$50,000 for Being Kind to Wanderer
- Publication
- Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Jul 1912, p. 4
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- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Articles
- Notes
- Multi-millionaire, Nicholas Churchill of Joliet, Illinois, donated more than $50,000 to citizens and the town of Peru, Indiana. They had befriended him when he toured Indiana on a bicycle nearly twenty-five years ago. The donations include $20,000 for a hospital, $10,000 for a children's home and $5,000 for a drinking fountain. Mr. Churchill also gave gifts ranging from $1,000 to $15,000 to individuals who had been kind to him.
- Date of Publication
- 25 Jul 1912
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- Wilmette.News.306105
- Language of Item
- English
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