Word: widowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...George Washington hove into New York Harbor three weeks ago, an old lady sat bundled in an invalid's chair on board and an ambulance was waiting on the pier. Because she was indisposed and because she was Mrs. Lily Anheuser Busch, 85-year-old widow of the late Brewer Adolphus Busch of St. Louis, the old lady had "the courtesy of the port." Comptroller-of-the-Port Arthur F. Forran had furnished her with an "expedite" permit, so that she might escape the tedium of waiting while inspectors inspected 34 pieces of luggage belonging...
Married. Princess Victoria zu Schaumburg-Lippe, 61, sister of the onetime Kaiser of Germany, widow of the late (1916) Prince Adolphus zu Schaumburg-Lippe; to Alexander Zubkov, 27, onetime Russian refugee and onetime dishwasher, professional dancer, cinema "extra...
...Herald Tribune had reported the death of a Mrs. Alice Weed, widow of Beverly Weed who (no relative of Col. Harry D. Weed) was falsely named as the inventor of Weed chains...
Engaged. Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, widow (1925) of Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt; to Prince Hohenlohe Langebourg, nephew of Queen Marie of Rumania...
Died. Alice Weed, widow of one Beverly Weed, whom erring news despatches a fortnight ago asserted had invented "Weed" tire chains; at Jackson, Mich. Lieutenant Colonel Harry D. Weed, who invented and patented the tire chain and organized the Weed Chain Tire Grip Co.† in 1904, lives at Bridgeport, Conn., with his family...