Society Notes Highlight Philadelphia and Nearby Then
Miss May Agnes Courtleigh hosts a morning musicale at her Bala country home with a long guest list. A lawn party at Bryn Mawr honors Miss Bertha Lippincott. Jenkintown hosts a progressive euchre and board party for Florence Wilson and guests. Weddings, regattas, and summer travel fill Philadelphia society pages with numerous names and locales.
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May Agnes Courtleigh
Bala
Walter Lippincott
Julia Macalester
Edward
Sayres
Dr. Coleses
Lippincott
Miss Hamersly
Jo Ll. Wilson
H. Lewis, Jr
Wheeler
Ethel Lewis
Messrs. Hare
Misses Wheeler
Benjamin Chew
Miss Morton
EB. Gardiner
Theodore N. Ely
Aubrey H. Weightman
Miss Ely
Mrs. A. Wilson
Jenkintown
Florence Wilson
Reba Watts
Agnes Norrison
Boston
Marie S. Brooks
George Scott
Helen Maillard
William Butler
Frances Frazier
Eugene Sharpless
Nellie T. Rodes
Adolph L. Boyton
Estelle Hunter
Harold Scott
Summer Visitors and Residents Arrive in Atlantic City
June 17 report notes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Gazzami and family will stay in Atlantic City for July. George W. Wharton and the Misses Wharton from Philadelphia plan a Chelsea visit this week. Judge Martin and Mrs. Martin are guests of the Glen dinning couple at Chelsea. T Henrysbury of Oak Lane plans a summer stay. H C Moore and Mrs. Moore from Philadelphia are in Atlantic City. John G. Watmough and spouse spend June here.
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Philadelphia Times
Baltimore
Harry S. Lehr
New York
Newport
O. H. P. Belmont
Atlantic City
Joseph M. Gazzami
George W. Wharton
Wharton
Philadelphia
Chelsea
Judge Martin
Mrs. Martin
Robert. E. Glendinning
Mrs. T. Henrysbury
Oak Lane
H. C. Moore
John G. Watmough
William Jay Schieffelin
Elliot F. Shepard
Scarborough
Iudion
Bar Harbor
Newport Society Update Opens Season at Coastal Homes
Mrs. Austin L. Sands visits her son Fred P. Sands at Catharine street cottage while Mrs. J. Fred Pierson arrives on Dellevue avenue for summer. Mrs. Fred W. Vanderbilt gifts ten dollar gold pieces to Kings Daughters members. Rough Point opens for the season as Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Howard host guests. Newport Horse Show judges named: R. W. Rives, E. V. R. Thayer, K. Storgis, P. Smith.
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Philadelphia Times
Newport, R. L
Austin L. Sands
Fred P. Sands
Catharine Street
J. Fred Pierson
Dellevue Avenue
Fred W. Vanderbilt
Circle of
King's Daughters
Thomas H. Howard
Rough Point
F. W. Vanderbilt
Villa
Newport Horse Show
R. W. Rives
New Hamburgh
N. Y
E. V. R. Thayer
Reston
F. K. Storgis
New York
P. Smith
Ber
Miss Alice Roosevelt to attend New London races after Chestnut Hill stay
SPECIAL TO THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES reports Miss Alice Roosevelt staying with her grandfather George C. Lee at Chestnut Hill Newton Mass and plans to attend the New London boat races. The note also mentions engagements and visits of various social figures including Miss Frances Thompson and Miss May Handy and Miss Lota Robinson at Washington area residences. General Joseph Wheeler and family in London near the coronation. Secretary Adee has returned to the United States. Mme Bonaparte relocates to Tuxedo Mason Jones cottage.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
George C. Lee
Chestnut Hill
Newton
Mass
New London
Mme, Bonaparte
Tuxedo
Mason Jones
Sloane and Field to Wed at Trinity Church Lenox Mass
New York society notes invite Miss Lila Vanderbilt Sloane to wed Willam Bradhurst Osgood Field on July 8 at Trinity Church Lenox Mass. The breakfast will follow at Elm Court. Other society events include Iree Van Horn’s wedding in Middletown Rhode Island and travels of several prominent families.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
William Douglas Sloane
Lila Vanderbilt Sloane
Willam Bradhurst Osgood Field
Trinity Church
Lenox
Mass
Elm Court
Iree van Horn
F. van Horn
Boston
Newport
Award Sturtevant
Berkeley Memorial Chapel
Middletown
R. I
Thomas M. Clark
Rhode Island
Fashionable West Chester Wedding at Old St. Davids Church
Miss Florence Paleske Thomas daughter of Dr and Mrs Charles Monroe Thomas of Devon wed Dr BE Dallett Hamill of West Chester at Old St Davids Church. Rev Henry A Hoyt officiated with Rev Dr Lamb assisting. Bridesmaids included Christine Thomas and Marjorie Hemphill. Best man Gilbert L Bishop. Reception at the bride’s Devon home.
