The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-07
Newspapers All Over Globe
Have Told Their Readers
About Richmond's "Young-
est Grandmother"
ACCOUNT IN RUSSIAN
PAPER IS RECEIVED
Local Manufacturer Receives
Clipping from Odessa. High
Iy Exaggerated in typical
Russian Style.

A story which went around the
globe and which undoubtedly attract.
ed more attention than some OF the
more important news events. OF the
world was that of local woman. Mrs.
Everett Parker. who is q grand motn-
er ut IS years OF age.
"The Youngest Grandmother In The
World Is IN, heading OF the story
which was published In an Odessa.
Russia newspaper. in July. according
to a letter which Albert N. Mamma-
cher. manager of the Gaar Scott and
Co. agency at that place wrote to s.
s. Stra1tan. Jr.. OF this city. The let.
ter was addressed on July Is. but Mr..
Strattan only received IL recently.
Enclosed In the letter was a clip
ping of the story cut from the Odessa
paper. Il II In the Russian script. Mr..
Mammacher's translation which he
gives in the letter 10 as follows: "The
youngest gra.,dmother in the world
lives at Richmond. Indiana. She Is
2s years old and married at Is. She
has q daughter who also was married
when IL and who now has child.
The funniest part Of 1t all 10 that the
young grandmother still has her own
great grandmother. who IL so years
old. The new born child may be
proud AZ It stil has its great-great.
great.grandmother among the
living q Eenerations)."
The agent also states in his letter.
"The l.ussian cannot figure and must
always exaggerate. We can only
count six generations. nevertheless II
this Ia q fact It would certainly tickle
Teddy's race suicide notion"
Tho story was sent out from this
city and a press bureau at Baltimore.
, Nd. Immediately enQuired In a tele-
! gram to the former postmaster ]. A.
| Spekenhier whether the story was cor
rect. 1t appeared In all Of the large
daily publications In European cities.
A bureau at Brooklyn also was attract
ed and inquired OF the Palladium as
to the truthfullness of the story. This
bureau 10 engaged In the compilation
of unusual facts.
On Sunday. March 81. the Palladium
carried exclusively the interesting
! story which In part. follows:
The Original Account.
To be . grandmother at the age OF
:s years Ia the unique and perhaps
unparalleled distinction. In this state at
least. OF Mrs. Everett Parker. 73O N.
Fourteenth street. A boy was born to
Mrs. Parker's fifteen-year-6ld daugh.
ter. Ruby. who is now Mrs. Charles
Lane, OF Indianapolis. several months
ago, making the fifth generation in
the family. Mrs. Parker's mother and
grandmother are both living. The
former. whose name Is Mrs. Tidella
King and who is but 46 years OF age.
also resides on North Fourteenth
street near her daughter. while the
great-grandmother. Mrs. Ange-
line Davis, 90 years old. lives near Ea.
ton, Ohio.
Mrs. Parker was married when but
IL years old to Emanuel Eadler. aged
10. To this union, werc born four
children. Ruby. aged IA. Ida May. Is.
Forest. II. and Violet Muriel. z. She
was separated from ner first husband
sometime ago and married Everett
Parker with whom she Is now living.
Ruby Weds Two Years Ago.
Her present husband is employed
ut the F. & n. Lawn Mower works.
Less than two years ago. Mrs. Parker's
daughter Ruby married Charles Lane.
a coremaker at the Wayne Works, who
was only Is years old. when the knot
was tied. The couple then moved to
Indianapolis. where Lane obtained EN-.
ployment In a factory. Their first
child was born about five months ago.
The young grandmother is the
daughter Isaac Breeze. deceased. for.
merly OF New Westville, Ohio. Mr..
Breeze was well known farmer in
that community and married when his
wife was but Is years old. Mrs. Park
er, whose maiden name in Mamie. is
the oldest Of three children born to
tho couple.
Asked how II seemed to be q grand.
mother at Is. Mrs. Parker replied that
she didn't feel bit old In spite Of the
fact. The woman does not look to bc
even 90 years Of age.