Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1913 — HELPS PEDDLER; GETS $8,000 [ARTICLE]

HELPS PEDDLER; GETS $8,000

Pennsylvania Woman Well Rewarded by Aged Man for a Deed of Kindness.

Harrisburg. Pa.—Margaretta Jan* Brown’s kindness four years ago In helping an old peddler on to a trolley car here has won her a reward or SB,OOO. The young woman, who recently became Mrs. Ray Mason Knasel. received In her mall a check for thle amount and a note addressed “To the little girl who helped me on a trolley car four years ago.” She had almost forgotten the Incident The re'ward was from Valentine R. Cortiaa and was mailed from California.