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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
8
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In Great Barrington on June 27 the Mount Washington Congregational Church hosted its first wedding in fifty years. Rev. Milton Whittler of East Brookfield Connecticut married Miss Lacra Reid Schutt of Mount Washington, the preacher’s former bride who was in attendance. The ceremony drew many mountain residents and marked a notable local event.
Washington June 27 tension over the reciprocity measure was shown in today’s Senate proceedings. Chairman Penrose tried to arrange a vote on reciprocity July 24 with wool bill July 26 and free list bill July 28, while reciprocity friends push to couple all three measures in any voting agreement.
The Senate spent a quarter hour in executive session as the reciprocity bill advanced from committee of the whole to the Senate amid protests by Nelson Bristow Clapp and Bailey. Penrose objected to a fixed vote date while insurgents pressed for timing that could move tariff bills ahead of reciprocity backed by President Taft. Borah attacked the measure citing limited benefits from the 1854 Canadian treaty as a storm forced adjournment.
A brief feature from Shorty McCabe titled Lining Up With Lady Anne appears as a tone piece for the upcoming Post Magazine. It hints at light humor and social whimsy framed as a column-esque vignette.
The King and Queen and royal guests attended the second command performance for coronation festivities at His Majesty's Theatre. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree arranged a superb programme and greeted the Majesties in a house enhanced by Grecian-style decoration of delicate simplicity.
Royal procession and coronation attendees fill the palace precincts as King and Queen arrive to cheers. The royal box is lavishly decorated while guests include ambassadors, colonial premiers, cabinet members, and international figures. a 6000-guest garden party follows in the 50 acre grounds with sunlit blooms and a central lake.
A thunderstorm with 60 mph wind drenched Chevy Chase golf, causing an adjournment and property damage including a Soldiers’ Home building collapse. The day was hot, reaching 102 degrees, as Harvard graduates gathered at Brookline and Nahant for class reunions and games, with noted figures attending and itineraries across Cambridge.
A severe storm caused a dairy stable at the Soldiers' Home to burn with a $50,000 loss as 70 cows fled their neighboring barn. President Taft, General Clarence Edwards, and Major A W Butt sheltered from the downpour during a golf outing on Chevy Chase. The Capitol endured loud hail and rain forcing an adjournment as Elm trees were uprooted in the White House lawn.
Mr and Mrs G H Noyes managers of the R H White Camp millinery depart set sail from New York today aboard the White Star liner Olympic for a semi annual European tour. They will visit London Paris Berlin Vienna and fashion centers to search for hats and millinery novelties for the fall season. The department has become a leading millinery store and its business volume grows each season. They expect to return about the middle of August.
In Salem a 75 year old woman, Mrs Sarah M Clarke, seeks legal recognition of her marriage to John W Clarke 77 of Newburyport after living together 53 years and bearing four children. The probate court hears the unprecedented case as crowds gather and the couple show tension and resolve.
The speaker states that the case will not reach decision before adjournment and expresses anxiety to have the claims finally established when the session resumes.
The Evanston resident writes she was run down by a lingering cold with loss of appetite sleep and weight. After two weeks on Peruna she recovered and in a month felt better than ever. She sends two pictures to show her improvement.
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