Five thousand dollars is left to the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies under the terms of the will of Edwin S. Lorsch, who died October 4, filed in Surrogates Court yesterday. The #st### is formally estimated at more than $10,000.”
Ethel Kent of Essex House is bequeathed $50,000 and the proceeds of insurance policies, a niece and nephew receive $5,000 each and the residue goes to two brothers, Henry, of 115 East Fifty-sixth street, and Arthur, of the Sherry-Netherlands Hotel. The latter are named executors.
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