Society notes outshine class day crowds with chic fashions
The piece chronicles summer social happenings, New York and Boston guests at Beck Hall, travels to Europe by James Curtis and Mrs. Abercrombie Burden party, upcoming marriages, and society hostelry activity. It mentions the Paine wedding in Trinity, Major Slocum’s Buffalo Bill outing, and D.A.R. events with regents and outings at Nahant and Crow Point.
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Beck Hall
Julia Grant
Potter Palmer
Abercrombie Burden
William T. Burden
Livingston Cutting
Pierpont Davis
New York
Beck
Boston
Roger Wolcott, Jr
Robert Shaw, Jr
Hollis H. Shaw
James Curtis
Harvard
Europe
Joseph Choate, Jr
London
Curtis
Nathan Appleton
Kipling party sails from New York with ashes to England
Mr and Mrs Rudyard Kipling sail from New York for England on Wednesday carrying their daughter's ashes to be buried in the Kipling lot. Also reported are polo matches at Hamilton with teams including George H Norman Jr and R M Appleton, a Boston wedding for Grace MecConihe to Grosvenor Orton, and Harvard class day festivities.
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Hamilton
George H. Norman, Jr
George von L. Meyer
R. L. Agassiz
R. M. Appleton
C. G. Rice
G. R. Shaw
H. H. Helmes
H. P. McKean, Jr
North Shore
Troy
N. Y
Langdon Pearse
Frederick Sutro
Walter Hastings Hall
Society Notes At Somerset And University Club Gatherings
Mrs H Washburn wore a cafe au lait gown and white tulle toque as she joined a Somerset dinner party Tuesday evening before sailing for Europe in August for about six months. Miss Anna S Robbins hosted a box party at Keiths for Miss Lulu Glaser then a veranda dinner at the Somerset with Glaser in white taffeta. Mrs Henry B Temboy of Brookline hosted a luncheon for Miss Glaser at the University Club with Catherine Mermet roses on a square table. Mrs George S Hale of Exeter Street traveled to Antwerp and beyond for several months aboard a refined social itinerary.
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Anna
Robbins
Keith’s
Lulu Glaser
Somerset
Henry B. Temboy
Brookline
Miss Glaser
University Club
Catherine Mermet
Miss Daggett
Framingham
E. Everett Holbrook
Holbrook
Mass
Donald Mclean
Henry M. Thompson
Marriage in Rome New York Ties Kinney to Brush of Columbus
Society notes report the Rome New York wedding of Miss Charlotte Margaret Kinney to Mr. Murray Peabody Brush of Columbus Ohio. The event connects Cambridge and Harvard circles and drew many local society figures to the Newton Club promenade concert nearby with elaborate decorations and a fine program.
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Rome
N. Y
Charlotte Margaret Kinney
George Gale Kinney
Murray Peabody Brush
Columbus, O
Cambridge
Harvard
Newton Club
H. E. Cobb
Edward B. Wilson
J. W. Follett
J.W. Kimball
Albert Plummer
William Allen
George H. Benyon
Field
Lucy Cobb
Curtis
Charlotte Lamkin
Festabrook
Harry Mason
Morton Cobb
E H. Wheeler
G. H. Gilbreth
Edgar Wrightington
F. E. Stanley
Martin
Charles Hamilton
Walter Sanborn
Clifford Kimball
George Webster
Society
Tavern Club of Boston stages hidden summer skit in Milton
Town Topics reports the Tavern Club of Boston held a secret summer entertainment on the lawn of Augustus Hemenway in Milton. Members played a playful skit The Dispossessed Gods with Astor Carey as Hercules and others in roles including Venus Juno Mercury Minerva and Pat. The event featured baseball, supper, fireworks and illuminations in a festive close.
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The
Tavern Club of
Boston
Readville
Clipston Sturgis
Venus
Ned" Robinson de Apollo
Charlie Hopkinton
Mercury
George Baker
Juno
Augustus Hemenway
Milton
Tavern Club
Patriot Day Observances In Hull Show Old South Chapter
On Flag Day June 14 Hull hosted nearly fifty Old South Chapter members led by regent Laura Wentworth Fowler for a social and luncheon. Decorations, a charter from Faneuil Hall wood, original hymn readings, and “America” sung highlighted a day emphasizing patriotism and memorial duties with plans for future D A R activities and a Manila relief drive led by Miss Sara W Daggett.
