i»•- 0 New York.-— Royalty, rath e r bat- | "cleaned tip” ami hls fortune limi j 0 * service. t o e d now by fortunes and m isfor gmwn aptice. 0 J Recently It became neee-sary 0 tunes of Kuropeun wars, seem s in u I Divorerà From F i n t Wife. 0 the oz ......... fair way to get practically every pen- | Mciinwlille I.ecds lutti hecn dlvorced ; * to 0 i th ld. 'I lu guilder wns unable to 0 ny of the “t :n plate” millions of the frinii thè wlfe of b is c tn lle r y e a r s — , 0 J follow. It was unused t»> the American L ee d s fam ily. Good old wliose money t r a i thè nest egg of hls 0 i new environs and a separation 0 America ! Ituge fortune. Slip reeelyed a tlat sani J ii'-itiiid. I t »»us too much for 0 0 I he g n a t fortune built up l>y the i o f »1,000.000. They limi a soli. Hit ! i the ox. l ie pined the first after- 0 late William K. Leeds, once Indiana tlolph Ganr I.ecds of Itlchmond— wlm ■ J oon and d oopeil and gloomed 00 florist, humble railroad worker, then hy tlit‘ wn.v reeelved $1.000,0U0 by U s i i the follow, ng day ami finally 0 niuuiifueturer of tin plate, then rail futh cr's wlll. J lay down and died. And thus 0 0 road pyrutulder. Is going fur the bene Mrs. I.ecds No. 2, tilt* present l'rin- i ci ded *t e of ihe sirungeat 0 fit of impoverished title s o f Greece. 0 oess Annstusla. was Miss Nannle J friendships on record. 0 News cam e from A thens the other May Stew art, ilattghter of a weallhy « 0 ♦ day which. It Is now disclosed here, Olilo bunker. Site was regartlcd a» means that royalty as represented by otte of thè prettlest glrls In Clevelantl King C onstantine o f G reece and Ms w ben site wtts marrled to George K. I she not the title " t l u Dollar Prln- relatives, l im e won the lone c hance of Worthingtiin. It was not long liefore res».” getting the Leeds fortune. thè Wortlilngton maritai I nrk strm-k f Bringing Up Golden Child. rotigli waters. Mrs. Wortlilngton sc- King P lay s Trump Card. While Mm. I .ceils was carryin g on enreti thè dlvtirce. Anil a sevinteen-year-old girl was It was aliout thls lime tluit Mr. | Iteewonqucst o f royalty at Hn ir home the "tru m p ca rd ” of the king of i I.ecds niet Iter ami becuuie Infatuateti i towns, young Leeds was being kept G reece In the game of royalty vs. wltli ber. Il «ras only three days under the c are of a small crew of serv American millions. T h e git I Is ITin- a f t e r thè Leetls divorce was f r a n t e d | ants, instructor-, and others afforded Here la an i css Xenia Georgievna, second daugh that Mrs. Wortlilngton Ia sio n e thè only hy mcuu million«. ter of Grand P u c h e ss Marie and niece second Mrs. I.ceds. As a wtsbllng account of how the youth "grew u p " : of King C onstantine. She Is to marry preseti! Mr. Letsls gave hls new bride ! “ Young Leeds hud f i e r y iuiagtlKlbl« William B. Leeds, J r . , eighteen year- Jewclry viti ned ut more than a itili- | safeg uard placed about hint to prevent old von iif the late W. It. Leeds and Iloti dollars. a mnnsion <>n Flftli av e j his being kidnaped uml to shield him His mother In Mrs. Leeds, who Is now Princess nue estimateti to he worth »2,000.000. ! from o th e r harm. Anastasia o f Greece. and an ocean golng steam yacht. It stalled him In Iter form er home In When he stepped ) ouiig Leeds is sole heir to the mil was un m e of thelr visita to Paris Montclair, N. J . lions his fath e r left from Ills exploits that l.eeds bonghi Mrs. Leetls No. 2 from the c a r r ia g e or autom obile each morning at the Montclair, academy, he n nildwcstern anil Chlcai . 