Story-loving historians Brad Argent and Dr. Michala Hulme gather around the newspapers of old to learn more about the $400,000,000 fortune that one man reportedly came into in 1906.

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Links to articles:

Old Man Heir To $400 million (1906)

Opal's Diary is Refuted by Grandmother (1921)

Beer Flood Drowns Eight (1919)

Library Notes (Ohio, 1946)

All newspaper articles referenced in this episode were sourced on Newspapers.com, with additional research conducted by Brad and Michala using Ancestry® and other resources.