Mrs Yerkes Meets Husband's Protégé in London
Miss Emilie Grigsby, heiress, travels under chaperone Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins to London then Maidenhead. Charles T Yerkes allegedly settled a sizable fortune on Grigsby and arranged convent retirement, with Hopkins aiding as chaperon amid rumors of a potential marriage and Yerkes’ financial influence.
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Yerkes
New York
Charles T. Yerkes
London
Emilie Grigsby
AL Dunlap Hopkins
Woman's School of Needlework
Princess Christian
South Kensington
South Kensington School of Needlework. When Emilie Grisgby
Dunlap Hopkins
Berkeley Square
Sas
Miss Grigsby
Grigsby
Hopkins
Carlton
Savoy
Maidenhead
Thames
Sin
Miss Grigs
W. HL : Inc
Taplow Court
Maidenphead
Miss Grigsty
the Holl
Charles YT
Amd
Chinaco
Europe
Vector
Dunlap Tionpkins
New Law
New York School of Applies Design
Twenty-Third
Seventh Avenue
None to Miss Grigsby Report on Yerkes fortune
Lexington dispatch reports Emilie Igsby denied any Kentucky-relative fortune connected to the late Charles T. Yerkes. A wealthy Winchester aunt helped the family in childhood, but Mrs Ananda Grigsby Cooke left most of her estate to her husband and other relatives. Mrs. Cooke died at sixty leaving 49000 to her husband 500 to Emilie and Braxton Grigsby and the remainder to Pauline Grigsby of Gallatin Tennessee with minor bequests to friends.
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Lexington
New York Tribune
Emilie Igsby
Charles T. Yerkes
New York
Kentucky
Winchester
Ananda Grigsby-Cooke
Grigsby
Pauline
John D. Grigsby
Gallatin
Tenn
Susan Grigsby
Buckhanan
Sue Burbride
Sue Grigsby
Estate kept intact future uses of Yerkes wealth
Special to The Washington Post reports Charles Tyson Yerkes and his adviser met to discuss the estate’s future. Mrs. Yerkes may fund public galleries and a planned Great Hospital in the Bronx, with bequests to son Charles B. Yerkes and Mrs. Rondinella kept modest and largely deferred.
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Charles 1. Yerkes
Rondinella
Charles 12. Yerkes
Rondinesko
Yerkes
Tim
Portraits of Emilie Grigsby spark art intrigue in Cincinnati
Special to The Washington rose from Cincinnati Ohio January 31 18 Ninth Mary Sue Grigsby once a Cincinnati figure had portraits of her son and daughter made by a local photographer. A painting costing 150 dollars was partly paid for before she left town. The photographer stored the work and later an unnamed man, presumed to be Charles Tyson Yerkes, appeared to view the portrait and offered to settle the balance and have it shipped to New York. The patron’s identity remains uncertain, and the photographer recalls the likeness as fairly good. Dr King’s New Life Pills are praised for curing various ailments.
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New York
Charles T
Myra
Yerkes
Woolferd
Price
Lipa
New York City
Cgrigsby
Tech
Coloread Gan
Bat
Binty-seventh Street
Corher
Fifth Avermus
Twente Strest
Ain House
Mysiavee
Grigsbys
Tewer
Mons
Washington Post
Jan
Clarence A. Knight
Chicago
Charles Tyson Yerkes
Adrian TW. Joline
Central Trust Company
Estate
Lewis Owsley
Yerkes Observatory
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sue Grigsby
Emilie Grigesby
Charles Ty Yerkes
Grigsby
Martha Washington
India
Susie Sorabji
Poona
Serabji
America
Shabji
Miss Good
Sorabji
Helen Gould
Ameim
Palace life and rumored fortune of Emilie Grigsby
Mrs. Dunlay Hopkins, at her St Paul home, recalls meeting Emilie Grigsby about five years ago and describes her beauty, demeanor, and lavish Park Avenue home. Hopkins also recounts Grigsby’s claimed inheritance, guardian Mr. Yerkes, and a London accident that left Grigsby lame. The account preserves Grigsby’s social circle, taste in art, and the opulent, museum-like interior of her residence.
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Grigsby
New York
Dunlay Hopkins
St. Paul
Hopking
Imilie
Mie Thames
Berkely Square
Ismilie
T. P
Carleton
Savoy
William
Pr. Bull
London
Park Avenue
Hoptkins
Iamilie Entrely
Rubens
Albert Herter
Paris
America
Lavish Florentine home and Miss Grigsby's legend
An unnamed speaker describes Miss Grigsby and her life of luxury, noting a Florentine carved bed, gold toilette sets, a purple velvet carpet, and rare European paintings. The guest room features needlework panels at $5 each, while Mrs. Hook and Mrs. Hopkins defend Emilie’s reputation amid rumors of a convent past and a famed patron in Mr. Yerkes.
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Mrs. Hopkins
Rome
Emilie
Saving Forest Lands Treating Wounded Trees
The annual report of Gifford Pinchot, chief of the Bureau of Forestry, shows sales of over 45,000 cords of timber from government reservations bringing more than 8,000 dollars, and advisory assistance to private forest holders for over 7,000,000 acres. It details rapid, people-focused administration, increased reserves use, and progress in planting, tar treatment, and turpentin ing methods.
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Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
Department of Agriculture
United States
Dinchot
Forest Service
Pinchot
Florida
Woman climbs flagpole for diamond ring in New York
Mrs. Robert Merrill ascends 345 feet to the flagstaff atop the Pulitzer Building in a sunset stunt to win a $1,000 bet and a diamond ring. Steeple Jack Merrill and two helpers test the bosun’s chair as hundreds watch, while bystanders cheer the successful descent and celebration follows.
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New York
Robert Merrill
Pulitzer
Merrill
East Nineteenth Street
Steeple Jack
Jill
Mohn
Johnson
Mrs. Merrill
Earth
Sky
Helen
Steeple Jil
Frisco Rail Line Agrees to Faster Morning Mail
Railroad officials meet with St Louis business leaders and Missouri and Kansas lawmakers to push an early morning fast mail from St Louis to Seass and connecting points, likely January 4, with trains scheduled to reach St Louis by 7 am from Monett. The arrangement aims to speed mail to Southwest Missouri Oklahoma and related regions and to improve delivery through the St Louis clearing house. Baltimore and Return, $1.25, Via Pennsylvania. Railroad, every Saturday and Sunday, all trains except Congressional Limited.
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Railroad
St. Louis
V. J. Franks
Frisco
W. F. Saunders
Business Men's League of
St.Louis
Monett
Missouri
Oklahoma
Territory
Baltimore and
Pennsylvania
Congressional
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