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Philadelphia Times
West Chester
Old St. David's Church
Florence Paleske Thomas
Charles Monroe Thomas
Devon
Dallett Hamill
Henry A F. Hoyt
St. Johns
Lower Merion
Dr. Lamb
St. Davids
Catharine H. Fox
Philadelphia
Christine Thomas
Marjorie Hemphill
Elsie Turnbull
Aggon
Ruelah Coates
Bern
Gilbert L. Bishop
Russell “Coates
Henry Con i
Pittsburg
John Lawson
Charles Es
Apimaite
Wedding of Miss Tatlane and C William Spiess Held at Home
Miss Madeline Tatlane wed C William Spiess last evening at 2221 Venango Street. Rev Joseph Moore of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection officiated. Miss E Grebe of Reading was brides maid and Louis Moore of Germantown served as best man. A large reception followed and the couple departed for a wedding trip to Canada.
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Madeline
Tatlane
C. William Spiess
Venango Street
Joseph Moore
Episcopal Church of the Resurrection
E. Grebe
Reading
Louis Moore
Germantown
Admiral Schley to Visit Willow Grove Park
Admiral Schley and Mrs Schley will visit Willow Grove Thursday afternoon and evening to see the park and attend the Herbert concert. Victor Herbert will introduce a special programme for the occasion.
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Admiral Schley
Mrs. Schley
Willow Grove
Herbert
Victor Herbert
His First Dangerous Rival and Pierpont Morgan Start
The St. Louis Globe Democrat notes Li health seeks the start of Pierpoint Morgan. The piece hints at an upcoming experiment and promises interest in the unfolding rivalry.
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Pierpoint Morgan
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Waterloo's lessons on punctuality and time
The piece reflects on the 1815 Waterloo turning point and argues that punctuality determines outcomes in life. It praises promptness as a powerful, life shaping virtue, contrasts it with procrastination, and urges timely action as the key to reliability and success in all endeavors.
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Napoleon
Waterloo
Obituary and Marriage Deaths Page 13 Official List
A brief obituary and marriage death notices column on page 13 lists local residents with announced deaths and nuptial events. Notable names, ages, and towns appear, reflecting community accounts of bereavements and unions and marking the rhythm of local life.
Dean Hoffman Former Rector of St Mark's Expires in Plattsburg
Very Rev Eugene Augustus Hoffman D D LL D D C L dean of the General Theological Seminary dies suddenly at Plattsburg New York in his eighty first year Born March 21 1820 in New York he studied at Columbia Rutgers Harvard and the General Theological Seminary and served at Elizabeth Burlington Brooklyn Heights Philadelphia before leading the New York seminary He and his family gave over 1 000 000 to the institution and his wealth was estimated at 15 000 000 to 20 000 000 The Hoffman House part of his estate is noted for his long career and philanthropy
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Eugene Augustus Hoffman
General Theological Seminary
Protestant Episcopal Church
New York
Plattsburg, N. Y
D. D
LL. D
D.C. L
Knicker Wecker
Martinus Hoffman
Holland
Dean Hoffman
Columbia Grammar School
Rutgers College
Harvard
Tie
Doane
New Jersey
Christ Church
Elizabeth
St. Mary's Church
Burlington
Grace Church
Brooklyn Heights
St. Mark's
Philadelphia
Hoffman
Republic
Hoffman House
Mrs Julia Ancrum Davidson Dies in Chicago at 187
Mrs Julia Ancrum Davidson a Washington family descendant died in Chicago aged 187. Her grandfather was Colonel William Washington a cousin of George Washington. As a girl she was present at Colonel Washington’s home near Charleston in 1825 when the Marquis de Lafayette visited. Dr Robert A Work, noted ear nose and throat specialist, died after appendicitis aged 34.
