Recluse at Auburn Gives School $1,000
An elderly hermit in Kansas dug up his life savings from hiding and donated it on the spot to fund the education of Kansas children.
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Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · February 21, 1915 · Page 1
1 min readATCHISON, Kan., Feb. 20.
ATCHISON, Kan., Feb. 20 (Special Telegram.) Henry Knollenberg, 84 years old, a miser and recluse who has lived near Auburn, Kan., for years without associating with his neighbors, today dug up $1,000 in cash which he had hidden and gave it to Dr. R. B. Berry, president of the Midland College of Atchison.
While he was soliciting funds for the college in Auburn, the hermit said he wanted his money to be used to educate Kansas boys and girls. President Berry had met Knollenberg in Auburn when he went there and had told him about Midland's campaign to secure another endowment of $30,000.
Knollenberg went home, returning in a short time with $1,000 in cash. He gave it to Dr. Berry, turned around and went [...]
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