Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1916 — Twins Return With Riches [ARTICLE]

Twins Return With Riches

Milwaukee, Wis.—With less than a dollar between them ’he Poppert twins—Oscar and Walter—left MU waukee fifteen years ago to seek tljetr fortune in the Klondike. A few days ago they returned as owners of mining property in Alaska said to be worth several hundred thousand dollars. They are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Poppert 394 Twenty-seventh avenue. The adventures of the Toppert twins rival those read about in the wildest of Alaskan tales. The first years in the North were spent in “whaling” on-rickety vessels, their cruises taking them to Siberia, Chiua§ Japan and the Hawaiian Islands. Later they herded cattle and finally, with a team of dogs, set out for the interior of Alaska, The men are row known as the most daring explorers in the Arctic region.