£200,000 FROM £140 LOAN.
■ A lonn of £UO, which Dr. S. Iligloy, of WelUton, Ohio, made a quarter of a century ago lo Charles Froolicli, «. struggling farm lad, was repaid last niojith more I bun a thousand times in the form of a legacy amounting (o l'L'oo,ooo. "With the borrowed money Fnielich entered a oollege, graduated as a mining engineer, and emigrated to Australia. Eight years ago, grown beyond recognition, the former farm lad walked into the doctor's house and paid back the £U0 with compound interest. Ho informed his benefactor that ho had been successful beyond his most ennguino dreams in Australia nud .South Africa. After n etav of several weeks ho returned to Australia.
Last month, states the "Daily Moil," Mr. Henry Thorncroft, a lawyer at Melbourne, visited Dr. Iligley to notify him that Mr. Froclich had died and left his entire estate to the benefactor of h.is early youth. Dr. Iligley is now sovoutv 'venrsold
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1812, 26 July 1913, Page 12
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158£200,000 FROM £140 LOAN. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1812, 26 July 1913, Page 12
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