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Hetty Green Heiress’s Heirs Invest Big in Luxury
A June 1916 Star Company report contrasts Hetty Green’s famed frugality with new spending by her heirs. Colonel Green buys a luxury steam yacht and Alta Crest estate near Greenwich, while Sylvia Green Wilks expands mansions and servants.
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