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In her view Lillie's narrative of herself as an innocent country girl to whom success just happened is disingenuous. Her assault on London society, though more spectacular than she could ever have dreamed, was carefully planned. Lillie Langtry admitted as much in an interview she gave to the New York Herald in 1882. Wearing a loose red robe and ...
Ruth Lilly (August 2, 1915 – December 30, 2009) was an American philanthropist, the last surviving great-grandchild of Eli Lilly, founder of the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical firm, and heir to the Lilly family fortune.
Mary Lily died after a short illness, and, according to the Wilmington Morning Star, “…the news of her death produced a profound shock in the family and among many friends in the city and in other cities of the State…” [12] Mary Lily was buried on July 31, 1917, after a service in the residence of Mary Lily's sister Sarah. [13]
In 1886, Plummer married Lillie Wilson (1860–1911). They established a bank and other businesses in Hillsboro. In 1894, Plummer was elected mayor of Hillsboro. In 1965, the former Plummer residence was donated to the Traill County Historical Society in 1965 by the Daughters of Dakota Pioneers.
But the family was shocked to learn that Lilley, 28, was among the 67 people who died in the PSA Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. There were 60 passengers and ...
Oldfields, also known as Lilly House and Gardens, is a 26-acre (11 ha) historic estate and house museum at Newfields in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.The estate, an example of the American country house movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2003.
The Bayeux Tapestry is a fascinating slice of history, both visual and textual,” she said in an email. “The Battle of Hastings and the resultant Norman Conquest is seen as a key turning point ...
In 1883, William Eaden Lilley's son, also William Eaden Lilley took over the family business from his father. The business had grown from one store on Market Street, to having branches in Sidney Street and Green Street. The business was now described as a department store, although the departments were spread across the different branches and ...