President and Mrs Wilson Visit Homestead Hotel Retreat
A large party of guests and reporters watched as President Wilson and Mrs Wilson arrived at the Homestead Hotel nestled near Sunset Mountain. Secret service kept photographers from capturing the couple, who stayed in a private, guarded suite on the hotel’s east end. The scene featured elaborate interior decoration with American Beauty roses and a calm, formal reception by hotel staff and residents of nearby cottages.
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George Dickson
Secret Service
Mrs. Wilson
H. Albert
Ingalls
Seth Barton French
Southern
Edgar B. Bright
New Orleans
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John Clinton Gray
Newport
New York
Charles Swem
Swem
Washington
Alleghenies
Homestead Hotel
Sunset Mountain
White Gift Service at West Somerville Church
The West Somerville Baptist Church held a Christmas musical program yesterday led by Rev. W. F. Wilson who spoke on The Christmas Story. In the afternoon the annual Christmas concert featured a White Gift Service with each department presenting gifts and related exercises.
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West Somerville Baptist Church
W. F. Wilson
Rumors Fly of Engagement Links at White House
Washington chatter says the new First Lady plans to announce an engagement between Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon and Dr. Caryl T. Grayson upon the President's return from the wedding trip. The tale links Miss Gordon to a sizable fortune and notes Grayson's close role as confidant to the President and his bride.
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Washington
Dan Cupid
White House
Alice Gertrude Gordon
Caryl T. Grayson
Executive Mansion
Miss Gordon
Dr. Grayson
Gordon
Grayson
Archibald Butt
Taft
Wilson
Congratulatory Letters Pile Up at White House
Hundreds of letters and telegrams pour into the White House after the President's marriage to Mrs Galt. Foreign rulers inquire through ambassadors and officials plan to acknowledge gifts and arrange delivery for the couple. The wedding decorations feature American Beauty roses and orchids as relatives gather in Washington.
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Washington
White House
State Department
Galt
America
Marshall
Champ Clark
Supreme Court
Wilson
Wellesley Couple Engaged In Lexington Wedding Planned
Miss Olive Hildreth Locke of Lexington, a Wel lesley College sophomore, becomes engaged to Orlando Cutler Doe of Lexington. Locke is a Lexington High School graduate and Hancock Church member. Doe, a Dartmouth graduate and Kappa Kappa Kappa member, also hails from Lexington High School and belongs to the Old Belfry Club. The engagement was announced by Mr and Mrs Frank Henry Locke of 14 Winthrop Road. The couple attended the Christmas service at Hancock Congregational Church where congratulations were offered.
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Frank Henry Locke
Winthrop Road
Lexington
Olive Hildreth Locke
Orlando Cutler Doe
Charles Conant Doe
Adams Street
Miss Locke
Wellesley College
Doe
Dartmouth College
Lexington High School
Lexington Old Belfry Club
Maynard Churches Observe Christmas Services
Maynard Protestant churches held Christmas Sunday services. In the Congregational Church a cantata titled Adoration was directed by William Baxter with soloists Mrs. Roy Emerick Beatrice Sunderland and George Coggswell. The First Methodist Episcopal Church featured a special musical program and a sermon by Rev. A Morrill Osgood on Christ in Human Form.
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Maynard
William Baxter
Roy Emerick
Beatrice Sunderland
George Coggswell
First Methodist Episcopal Church
A. Morrill Osgood
Christmas Cantata at Morgan Memorial Church
The Morgan Memorial choir of 56 voices directed by Professor Warren W. Adams performed a Christmas cantata at Morgan Memorial Church. Solos and duets by Olive M. Sargent Fannie M. Adams George B. Sargent and Robert Zimmerman accompanied the Christmas sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Edgar J. Helms.
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Morgan Memorial Choir
Warren W. Adams
Morgan Memorial Church
Olive M. Sargent
Fannie M. Adams
George B. Sargent
Robert Zimmerman
Edgar J. Helms
Gas incident at Berkshire Inn endangers Savoy men
Two Savoy men Fred Rice and Peter Wolanski were found unconscious after Rice blew out the gas at the Berkshire Inn. They were revived after hours of medical effort. Rice had been in town to sell Christmas trees and Wolanski had just arrived.
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King Lacy
Soni
Dr. A. K. Boom
Pope at The Hague Would Avert War, Goldstein Says
David Goldstein told the Cohasset Federation of Catholic Societies last night that allowing the Pope into the Hague conference would prevent war in Europe. He urged nations sending peace ambassadors to Rome to seek papal involvement.
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Federation of Societies
Holbrook, Braintree and
Cohasset
David Goldstein
Federation of Catholic Societies
Hague Conference
Europe
Rome
Education on the Doorstep By Editorials
Frank Palm er Speare, director of education at the Boston Y M C A, told the Men’s Fellowship Club at Bulfinch Place Church that liberal education comes from reading editorials in daily papers. He urged readers to seek editorials for “good meat” and the foundations of a liberal education.
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Boston
Frank Palmer Speare
Boston Y. M. C. A
Men’s Fellowship Club
Bulfinch Place
Speare
Ice baseball on skates shocks New York winter sports
Harry McCormick Heinie Zim and Rube Old among players wintering in New York have created ice baseball to be played on skates. Zim may be asked not to speak to the umpire to avoid melting the ice during the game.
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Harry McCormick
Heinie Zim
Rube Oldring
New York
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