Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-01-12 | Page 6 | Did Mary Quit Farm and Promised Ten Thousand Dollar Legacy to Wed?

DID MARY QUIT FARM AND PROMISED TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR LEGACY TO WED? i' . j . ! Picture of Mary Smith that won 1 elrlerlr hnre lo cr's heart Ijist spring1 Mary Smith, Chicago r7)ist, was promised a $10,000 legacy leg-acy by an Illinois farmer and his wife if she would livo with them as their daughter as long as they lived. Under the agreement she was not permitted to marry. She got a good deal of publicity when she went to the farm to live and the accompanying photograph showing her enjoying farm life was published. It was seen by J. D. Whipple, wealthy horso lover and inventor of a "humane horse collar," whose home is in London, Lon-don, Ontario. He wrote to the girl, offering her his heart and hand Last' November she left the Illinois farm- , er's home, saying country life was too lonely. Now she is missing and her friends believo that she is enjoying enjoy-ing a honeymoon with Whipple. He is sixty. She is still in her twenties.