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Before she died in the Chicago Hospital Mrs Annette Blodgett, a -widow, who had earned a living by doing odd domestic jobs, willed to her daughter and .a daughter-in-law a pair of petticoats.' One of. the''garments.proved to be a veritable cloth of magis, for when a patch which protruded oddly inside the lining was ripped off 143 dollar* wove found a patch which protruded oddly Inside th(> lining was ripped off 113 dollrus coiiroaled bouoath it Tim iuon:y is being ue:ri tn transport tho icmain& to her former hom-e, nnd give ihcm i'ltorment there. After her death a kttor penned en her death-bed was found. It set forth tho disposition of her possessions. Little 4 thought.was given to tho. petticoat for several da>s until the peculiar patch aroused curiosity.

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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13420, 18 March 1914, Page 3

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Untitled Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13420, 18 March 1914, Page 3

Untitled Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13420, 18 March 1914, Page 3