Virginian in 1910--Rogers

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
April 23, 1910

BIG FORTUNE SHRINKS
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Heavy Cost of Virginian Ate Up Rogers' Millions
    New York, April 22--H. H. Rogers, who was credited with building up the Standard Oil's multi-millions, left for his heirs hardly a third of the immense fortune credited to him by Wall Street reports.  Instead of the $100,000,000 which outsiders estimated as a conservative figure, for the amount of the Rogers estate, the executors have estimated it at something under $36,606,900.  The heavy cost of the Virginian Railway drained his resurces.  The inheritance tax was paid yesterday, the last day under the law.
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[The executors' estimate was slightly blurred on the microfilm.  The best interpretation is shown.]

Gordon Hamilton
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