[meteorite-list] NP Article, 10-1912 Texas Falls Pays for College
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:43 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV43e2b6ZZyET000103a0_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0010_01C320AE.BCE023B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Wichita Daily Times City: Wichita Falls, Texas Date: October 14, 1912 Page: 2 Kansas City, Oct. 14 - How a black stone that fell from the skies will br= ing a college education to a penniless Texas boy was related at the Union= Station today by E. W. Patterson of Acme, Texas, who passed through on h= is way to Chicago, where he will enroll as a freshman in the University o= f Chicago. Patterson has been working on a ranch twenty miles west of Acme. He was g= raduated from Fort Worth high school three years ago, but owing to sickne= ss he had been unable to save any money to continue his studies. On the e= vening of September 2, while pumping water for the stock, he saw a brilli= ant meteor fall, apparently a little way out on the prairie. After a sear= ch he found it. Patterson wrote to the Field Museum about it and they sent experts to exa= mine the stone. Subsequently it was purchased by the museum authorities f= or $500. Upon receipt of the check Patterson left for Chicago. He will en= roll at once. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0010_01C320AE.BCE023B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><FONT size=3D2= > <P>Paper: Wichita Daily Times</P> <P>City: Wichita Falls, Texas</P> <P>= Date: October 14, 1912</P> <P>Page: 2</P> <P>Kansas City, Oct. 14 - How a= black stone that fell from the skies will bring a college education to a= penniless Texas boy was related at the Union Station today by E. W. Patt= erson of Acme, Texas, who passed through on his way to Chicago, where he = will enroll as a freshman in the University of Chicago.</P> <P>Patterson = has been working on a ranch twenty miles west of Acme. He was graduated f= rom Fort Worth high school three years ago, but owing to sickness he had = been unable to save any money to continue his studies. On the evening of = September 2, while pumping water for the stock, he saw a brilliant meteor= fall, apparently a little way out on the prairie. After a search he foun= d it.</P> <P>Patterson wrote to the Field Museum about it and they sent e= xperts to examine the stone. Subsequently it was purchased by the museum = authorities for $500. Upon receipt of the check Patterson left for Chicag= o. He will enroll at once.</FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArtic= les.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</P></DI= V></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0010_01C320AE.BCE023B0-- Received on Thu 22 May 2003 11:08:56 PM PDT |
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