Social whirl includes garden parties and a yacht club opening
Social season in Philadelphia features a garden party at Randolph Mansion for Colonial Dames Chapter II, a novel progressive dinner by the Eels club visiting Langfeld Wolf and Friedman homes, yacht club openings on The May and The Crusader, plus numerous weddings, receptions, and summer plans across Fairmount Park and Merion venues.
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Randolph Marsion
Fairmount Park
William Masters Camac
Colonial Dames of America
Eels
Morris Langfeld
Edward Wolf
Sixteenth
Poplar Streets
Friedman
Fleisher
Mosebach
Corinthian Yacht Club
Commodore
van Rensselaer
Robert J. W. Koons
Crusader
Philadelphia group takes spring and summer apartments in Atlantic City
Atlantic City on June 3 reports Philadelphia residents leasing suites and staying at the Eastbourne. The lines list Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Bower Mrs. Levin and several Philadelphia families including the Brice El Sasser and Powell households planning stays through the season. Rear Admiral George Balch and family are stopping at the Eastbourne.
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Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
R. F. Bower
Philadelphia
Philip H. Brice
Eastbourne
Evans Sails to England for London Consul Post
Special to Tor Philadelphia Times notes Henry Clay Evans and Mrs Evans depart for New York and sail to England where Evans will soon assume duties as Consul at London. Other society moves include Miss Balch visiting in Baltimore, the L Z Lesters at Bar Harbor and Mrs Roe serious travel to Easthampton.
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Tor
Philadelphia Times
Washington
Henry Clay Evans
Evans
New York
England
Social notes of New York society in spring 1912
Miss Sidney Matthews and her mother Mrs Edward J Matthews head to Valley Forge Pennsylvania for the wedding of Miss Matthews to Frederick Woodhalls Chesebrough on June 28. New York society rivals arrive at Newport including Mrs Burke Roche and several notable families. Engagement announced between Miss Jane Anne Jansing Pruyn and Franklin Townsend. Stanley Mortimer leases Ambassador Choate’s Stockbridge house for summer. Mrs J Pierpont Morgan and Miss Florence Rhett at Garden City before Cragston trip.
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Miss Wing
B. Franklin Pepper
Houston
Philadelphia Times
New York
Sidney Matthews
Frederick Woodhall Chesebroughs
Edward J. Matthews
Vailey Forge
Matthews
Miss Matthews
Fifth Avenue
Fifty Second Street
Langham Hotel
Jane Anne Jansing Pruyn
Charles L. I Mwyn
Albany
Franklin Townsend
Stanley Mortimer
Joseph M. Choate
Stockbridge
Mass
Long Island
Europe
J. Pierpont Morgan
Florence Rhett
Garden City
S. A
Cragston
Morgan Country Place
Highland Falls
N. Y
Simple Thoughtful Decoration Day Reflection in Springfield
The Optimist recalls Decoration Day acts near Lincoln's tomb in Springfield Illinois where flowers on the tomb and the Sangamon River bank honor the navy dead. It argues for doing fewer things with more care and sincerity, warning against half measures and urging the use of best thought in small acts of kindness.
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Lincoln
Springfield
Navy
Fashionable hats and gowns for summer women and children
The piece describes decorative summer dress elements for women and children, detailing hats for girls from lingerie to sailor styles, with fabrics like organdie lace and satin ribbons. It notes lime colors and trims, and mentions a large pie event later referenced with a weighty turnout.
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Philadelphia
June Rose in Poetic Echoes Through Time
A compact survey of classic poets celebrating the rose. From Spenser to Burns to Milton, lines extol roses as symbols of love beauty and fleeting life, noting June’s bloom and the flower’s enduring charm across eras and poets.
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Willis
Burns
Coleridge
Goethe
Shakespeare
Moore
Milton
Useful Kitchen Tips for Scorched Food and Desserts
Remove kettle from heat and chill briefly to reduce scorched taste. Use cinnamon extract for chocolate blancmange, dry rose leaves to make rose sugar, stone raisins by dunking in boiling water, and serve plain rice with honey as a simple dessert. Finish with cheese and maize cheese straws from scraps.
Care of Rubber Plants A Simple Regular Cure
A reader notes rubber plants require annual repotting and seasonal light shifts. In spring repot in larger pots, summer keep in shade and water daily, winter limit sun. Once a week soak the entire pot, drain, then rest two to three days before a light watering. Regular care restores glossy leaves and reduces leaf drop.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Planked Fish Cooking For Home And Camp Life
Instructional feature on cooking fish on a wooden plank using oak or hickory boards. Details include plank preparation, securing the fish, oven and open-fire methods, timing, basting with butter vinegar sauce, and serving with watercress parsley lemon cucumber garnish and walnut ketchup sauce.
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Epicures
Gentle Waist Reduction Exercises Featured for Health
An article argues against tight lacing to shrink the waist and promotes gymnastic routines. It describes three movements including arm raises overhead, side to front swings, and cross-body arm circles to be repeated six times each for gradual waist reduction.
