Famous Financier Dying at Put-in-Bay Home
Jay Cooke, the renowned financier, lies critically ill at his Put-in-Bay summer home on Lake Erie. Born in Sandusky, he traces lineage to Francis Cooke of Plymouth and rose from store clerk to major banking and railroad investor before later fortunes faltered in 1878. He has four children.
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Lake Erie
Sandusky
Francis Cooks
Plymouth
Mass
Ohio
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Depew Bride to Be Plans Secret Paria Ceremony
Senator Chauncey M Depew announces his marriage to Milas May Palmer to be held in Paris at a date not yet fixed. Miss Palmer, daughter of Mrs Henry Palmer, is a well connected New Yorker educated abroad and little known at home. The piece mentions social figures and a Chicago mayor cracking down on tramps with no municipal lodging house planned.
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Depew
Chauncey M- Depew
Milas May Palmer
Paria
Miss Palmer
Henry Palmer
Hermann
New Orleans
New York
Gramps
Willie
Dusty Rhodes
Chicago
Harrison
Gentlemen of the Road
Bridewell
Hart
Chicago Tribune
Tolstot Active in Mind and Work Despite Illness
A French visitor to Yrenaia Poliann reports Count Tolstot remains brisk in the morning, tours his estate, then works at his desk. He dines alone and relies on secretaries like Nicholas Gay to copy and transcribe his manuscripts marked with additions and erasures.
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Golstor
Yrenaia Poliann
Count Tolstot
Nicholas Gay
Kennedy Will Disposes Of Estate Worth Over Half Million
The will of George N. Kennedy late ex supreme court justice of Maryland leaves property valued above five hundred thousand dollars to various beneficiaries Syracuse University receives about forty thousand dollars and several charities receive thirty five thousand each The document also mentions other society notes and historical references from the era including a senator’s marriage and wartime service details
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Flair-Mullion
George N. Kennedy
Supreme Court of Maryland
Syracuse University
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