Charitable bequests, totaling $10,000, are made in the will of Abram Feist, prominent Newark realtor, who died April 8. The gifts to institutions are as follows: Newark Memorial Hospital, $500; Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary, $500; Babies’ Hospital of Newark, $500; St. James’ Hospital, $500; Beth Israel Hospital, in memory of Mr. Feist’s parents. $2,000; Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum, in memory of a brother, Solomon, $2,000, and the Daughters of Israel Home for the Aged, in memory of a brother, Jonas, $2,000.
Mr. Feist also left another sum of $2,000 to the Beth Israel Hospital, designating that the bequest should be in memory of himself.
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