Kirmess in Pittsfield Tops Last Week's Lenox Social
Lenox Massachusetts August reports a busy Berkshire season with a Pittsfield kirmess drawing notable patrons and a charity nursery. The piece previews Berkshire Hunt plans, autumn race schedules, hunts, and a heavy slate of society gatherings at Stockbridge and Lenox villas through September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirmess
Pittsfield
Watch Hill Social Scene Highlights Summer Fundraiser
An August afternoon concert at Ocean House benefited the local Improvement Society drawing a large crowd of prominent Watch Hill figures including Miss Madelie Hanlyn Mac Connell and William G. Hammond. Notable guests and guests from New York Boston and Baltimore attended as golf club events and musical performances continued through the week with visitors such as Miss May Kimball and George Hirst drawing local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kebo Valley Club
Pennington Pearson
New York
Harvard
Hajime Kawasaki
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Kebo
Waldron Bates
Biddle
Lewis A. Riley
Catherine Amory
John 8. Kennedy
Kenarden Lodge
Shore Path
Building of Arts
Herbert Witherspoon
Adamowski
Louis B. McCagg
J. Tilton Bowen
John Harrison
John C. Livingston
Mary 8. Coles
George B. Dorr
John S. Kane
C. Morton Smith
Bar Harbor Hospital
Casino
Bar Harbor
Summer Colony
A. Bleecker Banks
Dave Hennen Morris
Miss Morris
Miss Gurnee
L. E. Frith
Morgan Bernwell
R. Hall McCormick
L. Shober
S. Megargee Wright
Margaret Wright
Watch Hill
R. L
Ocean House
Madelie Hanlyn MacConnell
William G. Hammond
Charles F. Hammond
Golf Club
Percy Weeks
R. S. Pierrepont
W. C. Felton
Boston
W. Austin
S. Briggs
Charles W. Briggs
R. E. Briggs
L. Briggs
Norwich
Conn
G H. Parr
I. R. Stenglieff
L. C. Baker
Baltimore
J. E. Studley
J. Woods Myer
G. c. Carpenter
Providence
F. C. Stephenson
Pittsburg
J. Williamson
James Blair
Theodore S. Fuller
Scranton
Penn
Anna E. Crafts
Holyoke
H. E. Peabody
Hartford
H. F. English
George Hirst
Essa
Edward W. Foster
Profile House
Fanny
Hanna Osgood
Hopedale
Mass
R. H. P. Durkee
Profile
F. G. Gorham
William Mowe
George Roe Lockwood
Hubert
Alfred Batchelier
Arthur Butler Twombly
Profile Golf Inks
Alfred Batcheller
Golf Links
Jefferson
Waumbek
Frederick Peterson
Frederick Peterson? Miss Peterson
George Bender
C. H. McClellan
McClellan
Lakewood
N. J
William Steinway
Miss Kretchher
Bethlehem
van Loan and Meehan
Pine Tree Golf Club
St. Johnsbury
Maplewood
Bar Harbor Teeming Week Sparks Tennis Tournament
Bar Harbor Maine reports a bustling week with tennis dominating activity. An exciting men’s singles tournament unfolds on the boards as the town stays active through varied events.
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Bar Harbor
New Arrivals Fill White Mountains Hotels This August
Bretton Woods and nearby resorts bustle with season guests and tourists. Notable visitors include Mrs Osborne Harris and many New York socialites at Crawford House, with golf, bridge parties, and a profile of society events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bretton Woods
N. H
Osborne Harris
Murray Hill
New York
Crawford
Tennie
Crawford House
Longwood
Mass
Semp Russ
San Antonio
Tex
Philip R. Reese
Thomas Whelan
Edith Whelan
Seasor
Mount Washington
Mount Pleasant
Henry M. Flagler
Kernan
Henry H. Rogers
A. A. Cowles
Josep Snckney
Mount Washinewn Hotel
Ewing
J. Allen ‘Townsend
Irvington
Townsend
Edwin Townsend
Profile House
A. W- Church
Rebbrt L. Major
John Jurgensen
Miss Jurgensen
Wireless Telephone Tests Surprise World
In Saratoga Springs and beyond the week saw lively amusements despite curbs on gambling. The piece outlines polo matches and social events, then shifts to Collins Wireless Telephone Company optimistic about long distance wireless speech. It notes tests that astonished the world and cites investors, demonstrations in Newark New York Philadelphia Pittsburg and Los Angeles, and the promise of wireless telephony replacing wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Carlisle N. Greig
Collins Wireless Telephone Company
Greig
Newark
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Los Angeles
Golf Meets And Social Scenes At Hotel Champlain
