The Archive · 1934

Mrs. Alice Hargreaves Westerham

Mrs. Alice Hargreaves, whom Lewis Carroll used vas his original in the writing of "Alice in Wonder land." died here last night at. the Sge of #2. She succumbed to a {lness that had confined her to bed for the past month—United Press, Prof. Karl von Linde Berlin, Nov. 16 The constructor of the first ice chest, which he has lived to see change in the course of 89 years from a crude looking box to" the electrical perfection of to-day's refrigerator, died here to-day at the age of 92.

He was Prof. Karl von Linde, who at one time enjoyed a widespread reputation as an engineer and inventer. His original ice-chest was constructed in 1875—Reuter

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