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Haise
Fashion and social scenes in a summer city quarter
An early 20th century snapshot details street life with remarks on hair styles poetry of fashion seen in Walnut street homes and curbside flower vendors. It notes gas ranges and iced tea at women lunch spots and mentions Paris collarless gowns and chamois powder in hot days.
Denby Dale Pie Tradition Marks Coronation Celebration
London dispatch notes Denby Dale near Barnsley will mark Edward VII coronation with the town's 100 year pie custom. Inhabitants bake large pies to commemorate historic events from George II’s recovery to later celebrations.
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Edward
Paper Cushions Pop Up as Cool Summer Comforts
The article notes paper pillows are back as a cool summer cushion option. It advises shaping paper into three inch strips about a quarter inch wide, curling with a dull knife like ostrich feathers, and packing in a case for improved comfort, especially for invalids.
Weddings Color the Rose Month at Two Cities
In Philadelphia first Unitarian Church Florence Bartel Register wed Henry A. Dalley of New York. The couple’s reception followed at 1900 Spruce Street and they depart for their wedding journey. In Washington DC Miss Mary Livingston Austin wed Lt. Charles Longstreet Poor US Navy at Epiphany Church with a reception and plans to travel aboard a friend’s yacht after the ceremony.
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Florence Bartel Register
H. ¢. Register
First Unitarian
Henry A. Dalley
New York
Ecob
Frances Stotesbury
Helen Brooke
Edith Stotesbury
Elizabeth Runk
Lydia Clothier
Northrup Fowler
H. Bartel Brazier
Edward M. Dalley
J. 8. Wilson, Jr
William B. Claflin
Matthew Baird
Henry V. Register
James Magee
E. J. Bartel
Spruce Street
Mrs. Dalley
Philadelphia Times
Washington, D. C
Mary Livingston Austin
Charles Longstreet Poor
United States Navy
Epiphany Churech
John Gibbons
H. H. Ressean
C. E B. Gilpin
William M. Austin
George McKesson Brown
Edward McCauley
Ier
Francis B. Austin
D. C. Weston
Miss Austin
Robert Livingston
Upper Manor
William North
Poor
Charles H. Poor
Whilowhbank
Skanenteies
Lake
Washington
Naval War College
Newport
Metropolitan
Chevy Chase
Delta Phi
New York Yacht Club
Lone of the Revolution
Society of Foreign Wars
Marriage Highlights Two Weddings at Tioga Era
Katharine Rementer and Joseph W. Kenney wed at Baptist Temple with Rev. Dr. George Kenney of Toronto officiating. Attendants included Mrs. Albert Weaver and Miss Sadie Hamersley. best man Francis Kenney. A reception followed at North Broad Street Drawing Rooms. couple to reside at Eighteenth and Venango. Rena Poole and Ernest A Wright also married at Tioga Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Martin officiating. Bride wore white China silk with lace. reception at the bride’s home. couple to reside at Beechwood.
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Katharine Rementer
Albert Rementer
Tioga
Joseph W. Kenney
Baptist Temple
Broad and
Berks Streets
George Kenney
Toronto
Canada
George W. Peltz
Albert Weaver
Sadie Hamersley
Angeline Biggard
Elizabeth Kenney
Frank Thurlow
Francis Kenney
New York
Charles Hamersley
Edwin Shoul
William Parkins
Pittsburg
Paul Zeales
North Broad Street
Kenney
Eighteenth
Venango Streets
Rena Poole
William Peon Poole
Tioga Methodist Church
Ernest Anelles Wright
Martin
Edith Wright
Paris
Mary Cassin
Vera Bowker
Julia Ackroyd
Anna Turner
Arnold Lesser
Leslie McPheron
Philip Johnson
Manuel White
William Lindsay
Washington, D. c
Mrs. Wright
Beechwood Sun
Marriages of Von Leer White and Farraday Hendersons
Morgan W. Von Leer and Dr Aileen D White wed at St Clement s Church Montreal with Nuptial Mass and plans to sail for Australia where Von Leer will start a branch. Mary Porter Senderson-Henderson married Clayton L Farraday at Thirteenth Street Methodist Church with siblings and friends attending.
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Morgan W. von Leer
Metcalf Street
Montreal
Canada
Aileen D. White
Lansdowne
St. Clement's Church
George H. Moffett
Von
St. Clemnet's
Saii
Australia
von Leer
Miss Gertrude Eastlack Marries Bayard J Marter in Camden
Miss Gertrude Eastlack the only daughter of Mr and Mrs J Rufus Eastlack of 421 Penn street Camden married Bayard J Marter of Camden at her parents home A B Richardson of Newton assisted by George Humason of Camden conducted the ceremony.
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Gertrude Eastlack
J. Rufus Eastlack
Penn Street
Camden
Bayard J. Marter
A. B. Richardson
Newton
Sussex County
George Humason
Weaver Repplier Wedding Quietly Held at Bride Home
The wedding of Miss Helen Fullerton Weaver to James Mulholland Repplier occurred quietly yesterday at the bride’s home, with breakfast fellowes at the Hotel Bele.
