$50,000 for Being Kind to Wanderer

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Featured Link: Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Jul 1912, p. 4
Media Type: 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): Gifts
Local identifier: Wilmette.News.306105
Language of Item: English
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