Archive:Hugh Monticello Whitney Obituary, August 1920 - Revision history

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HUGH MONTICELLO WHITNEY

Whitney was a member of a family of millers, his father and brother being at
one time in the flour business in Minneapolis, from where he came to St. Louis
30 years ago. He spent his whole life in inventing milling machinery, and with
Mr. Pillsbury, who organized the Pillsubyr [sic] Milling Company in
Minneapolis, perfected the first flour maker there. Twenty years ago, he
invented a milling machine on which the patent already expired. As soon as the
invention was perfected, he began working on improvements, and often told his
wife that he could not die happy until he had made a machine which would mill
flour less expensively than those now in use. Certain parts of the mechanism
were finished before his sickness and while in his dormant condition, letters
of patent came from Washington together with telegrams of congratulations which
he never became conscious to read. Mrs. Whitney is the only one who knows
anything of Mr. Whitney's investion [sic]. She stated to a representative of
the Sentinel that with her little knowledge of machinery, she feared her
husband's life work would be left unfinished, as she did not understand it
thoroughly

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 one time in the flour business in Minneapolis, from where he came to St.  Louis
 years ago.  He spent his whole life in inventing milling machinery, and with
-Mr. Pillsbury, who organized the Pillsubyr [sic] Milling Company in
+Mr. Pillsbury, who organized the Pillsubyr [''sic''] Milling Company in
 Minneapolis, perfected the first flour maker there.  Twenty years ago, he
 invented a milling machine on which the patent already expired.  As soon as the
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 of patent came from Washington together with telegrams of congratulations which
 he never became conscious to read.  Mrs. Whitney is the only one who knows
-anything of Mr. Whitney's investion [sic].  She stated to a representative of
+anything of Mr. Whitney's investion [''sic''].  She stated to a representative of
 the Sentinel that with her little knowledge of machinery, she feared her
 husband's life work would be left unfinished, as she did not understand it
-thoroughly
+thoroughly.