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Stars and Stripes
Hull
Old South
Laura Wentworth Fowler
Floretta Vining
John Adams Chapter
IF. Robertson
Cephalonia
Vining Villa
Rose Harkins
America
Social calendar notes weddings and travel plans in Arlington and nearby towns
A Boston area notice outlines a week of receptions and nuptials. Mr. and Mrs. William Gardner Rice host guests in Arlington after their European honeymoon, with others from Jamaica Plain and Winchester announcing weddings. The column also mentions trips to Europe, a Kaiser Frederick voyage, and summer plans for families and society groups.
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William Gardner Rice
Arlington
Mrs. Rice
Land of Evangeline
Social News Notes from Brookline and Surroundings
Mr and Mrs Spencer R Hill return home from a wedding tour and will receive friends after Tuesday. Mrs James H Russell announces the marriage of her daughter Mary Blanche to Mr Charles Arthur Hoffman on Wednesday at Mrs Russell's Bartlett Street Somerville home. Mrs David Greenough of Jamaica Plain travels to East Gloucester for the summer. Mr Greenough will join after his Western trip. Mrs Adolph Ladenburg cables Willow Bank Hempstead ready for her homecoming after Tuesday. Rev and Mrs Minot Savage report hundreds of sympathetic letters for their son Philip, asking New York papers to copy the notice.
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Grace A. Rhodes
Thomas R. Rhodes
Louis §. Redding
Foster Street
Melrose
Henry Brown Jones
Elizabeth Estelle Little
William Vernon Wolcott
Central Church
Newbury
Berkeley Streets
Somerset
Spencer R. Hill
Miss Cushing
Cypress Street
Brookline
James H. Russell
Mary Blanche
Charles Arthur Hoffman
Russell
Bartlett Street
Somerville
David 8. Greenough
Jamaica Plain
East Gloucester
Mr. Greenough
Adolph Ladenburg
Willow Bank
Hempstead
Spring Street
Gaylety
Minot J. Savage
Philip
New York
Marlboro D A R Chapter Receives Charter With Patriotic Program
A Marlboro flag day observance marked the General Joseph Badger Chapter D A R as it received its charter from State Regent Miss Sara Whittemore Daggett. Mrs Hattie Manning presided as regent, with Miss Martha L Ames of Marlboro and others delivering patriotic lectures and music from Miss Edith Wood and Miss Lucy Bean.
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Marlboro
Edith Wood
Hudson
Lucy Bean
A. Bird
Bird
Manning
Daggett
A. A. Blair
Martha L. Ames
Miss Ames
Daughters of the American Revolution
Medieval doctors used ground oyster shells for rickets care
The article notes that ground oyster shells given to children with rickets and scrofula contained lime, nitrogen, iron, sulfur, manganese, magnesia, flour, bromide, phosphoric acid and iodine. It asserts benefits for feeble children and claims growing children would gain better teeth from powdered shells.
Bathing as soothing remedy for skin irritations and bites
The passage extols baths as the most soothing cooling purifying and refreshing remedy for heat rash itchiness chafing redness rough skin insect bites sunburn and oily pimply complexions, promoting cleansing and comfort.
Cuticura Soap Promoted For Hair and Scalp Care
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap as a cure for crusts scales and dandruff on the scalp. It claims to soothe irritated skin stimulate hair follicles nourish roots and produce luxuriant hair with a clean scalp. Also notes Cuticura Ointment and prices and offers a free guide to preserving face hands and hair.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Morton Street Road Project Links Dorchester Parks and Milton
A proposed Morton street roadway will connect Dorchester park system with Dorchester Lower Mills and Milton forming a main scenic drive. The eighty foot macadam road runs from Forest Hills through Franklin Park Austin and Pierce farms to Milton Lower Mills with land donated by Forest Hills Cemetery Association and other owners. The plan promises improved park access and a bike friendly route, boosting adjacent property values and offering a shaded cyclists paradise.
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Dorchester Lower Mills
Milton
Forest Hills
Franklin Park
Austin and Peirce
Codman Woods
Forest Avenue Station
Milton Lower Mills
Nantasket
Dorchester
Austin
Pierce
Forest Hills Cemetery Association
Nahant and Bass Point Seaside Season Opens Strong
Bass Point and Nahant resorts report strong crowds with Nahant steamers full on every trip. Extra trips were needed on June 17 to meet demand. A Lafricain's Naval Brigade Band concert is slated for Bass Point grounds and the Bass Point House offers notable fish dinners. Steamers will pass Admiral Sampson's warships in view.
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Bass Point
Nahant Line
Lafricain
Naval Brigade
Atlantic
Sampson
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