0 finances. a $ 3 1 0 .0 0 0 pearl necklnce. ■edited to brent lie freely. F o r most Mrs. I evils, now Pri ncess Anastasia, Ahtiut that tline a son wtts horn t<> o f i nurse, has the use o f the estate, thè happy palr thè present W. B. of the time In- attend ed school there variously estim ated »30.000.000 to $40,- Leetls, .Ir. Tlils youth galnetl thè lille his mother was in Kurope and lie Hu d i hh i mm, Imt on her death, under the “ptKir rlchest Imy” hecn use of thè ’alo ne’ with the s er v a n ts to minister 'eriu.i of the Leeds will, the whole es greti! c a re bis innther ami fatlic r prie to Ids wants and d ete ctiv e s to protect h im --h u t h II to keep him from enjey- tate g o e s to young Leeds nr Ills heirs. videi] ami thè fortune spcnt on gu ani lug the pleasures o f other hoys of In other words. Greek royalty didn't lag bis fnotsteps. Ills age." s t a i d much chance o f keeping the A Royal Bringing-Up Ills mother, while abroad, got dally l e n d s millions tinh-ss they got the son Wlicn tlils chini wus two uni! ime enliled reports on Ills health. Then, of Sirs. Leeds (P rin c e s s A n as tas ia) Into the royal family some way or hnlf years olii In* went wllh bis fallier later, sl e took lii III to Flightin' to com aliti mot Iter to London. Ami Iti-re, In plete Ids education, giv ng us the e x ether I r ticc-s Anastasia has been ill of part. Is h cablisi new>pu|a‘r dlspatcli cuse ttint "lie might not la.....me dis into too. In fact, she has been so III ! tif latw thè olit i' littmliie llttl'isl ami sipated like -o tunny rich American In A l l a n s that young L e e d s recently i ruilroinl worker prtivltleil fot bis beli hoys.” R rc e n tly In America. ritslii d front New York to F r a m e I hy seemnl ninrriage: ••.Not evi ti alt holr to royalty tsatlrt l o u n g i.ecds. around wlmtn tlio then h.v airp lane to Athens, to lie at bave more elaliorate t a r e nor more Leeds millions really center, wns In ilie bedside of Ids mother. tlils l i t t l e ' this country only a few weeks ago. It is in e re slin g to note lliat Athens Itixtirloits servici* tliau press dispatches say that young American Is imw m e l i mg. Il ls lite Hi* arrived in l-os Angeles late in Leeds prnjHiscd to Prim ess Xenitt the winnler of thè w Itole hotel Gite ex- F e b ru ary on Ids return from an ad venturous trip it to the wilds of lit« day a f t e r he arrived In Athens to -«a- | cliislvp t ’larldge). " T w o nu rses are in C o n sta n t a tte n d - S u m a tra Jungles i t l . c i e he hunted It'» sick mother. He was promptly ami e x tra > ilg trs. l i e hinl hei n hltteu In the arm •i. . opted. And Nets it’s ucreptnnoe j nnce ami a ina <1. vale! servante are ileit ted to chasitig aivity 1 by it poisonous in cct. He wwut lu a mentis the battered and unlucky roy sanitariu m in Shang hai, hut did not aiti can struggle along a few cen «Itili care " Death ol Mr Leeds. turies more with the new riche« ttn- recover wholly from the Infect tut and *e. s |H*ll*ica or a hints of si|h.feots It W il ** •1 une 23 11HIM. In b r a m e , iti.it hurried to this lo n u try to uudcrgo uti ;o t h i n g s front r o y a lt y to dermic- ili«* Mihi ■ klug’ died1. T h e will opera that In New York. While lie was cr< ssittg the contin ent \VH> fili»! 1 Hl H nenia. 1. 1. S. plijll Ida mother. Iiellcii-d to be dangerous ln*r !f tí11« H. Building the Fortune. Str1p|*«*»| • *f legal pliras i otogy, here ly III. was preparin g f<»r an operation .'■lit now the deTMils of how the is III(* |tnruara pli thaï g l u ■s to royalty In Athens for an Intestinal trouble, I.