Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1916 — FOOT HURTS, FINDS $350 GEM [ARTICLE]

FOOT HURTS, FINDS $350 GEM

Girl Student in Rochester, N. Y., Discovers Diamond Embedded in Her Shoe. Rochester, N. Y.—Miss Irene Maitland, a student at Mechanics institute, whose home is in Geneva, while walking in Main street, felt a pebble hurting her foot through the rubber. She tried to shake it off, but could not, as it was embedded. When she picked the stone from the rubber she noticed its brilliancy and kept it. Today a jeweler told her it was a blue white diamond, perfectly cut, worth $350. Ts the stone isunclalmedand unidentified, Miss Maitland will sell it and use the money to help complete her education. At present she Is doing office work outside of school hours.