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...fallen accidentally from the speakers' platform, hurt his head. It was not believed that the injury was serious, but he complained of feeling unwell. His friend Treasurer Philip L. Reed of Armour & Co. left him alone in a bedroom. A few minutes later Mr. White's sister-in-law passed the doorway, found the room empty, the French windows wide open. A coroner's jury of Mr. White's friends returned the verdict of vertigo, accidental death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 26, 1931 | 1/26/1931 | See Source »

...Willmott Lewis, newly knighted Washington correspondent of the London Times, gave a party for the purpose of playing MURDER. Directress of the ?ame: his sister-in-law, Frances Noyes Hart (The Bellamy Trial, Hide in the Dark). Rules of the game: two players are chosen as "detectives," sent from the room while lots are drawn to determine who shall be the "murderer." Then the lights are turned out, the "murderer" picks and "assassinates'' his victim. The lights are turned on and the "detectives" examine the "corpse," question the witnesses. All are bound to tell the truth except...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 19, 1931 | 1/19/1931 | See Source »

...Clara Prince, widow of the late Julius Prince and sister-in-law of Broker Theodore Prince, was made a special partner of Theodore Prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Partners & Personnel | 1/12/1931 | See Source »

...Philadelphia, the will of Wilson E. Stroudt bequeathed to his sister-in-law Mrs. Charles L. Stroudt "all that parcel of land from the Atlantic to the Pacific and all the trees and everything thereon"; to her son "the four winds of the earth, that he may enjoy them the same as I have"; to the person who buried him all that remained of his estate after funeral expenses were paid. Mrs. Stroudt buried him, received...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Irishman | 10/27/1930 | See Source »

...medical research. A year before his death, Purrington acquired $150,000 under the will of his friend, Dr. William Carr, founder of the College of Dental Surgery of New York City to be given to institutions after the death of Dr. Carr's widow and sister-in-law. The widow has since died. The remainder of the $150,000 will go to New York institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD RECEIVES $115,000 FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH | 10/20/1930 | See Source »

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