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Conger Reynolds newspaper clippings, 1916-1919

Clipping: ""Desired Burial At Sea Without Dismal Trappings"" Page 1

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new one. In dismissing the action, Mr. Justice Eve said defendants' cover could not lead the public to believe that it was a song published by Mrs. Jacobs-Bond's publishers. Desired burial at sea without dismal trappings (From the Herald's correspondent.) London, Wednesday. - Many public bequests, most of them prompted by kindness shown to him in the past, were left by Colonel Charles Ford, founder of the national Reserve, who died on February 4 aged seventy-two, and whose estate has been proved at [pound sign] 32,776.He was a former mayor of Portsmouth, his home being at Southsea. He desired that his ashes, after cremation, should be put in a Union Jack and buried in the sea off Portsmouth, his funeral not to be marked by any "dismal trappings." Among other wills are: - Mr. William John Porritt, aged 64, of St. Annes-on-the-Sea, lancs, and of Red Hall, Ballycarry, Antrim, Ireland ... [pound sign] 340,840 Mr. Charles Hawksley, C.E., aged 78, of 60 Porchester terrace, W., and Caxton House, Westminster, left [pound sign] 3,000 to the Institution of Civil Engineers for scholarships or prizes and legacies to persons in his employment... 192,675 Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Henry Appleby, V.D., R.A.M.C., lecturer and examiner of the St. John Ambulance Association...46,523 Mr. Samuel Simpson Seccombe, of Stanford, Lincs, draper ... 25,221 The Hon. Sir Bernard Eric Edward Barrington, K.C.B., Wimbledon, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs until 1907, at one time private secretary to Lord Salisbury, bequeathed [pound sign] 250 for the care of animal pets left by him or his wife; unsettled estate ... 16,244 Mr. James McIntosh, soliciter, formerly Auditor of the Court Session ... 14,456 Mr. Charles Henry Butlon, of Plymouth, surgeon ... 11,612 The Rev. Charles Vernon Adams, of Bournemouth,Hants ... 11,612 General Sir Stanley de Burgh Edwardes, K.C.B., of Sponden, Sandhurst, at one time in command of a first-class district of the Bombay Army ... 2,923 Dogs Toy dogs -- Pekingese and Japanese. -- Several choice specimens for sale at Mrs. Milner's Kennels, 35 rue de la Republique, Suresnes, twelve minutes from Etoile in auto. Toy dogs boarded during the war. Telephone: 280 Suresnes.
 
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