Hotel Champlain in N Y reports a bustling season through September with golf tournaments daily. Notable events include a silver cup playoff between E L Holloway and J P Thomas, tea at the clubhouse, and multiple putting contests for both adults and youths. Social gatherings in the grotto followed dances and bridge nights with prizes and renewed interest in croquet and ping pong. Visitors from New York include the Schencks, Beardsleys, Flam mers, and others arriving by motor car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Champlain
N. Y
Adirondack
E. L. Holloway
Baltimore
J. P. Thomas
New York
Joseph Schenck
Laura Fulton
Lyman Treadway
Cleveland
Kathryn Booth
W. H. Tyrell
Hotel Nine
Bummer School
General Buenz
C. E Johnson
C. C. Thompson
Edward Hatch and
Sterling Beardsley
William H. Flammer
Harold Flammer
F. D. Decker
Wireless Telephony Advancing From Theory to Fact
The piece lauds Collins the wireless expert for turning intangible etheric waves into a tangible telephone system. It traces progress from early arc technology to his oscillation arc of 1905, notes prior experiments by Grove Duddel l and Poulsen, and promotes Treatise No. 18 from Collins Wireless Telephone Company for lay readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury Department
Mr. Collins
Collins
Singer
New York
Grove
de la Rue
Hugo Miller
Celine
Poulsen
Grove-Duddell
Firth and
Rodgers
Duddell
Marchent
Collins Wireless Telephone Company
Clinton Street
Newark
Lake George Crowds For August Regatta At Hague
Lake George New York sees hotels full as arrivals surge for August week. Regatta at Hague features three motor boat races with cups and trophies from Brooklyn New York and Commodore Harrison B Moore New York and Colonel W D Mann. Notables John Loree L W Emerson Alfred Stieglitz and visitors at Sagamore Uncas Fort William Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake George
N. Y
Hague
Herman Bruesel
Brooklyn
Commodore Harrison B. Moore
New York
W. D. Mann
Sagamore Hotel
T. Edmund Krumbholz
Sherman Pond
Louise Tate
Linda Browning
Helen Simpson
Clara Krumbholz
Ada Reis
Messrs. Arm
Warrensburg
Alfred Stieglitz
Oak Lawn
Edward Stieglitz
Lake George Village
Total Abstinence Union
Luserne County
Penn
Murphy
Lake George Battle Field
Prospect Mountain
Samuel T. Dutton
Dutton
Sagamore
Olive M. Jones
Uncas
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Lenox
Pittewell
Henry W Bishop
William H. Eaton
George Tilden
Robert P. Parker
Charles L
H. Neil Wilson
Brace w.Paddock
Berkshire Hunt
Try
Hotel Aspinwall
F. P. Addicks
H. D. Kingsbury
A. G Heals
3. P. Donovan
Frederick Bill
Sorineield
H. R. Billings
Canada
Irvin
London
W. H. Childs
Mary Childs
George E. Charleton
George C. Schafer
R. C. Swater
K. Hill
Torrington
D. R Robinson
Fishkill Plains
Charles A Collins
Otto Singer
Walter Singer
Charles E. Schmidt
George A. Reach
Robert B. Baker
A. E. Whittemore
Francesco Whittemore
H. P Whittaker
W. H. Temple
Greenwich
Joseph Washington
George A. Washington
H. Stuart Hotchkiss
New Haven
J. George Crawford
F. B. Maynard
Budd Watts
Charles W. McCarthy
H. S Paul
W. S. Cooper
E. A. Heseré
Walter Blabon
W. J. Boas
H. J. Seaman
H. J. Seaman, Jr
Seaman
Celasqua
Charles Astor Bristed
Lenox Horticultural Society
Charles Lanter
Robert Winthrop
John E Parsons
John E. Alexandre
William D. Sloane
Adele Kneeland
Helen Parish
William D. Curtis
Frank K. Sturgis
Giraud Foster
George Westinghouse
Samuel Frothingham
Stockbridge
State Highway Commission
Lee and
Charlies Astor
Herbert Parsons
Spencer P. Shotter
Robert W. Paterson
Stockbridge Station
Board of Selectmen
Theodore W. Luling
M. M. Loonan
New Rochelle
Otis H. Cutler and Family
Suffern
W G. Besler
Plainfield
WN. J
F. E. Moore
T. M. Lloyd
E. F. Bailey
Edwin H. Baker
Baker
E. H. Baker, Jr
M. Andrews
W .S. Newhall
M. Shields
E. E. Waslett
W. S. Halstead
Mount Kisco
Winston Churchill
St. Sauveur
J. L. Putnam
Jacob Schiff
Barney Cottage
Ban-y- Bryn
Jay Gould
Domi
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingans
Charles Vivian
New Jersey
White Mountains
Forest Hill
Spencer Trask
Saratoga
Saratoga Springs
Meadow Brook
F. Ambrose Clark
Frank Pickering
J. Watson Webb
Southampton
David Dow
Ryder Johnson
Chauncey Olcott
Oicott
Saratoga Summer Society
Julius Hart
Gordinnier Fund
Huestis
Joseph O'Brien
East Fd Street
New York City
Euchre
Walter H. Hanson
Everett House
Gertrude Hodgman
Wiltonville
Herrick Johnson
Chicago
Bell
Lake Champlain
New Yorker
Collins Wireless
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