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New York Amrican
September 5. 1909

                   HEIR TO $200,000 TO BE A FARMER
                   
                   "No Auto and Lobster Supper Route for Mine,"
                   Says Inmate of Poorhouse
                   
                   WOMEN WRITE TO HIM
                   
                   MANY WOULD WED ILLINOIS BENEFICIALRY OF
                    INDIANAPOLIS UNCLE
                    
                   Bloomington, Ill., Sept. 4. - Sitting upon the steps
                of the McLean County Poor Farm, clad in the rough garments
                of the day laborer, ALBERT NEWHOUSE, an inmate of the in-
                stitution for paupers, talked soberly and without emotion
                of a fortune of $200,000 left him this week by the death
                of his uncle, OLIVER NEWHOUSE, of Indianapolis, Ind.
                  "I am going to Indianapolis, claim the money and farm,
                and then devote my life to tilling the soil," he declared.
                  "I suppose that I could blow in the whole sum in a few
                months via the automobile and lobster supper route but
                not for mine. When I find a woman to suit me I will marry
                her and try to prove a useful citizen of the community,"
                he continued.
                  Since the announcement early this week that NEWHOUSE
                had been transformed from a pauper into a rich man, he
                has been the recipient of letters from many points, some
                of them from women suggesting matrimony for themselves or
                their daughters. A lawyer from Kansas City suggested some
                judicious investments, promising to increase his fortune.
                A letter from Brooklyn, N.Y., came from a Baptist mission-
                ary society stating that they were engaged in rescue work
                for just such unfortunates as NEWHOUSE before his inheri-
                tance came. They suggested that he send them a portion of
                his inheritance, and promised to place it to good advant-
                age in building a house which would be used for a shelter
                for men in hard luck.
                
                  St. Louis Woman Writes Him
                  A St. Louis woman writes sympathetically, stating that
                her daughter has been afflicted with rheumatism, just
                like NEWHOUSE, but she was cured by a judicious combi-
                nation of electricty and olive oil. She was also aided,
                she said by keeping away from the doctors. The writer
                urged NEWHOUSE to embark on the olive oil and electric
                route to health and happiness, and incidentally remarked
                that her daughter, who was a sweetly charming creature,
                a decided blond, would be willing to meet him personally
                and tell him just how to apply the treatment to get the
                best results. A postal card followed the letter, urging
                prompt action.
                  There is a buxom widow in Springfield, Ill., who is
                very anxious to keep house for NEWHOUSE, and, although
                she did not say so, aid him in spending some of his
                fortune. She wrote him as follows:
                  "In reading the morning paper I see where you have
                fallen heir to a fortune of $200,000. Now, in case you
                need a housekeeper you would find me a No. 1 woman. I
                am a widow, twenty-nine years old, and, with one daughter,
                thirteen years old. We are almost penniless as you were
                before you got your fotrune. Am a Protestant, and if you
                need my services, answer at once."
                  Other letters of a similar character are being received
                daily by the beneficiary, but he is not treating any of
                them seriously.
                
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