-e fortune whs started sml built o f ( ; r»***»*f (h) inaiTingc) lile bulk of l i e went l<> the It tx Carlton. Intending helft« rtM'ftUwl inn 1 1 1 1 1 ( 0 1 eri •d. the ‘'fin piare millions : to arrange for Ids own surgical tre a t is .»r K.«f»i u lutiti tinti n - I f ’ tin * «on. William II Leed!. 4r„ ment, but news of Ids mother'll >nn- f in I ♦* til.Ul Wll! lutti li. or 1« *f bin shall survit e the widow ditlon led hint to ithnmhm tbal proje ct It Is a f Mr> >r in rfnvMHMÉb tod S’o, 2, now 1’rinces« An ami sail for Fu iop e. . I.e t o . . T ihm t o tilt* life of f hi* H *! II three fourth» of tltie residuary .«•«•s of IM* rs of G r e ♦» in to he >e! aable for William Sto rk Spoil« Feast. ulto ntm ihrne its bclieli la. 1* 1 ••♦•f Id. .Ir.. or Iti** lauti e Smith C en ter, Kan. It was butcher ; uri«*. 1 tfi Ith'hiiiotiIII as a lb *r- In nth« *r u r »r»K If Prim e«s Auasta- ing day at the f . A. Garrison home the and by h » m arriage In 1VC4 to a her hti«hanr!. P tlfloe Chris- other day. Help had hocii summoned, * I ve " f Harry Miller, then gen- | fC»1>11 •i*r. f>roth* r * f 1 Constantine, -u]ierinleiMÌeiit of tire Penitayl- Je*n mb* >ut 1Kill «UNI «UNI ami young the knives sliaris-ned, w ate r heated, the derrick raised and the ««aiding railroad, be got work In the 1 • T ten whan barrel tilted to the f o r m t angle. Then i u »w»m i At lettgl h I n * wan «II* \f»i»n a 1* *«*•!$« i|ΫH. h»N rovirii wldoiv or •m'eot of fh« 1tirlifiMifnl rftHr «h ii»1r»*iii, if Hfiy, w III jr»*î the the boss ami help adjourn ed to a «mull shed to tllspMtrh the Intended victim, f*H of fh** 1 eimsyl \ Mills arxl Ha jTUf Hf N 1,0* «I or mm e «»f ut» «I American a large sow. But In! they found kef *f « J :h ‘i**rit«*‘l a targe •firn ■jr. surrounded by six frisky young pigs, IN*¡«1 H« II «, . m mill« I »a After the «Il» :ith «»f Mr. Leeds amt born only a few hours la-fore. Mr. • ma'vlitff mr 1-ee.t* wet.l int *n tltip y en ru t>efore hin widow was H arrison Is now advertisin g for n hog IWS WIT«* T h e -ar I(T fu tt ’ plate. ■ nplorctl t.v Hie G reek s she broke Into already killed ntnl dressed. .1 al th e dtPV#*i1 *|>ll)«'tif * f hoir»«- ln- Fdis |>. ni sta lely r'gbt nml le ft — real ■ es m i l a iiiriff <m fin f>faff* |M*r- I royalty’s p rf.tt’ e grounds bcftiti«e o f j , F L i p m o . .'ovv Leprosy Tree. *«! 1 lie gr<iWlh «*f that I the I .A d a ’ tuil'fon« at lo r • 'tnmnnd. ' Many a dente*1 t it l e mhh I ii her hand \ Manila, I*. I. S eed s from the « haul- in inarrlage. Her m arriage to Prlt.ee ! inoogra oil t r i e of India have been re Moore B -e th e re a * Partner«. ceived her« hy the bureau «»f science, t qtlirlng tlie Id o f W H. and J . ! C hristopher ocettrrtsl at Geneva tati and It Is hoped to produce the plant .IsnmtrT 31. 1fn.il am i «rade her a II M-sire of Ctitcago. I.e««l* and Held In the I ’b i l ip p ln e s.a n ils , • s«»*i organized the bus!ness on a na- I c o u s in of m i s t of the royally of Fu- | £ o n a l s cale under the nam e of the j r o f e ami g a i e her sm-h exaltetl rank * T h e <»tl o f this tree forma the has« of a tre atm e n t which has been w il'd American Tin P M ■ * » . in H M n« had not been held by an American , T hat » how t cessfully used In leprosy c a se s here. the United S ta te s Steel corporation j woman In many »cura. Coming Marriage of Young Leeds to Princess Solves Fi nances of Royal Family. T h e s e are the two crew s of marine corps av iato rs who left Anacostla. I>. C., on the first leg «>f a 5,500-mlle flight from Washington to the Virgin Islands. T w o De H avlland planes were used fo r the trip. + ..................*.............. ..
