The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-01-17
MARSHALL W.
FIELD DEAD
Mulh.Millionsifs q Victim Of
paeumonia.
HEAD OF CHICAGO FIRM
Great Dry Good, Merchant Tsksn
III While on q Train From
Chicago 10 Me- fofk.
HEAD OF CHICAGO FIRM

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feariiri riiisburg There . physicisn
bearded thr train snh cane ~ - fhis
riiy with Mr Fisid
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ons Dr Walter u ismss. Who had
i.-~n In attendance. called In Dv W
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~ THE city. ani after . consultation
the physicians announced that Ne Fisd
80. suffering fTom pnrumonis.
During sunday night Mr. Field sp
pesrrd 10 hc sinking rapidly. aud Mon.
day morning the physicians Announced
that all hope for hls r-rovsry had i,-~n
abandoned. Mr Flsid himself appsr.
entity believed ihst IN. end was 20
hand. aud by his request all the mem
beers Of his family we're summoned TO
the bedside suddenly. however. there
came remarkable change The
strength which gradually had Slipped
away from tile patient seemed sudden.
~ TO be rushing back. lie looked ~
aud smiled. asked for drink aud then
sank into q peaceful. rsstful sleep. lie /
was better. the physicians said much .
better aud there was even hope that
he might successfully pass the crisis.
Mr. Field did not rest well during the
last hours OF the night. The spread ~
the disease had recommended. aud his
condition. while critical. was not re-.
garded Ne hopeless. His condition. how
ever. continued TO become more desper.
ate with every moment. and soon the
Inst ray OF hope had ned.
DR. Frank Billings. Mr.. Fields ply
siciau. who came from Chicago. said
thar Mr.. Field was unconscious for
three hours before his death and that
his temperature was l07 when he died.
Mr.. Fields body will be taken 10
Chicago this morning by special train.
No funeral services viii be held here.
Marshall Field was multimlllIon-
ARE merchant and n leader IN the dry
goods trade Of the world. Mr. Field
was seventy years of age.
Mr. Field was the head OF the Chica-
30 firm Of Marshall Field x co. and of
branch houses in Paris and Manchester.
Marshall Field was born IN Conway,
Mass. IN 1885, and spent the early
years Of his life on farm He attend
ID IN academy until 1862, when he
started in life for himself as a dry
goods clerk In store at Pittsield
Mass
In 1906 he moved to Chicago and at
famed remarkable success for the
arm Of Marshall Field Il Co.. which Is
attributed almost entirely to Mr.. Field
He made II a rule never to borrow
money and never to issue note. He
paid cash for everything he bought not
,nly In connection with his dry goods
enterprise but for all Of his dealings In
real estate and in other investments.
Mr.. Field was twice married. his last ,
venture being still fresh In \
he public mind. He was married to
Mrs. Arthur Cation Sept. s last at West. ;