PERSONAL
TEX RICKARD BURIED
LARGE CROWDS AT FUNERAL ESTATE VALUED AT £IOO,OOO (United ServiceJ NEW YORK, Wednesday. The estate of the late Mr. Tex Rickard is valued at £IOO,OOO. Me (nade a great deal of money, but lost keavily on Wall Street last year. Mr. Rickard was frequently induced to assist inventors and he owned numerous worthless patents. ka*ge crowds of people attended the funeral of the late boxing promoter. Tho bier was placed exactly in the centre of Madison Square Gardens, Where the boxing ring was formerly situated. The largest floral tribute a huge mass of carnations from Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dempsey. An ppiacopalian clergyman pronounced the Benediction over the remains.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 559, 11 January 1929, Page 9
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113PERSONAL TEX RICKARD BURIED Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 559, 11 January 1929, Page 9
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