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John William Carter shown with his wife and family; entrants in the Great Stork Derby in Toronto, October 26 1936

An eccentric tycoon left his fortune to the woman who had the most babies—sparking a frenzy in Depression-era Toronto

Miles Rook

An eccentric Toronto tycoon left his fortune to the woman who had the most babies, igniting the Great Stork Derby, a sensational decade-long contest during the Great Depression in Canada.

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