NOTE: In 1911 the average annual income in the United States was $520. Here are a few consumer product prices to put this figure into context: pound of butter was 34 cents, a half gallon of milk was 17 cents, a pound of round steak was 18 cents, a pound of potatoes was 22 cents and a brand new car was $750.
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►HERE’S THE MILLION DOLLAR
ALIMONY GIRL ◄
• She
Was an Actress, Married a Rich Man, Learned Extravagance, Was Divorced, (Jot a
Million Alimony, But Couldn’t Stop Spending Money, So Now She Is “Broke.” •
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NEW
YORK, Nov. 21.—The “million dollar alimony girl”— Ethel Stewart Elliott—went
into bankruptcy the other day, giving as her main asset unpaid alimony
amounting to $28,000.
Eleven
years ago as Ethel Stewart, dancing in the extravaganza “Chris and the
Wonderful Lamp” she danced her way into the heart of John Love Elliott,
millionaire mining man.
For a
few years they were happy. Then came the break and – divorce in 1907. Elliott
at that time, it is said, settled $1,000,000 on his wife and allowed an extra
$28,000 yearly to support her and her daughter.
In
the years since then Mrs. Elliott satisfied her craving for fine clothes, for
travel and a life of ease. The million dwindled away and now she’s “broke.”
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Here
are some of the debts listed in Ethel Stewart Elliott’s bankruptcy petition:
For
dresses, hats and furs …………... $11, 600
Underwear………………………….…….
672
Shoes
………………………………….….. 16
Music
lessons ………………...………….. 310
Cab
hire ……………………….………… 205
Saddle
horses ………………….……….… 88
Jewellry
……………………….….……..1,391
Toys
…………………………….………... 64
Rent
……………………………….…... 2,166
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[“Here’s
The Million Dollar Alimony Girl,” The Tacoma Times (Wa.), Nov. 21, 1911, p. 1]
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