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A Milliner's Great Luck

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Day
13
Month
January
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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Saya Tht Vincinnaü Tima-Star: A wellknown Ciucinnatian was over In, Kansas City one clay last week opening; bis eyes to the altno9t fabulous stories of accumulated wealth nhich are there on eycrybody's tougue. Ho tells of one lady wbo was íormerly a milllner at Maysville, Ky., and mlgrated theuca to Kansas City ten or flfteen years ago. Sbe began in Kansas City tbe business sbe bad iollowed in Keutucky, and was more or less successlul uu til ii old uiud-hole on one ol the streetsof tbe city feil to her llquldation ol $2,51)0 debt Tbls the lady accepted wtth a groat deal of reluctante and witb tbe slieddlng of many tears, since she did not bellevs tbe property to be trorth half the money It cost her. Sbe, bowever, final ly rallied irom the discouragenient and refused a cash offer ior tlie property, au offer which ainouated to a little over half tbe $2,500. About a vear ago tbe New York Mutual Life Iusurauce company beijan castliif; about Kansas City for a site ou whlcü to lócate a $2,UOÜ,(00 bulldlnjt. The property owued ly the milliuer, odcb mudhole, wa? ou a corner, seveutv feet oa one streel and eighty ou another. They purcbascd lots ou eacb side of this corner, and Ihen bad a lot u the shapc of a capital L They wauted her. lot, and offered her $125,000 fir it. She refuseü, and thev kept ralsing tbe (■(Ier until tbev reached tbe enonnuus sum ot $:tí0,00ü. Stiil she refused, and then she suiplfiuented the refusal with tbe statement ; ' (ieiitleinen, you go abead aud put up your building, and do matter liow hlch you tro 111 build on my lot one storv blpber than you do. l'm troing to raise a mouuineut to myself rljiht on that corner." And, it is aid, neit summer she will keep her word. The $3,000,000 building is now about complete aud Is ten stories blgb. The little two-story building which tbe milllner owns on the corner, and wblcb she will tear down to bulld greater, nets her au annual lncome In reuts of $21,000.

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