Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1919 — Richest Colored Woman Dies. [ARTICLE]

Richest Colored Woman Dies.

Irvlngton-on-Huason, : N. Y. —“Madam Walker,” reputed to have been the wealthiest colored woman in the United States, if not -the world, and credited with having amassed a fortune of more than $1,000,000 through the sale of a “hair restorer,” is dead at her country home here after a long illness. Between four and five million gallons of wine are annually produced in the Union of South Africa.