Monday, Apr. 20, 1925
Married. Countess Eleanor Patterson Gizycka, granddaughter of the late Joseph Medill, sister of Joseph M. Patterson, publisher of the Chicago Daily Tribune, and The News, Manhattan gumchewers' sheetlet, cousin of the late Medill McCormick, U. S. Senator from Illinois, to Elmer Schlesinger, Manhattan lawyer; in Manhattan. Each has been divorced.
Married. Richard H. Little ("R. H. L."), successor of the late Bert Leston Taylor as conductor of the "Line o' Type or Two" column in the Chicago Daily Tribune, to Miss Helen Melton ("Helen Henna"), one of his contributors; in Chicago.
Died. Nicholas Cuneo, 72, "Banana King"; in Jersey City, after a long illness. Arrived by steerage from Italy 60 years ago, he pushed a cart of bananas through Chicago streets, came to Manhattan, entered the wholesale fruit business. He refused to enter the United Fruit Co. combination, became their largest independent competitor.
Died. Mrs. Mary A. Saunders, 73, first woman to earn her living by typewriting; in Leonardo, N. J. In 1875, she answered an advertisement, was shown an odd machine, taught how to run it, earned $12 a week.
Died. Baron von Mirbach, 81, Lord High Steward of the Hohenzollern court under Wilhelm II, Master of the Household to the late Kaiserin; in Potsdam. His name was connected with the sensational scandals that convulsed Germany in the early part of the century over the bestowals of decorations in return for contributions to the Kaiserin's Church funds.
Died. Fritz Baedeker, 81, President of the firm of Karl Baedeker, publishers of famed tourists' guidebooks; in Leipzig, Germany. At 15, he succeeded his father as head of the firm, brought out English editions of guidebooks printed in German and French, added books until he had covered nearly every country of the civilized world, made his publications nigh indispensable to travelers.
Died. Charlotte Bell, 113, a slave belonging to Gen. Leonidas Polk until the end of the Civil War; in Columbia, Tenn.
Died. McKinley, Arabian horse on which Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") galloped into the ring at his famed Wild West Shows; in Denver, Col. Since 1917, when his master died, he has kept to his stall. Last November, he emerged to lead the Armistice Day parade--his last public appearance.