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...Chicago, I. J. Zolt, undertaker, went to court because Mrs. Helen Courtney Pett had not paid him for burying her husband. Said Superior Judge David: "You can go to the cemetery where the body is buried and take the shroud from the corpse, remove the coffin, and leave the body to the tender mercies of the Almighty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Perfect | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

...conference, opportunity will be given for discussion led by competent leaders. Foremost among these will be Henry Pett Van Dusen of Union Theological Seminary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EASTERN COLLEGES TO MEET AT POLAND SPRINGS | 3/5/1927 | See Source »

...commute between his home and factory on Long Island. On a recent visit to England, his electioneering by plane for Lloyd George attracted general attention. True to his profession, and his convictions, he planned to make his business trips on the Continent and his Channel-crossing by air. Leaving Pett (near Rye on the South Coast of England) last week, he was seen to fly to sea in perfect weather, to turn back when his engine started missing, then to fly to sea again. This decision probably cost him his life. The plane was seen to crumple and fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Sperry Drowned | 12/24/1923 | See Source »

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