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Helen Fullerton Weaver
James Mulholland Repplier
Mace
Ding Breakfast Fellowes
Wedding Bells in Media as Reed and Butler Exchange Vows
Miss Eleanor Baird Reed and George Thomas Butler wed at Media Presbyterian Church at noon. The ceremony was led by Rev. Edward Laughlin with a large bridal party and ushers from Glen Riddle and Wilkes-Barre. The couple planned an extended honeymoon. Butler, a Media Borough Council member, is son of ex U S district judge William Butler and brother to a Chester County judge.
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Philadelphia Times
Media Presbyterian Church
Eleanor Baird Reed
Thomas Th. Reed
Media
George Thomas Butler
Delaware County Bar
Edward Laughlin
Fairfield
Jean M. Reed
Mary Brown Warburton
Robert FE. Strawbridge, Jr
Charles Scott
New York
Leander D. Riddie
Joseph M. Cohan
Glen Riddle
J. N. T. Kerr
Simon Delbert, Jr
Darlington
Charles H. Miner
Wilkesbarre
Media Borough Council
United States District Court
William Butler
Chester County Courts
Philadelphia Dentist Weds Prominent Singer in Salem Chapel
Dr. Fred A. Brill of Philadelphia married Miss Sara E. Shugar, Lebanon, at 8 PM in Salem Memorial Chapel. Rev. E. P. H. Platteicher officiated. Bride’s sister Florence Shugar served as attendant. Dr. W. Sharkey of Philadelphia was best man. Ushers included Allen Krieffer Frank Shugar Calvin Snyder and Raymond Bard.
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Philadelphia Times
Lebanon
Fred A. Brill
Philadelphia
Sara E. Shugar
Salem Memorial Chapel
E. P. H. Platteicher
Kutztown
Florence Shugar
W. ©. Sharkey
Allen KR. Ieffer
Frank Shugar
Calvin Snyder
Raymond Bard
Reading
Weather Bureau Chief Announces Gravity Cooler Invention
Chief William Moore of the Weather Bureau unveils a gravity cooling device described as a cylinder stove intended to reduce room temperatures. It is expected to be marketed at stove prices with maintenance comparable to similar stoves. The apparatus is on display at the Weather Bureau with plans to publicize further after patent actions.
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Chief Moore
The
Weather Bureau
Washington
William Moore
Moore
Ted
Automatic cooler promises room temperature in heat
Claims the device maintains a cool room without effort as outdoor heat rises. Described as automatic and usable indoors. Re tunes once daily, with no need for constant adjustments.
War's End Affects Meat Demand In America
The Boer War ending will reduce demand for American meat as England scales down garrisons in South Africa. English govt fed its army with US meat, sending millions of pounds to Africa. with fewer troops, imports to South Africa will drop, hurting American packers though overall U S beef trade will resume through English firms at the Cape in peace.
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Africa
South Africa
United States
Transvaal
Cape
Pea Yields Narrow as Cool Weather Affects Size
Southern fine grade peas this season will be smaller than average. New pack peas are mostly large, hindering output of sifted and petit pores grades. A leading packer attributes the peculiar result to cool weather, noting new peas developed in size faster than history recalls.
National Farmers Congress to Meet in Macon
A call from Carbondale Illinois announces the National Farmers Congress will convene in Macon Georgia starting October 7. Topics include insular possessions impact on U S agriculture and questions about how crop sales affect farm ownership. Also discussed are rebuilding the merchant marine and related national issues.
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National Farmers’ Congress
Carbondale
Macon
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Florence Werner
Lionel Schlesinger
Blanche Furth
Lee Wolf
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Rita Weinmann
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L. Schlesinger
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Joseph P. Boone
George H Brooks
St. James’ Episcopal Church
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Wainwright Churchill
Overbrook Presbyterian Church
Lewis Lipman
Aldine Hotel
Walton Pennewill
Mount Vernon Street
Wallingford, Pa
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M. W. Lipper
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Sedgeley Club
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T. M. Eckfelt
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Frank R. Stevenson
A. M. Vail
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J. W. Speckman
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Baltimore
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Elsie Bayard
H. P. Wright
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Jessie Say Kennedy
Samuel M. Elliott
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J. R. McLean
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Natalie Schenck
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Andrew H. Sands
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Herrick
Waller
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Barry Cornwall
Bryant
Walter Scott
Mary J. Lincoln
Walnut Street
Dolly Varden
Rootbeer
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Charles E. Hires
Malvern, Pa
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Oue
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Eleanor de Graff
Plainfield
N. J
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Wright-Poole
von Leer-White
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Mias
Mary Porter Senderson
Alfred Harvey Henderson
Clayton L. Farraday
Thirteenth Street Methodist Church
Edgar Adamson
W. Ward Willis
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Henrietta E. Henderson
Harry Farraday
Thomas Farraday
K. P. Phillippe
Charles Githens
John Voorhees
Repplier
Brill-Shugar
United Gas Improvement Co
Partridge & Richardson
Pen-Aamericas Aspostsies
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Newton & CO
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