TWENTY YEARS AFTER.
DISPUTE OVER MONEY SETTLED. £SO ACCUMULATES TO £IOOO. (United Press Association—Copyright.) CHICAGO, March 13. Twenty vears ago an Irishman and a. Swede, named Mike O'Toole and Chris Larsen respectively, could not settle a dispute'over £SO, so they took it to a bank manager and told him to keen the money until they had settled their quairel. To-day the investment has grown to £IOOO. The bank got in touch with Larsen, who loftily declined a settlement. Then the bank summoned 0 loole. who is over 70 vears of age. He used blarney so successfully that the joint owners went to the nearest _ "speakeasv," spent an hour in drinks and negotiation, and then called for an equal division of the money.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 130, 14 March 1930, Page 5
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