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Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
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London society buzzes over rumored marriage between wealthy widow Mrs. "Sam" Lewis, with $300,000 annual income and $15M estate, and penniless 27-year-old dancer Randolph H. Hill. She is philanthropic, popular, and linked to music circles.
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MRS. "SAM" LEWIS. OF LONDON,
WITH INCOME OF $300,000 a Year,
Is to Marry Young "Chappie"
of "LUNNON."-HAS ESTATE VAL-
UED AT $15,000,000.
London, Wednesday.-English society is in a flutter over a rumor of the approaching marriage of Mrs. "Sam" Lewis, the multi-millionaire and philanthropic widow of the money lender, who has a private income of $300,000 a year. Randolph H. Hill. who is said to be the fiance, is 27 years old, and is well known in town as a gay young dancing man. He has no money. He went about a good deal some time ago with a certain lady of title.
Mrs. Lewis is popular and her charity and good nature have secured her an enviable social position. Her house on Grosvenor Square is a palatial home.
The furniture and the treasures in it are worth the proverbial king's ransom.
Mrs. Lewis and Mr. Hill dine out every night together at restaurants.
No attempt is made to conceal their close friendship.
Mrs. Lewis is extremely handsome, though very stout.
She is devoted to music and charity.
It is said her ambition was to marry Paderewski. She has a box at the opera. and drives a splendid span of horses in the park. Her sister. Hope Temple, wife of Andre Messager, is a noted song composer.
Mrs. Lewis gives $50,000 a year to the London Hospital and leaves a sum to be distributed among the poor in every town she visits. She was much younger than her husband, who left her everything absolutely. amounting to more than $15,000,000.
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rumor of approaching marriage
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English society is in a flutter over a rumor of the approaching marriage of Mrs. "Sam" Lewis, the multi-millionaire and philanthropic widow of the money lender, who has a private income of $300,000 a year. Randolph H. Hill, who is said to be the fiance, is 27 years old, and is well known in town as a gay young dancing man. He has no money. He went about a good deal some time ago with a certain lady of title. Mrs. Lewis is popular and her charity and good nature have secured her an enviable social position. Her house on Grosvenor Square is a palatial home. The furniture and the treasures in it are worth the proverbial king's ransom. Mrs. Lewis and Mr. Hill dine out every night together at restaurants. No attempt is made to conceal their close friendship. Mrs. Lewis is extremely handsome, though very stout. She is devoted to music and charity. It is said her ambition was to marry Paderewski. She has a box at the opera and drives a splendid span of horses in the park. Her sister, Hope Temple, wife of Andre Messager, is a noted song composer. Mrs. Lewis gives $50,000 a year to the London Hospital and leaves a sum to be distributed among the poor in every town she visits. She was much younger than her husband, who left her everything absolutely, amounting to more than $15,000,000.