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Julia Ancrum Davidson
Washington
Chicago
Husband and sister in law charged in garden murder
James Gorman and his sister in law Mrs Thos C Gorman have been arrested for the murder of Thomas Gorman the wealthy cattle owner who disappeared two weeks ago. Neighbors traced the case after reports that he had gone West and later found his mutilated body buried in a garden.
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Omas Gorman
Girls High School Section 8S Class Day Exercise Held
The second in a series of class day exercises by graduating sections of the Girls' High School took place in the school building at Seventeenth and Spring Garden streets yesterday. Participants included Elizabeth Larzelere Ivy Edna E Millard Jeanie Adams Gee.
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Bulding
Seventeenth
Spring Garden Streets
Elizabeth Larzelere
Ivy Ednara E. Millard
Jeanie Adams Gee
Aan Pei
Bridal sets of handkerchiefs dainty weeklong designs
A popular shop shows seven handkerchief sets for the week with fine French liner and embroidery. Each square features a day specific flora or symbol and a one quarter inch hem. The seven designs include violets, garden tools, clematis, a Louis XV basket, a dove, daisies, and Cupid. The set costs $28. The passage also notes candy industry totals, comparing U.S., English, French, and German production around 1900.
Fashion notes on summer gowns and trims
The piece surveys summer dress trends with flounces from waist to hem on muslin gowns and white taffeta silk bands on checked silks. It highlights black velvet ribbons, cockleshell silk trimmings, linen embroidery, and mohair trims. Hand embroidery elevates gowns and stockings with Paris lingerie pieces praised for fine needlework.
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Paris
Seventeenth and eighteenth century engraving display draws art lovers
A Chestnut street bookshop presents a window exhibit of French school masterworks by Masson Nantenil the Drevets and Edelinck. The same article notes decorative items such as lily of the valley bouquets and novelty candy boxes shaped like paper watermelons.
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Chestnut Street
Masson
Nantenil
Drevets
Edelinck
Coloorfal
Philadelphia
Paris
Cream Pie Crusts Boost Summer Pies For Homely Tables
A homemaking guide explains using thick cream to form a crust for pies, avoiding sogginess. It details recipes for cream crust pie, cornstarch custard, orange pie, and methods to bake, fill, and finish with meringue or whipped cream.
Household Cures and Care Tips From A Distant Page
A collection of practical remedies and cautions: applying hot water compresses to relieve stomach and tooth pain, washing black lace with borax and air drying away from heat, diagnosing bark-bound trees by bark slits, making gum water from gum arabic for coughs, and caring for patent leather shoes with careful cleaning, storage, and varnish.
Pretty June wedding flower girl in dainty organdie gown
A June wedding featured a small flower girl in white organdie dress trimmed with lace. Her gown belted low with a pink satin sash, pink bow knots on the shoulders, and a white lace mull mob cap trimmed with pink and white roses.
Coronation Souvenirs By Raphael Tuck & Sons Describe Royal Poems
The article details three types of coronation pamphlets from Raphael Tuck & Sons. Each features Fred Weatherly's poem God Save the King with the King Edward VII era monograms, royal imagery, and gold or red bindings. One edition bears a white cover with a gold wreath and crown, another uses a red cover with a gold medallion and E R VII monogram, and a white cover with red monogram.
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Raphael Tuck & Sons
Fred E. Weatherly
God Save the King
Edward
God
King
E. R. VII
Candy consumption and production noted in 1900 census
The New York Sun cites a census bulletin showing the United States leads in candy making and eating, with over 18 million dollars of confectionery activity recorded in 1900. The piece highlights New York as a leading candy city in this reflection on national trends.
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England
France
Germany
New York
United States
New York Sun
Widow Elizabeth Cooper McIntyre 102 dies in city
Mrs Elizabeth Cooper McIntyre aged 102 died Saturday at the home of her son Henry I McIntyre 2233 North Fifteenth Street Burial took place yesterday at Woodland Cemetery Rev Dr Cameron of Chambers Wylie Memorial Presbyterian Church led funeral services She was born November 21 1800 and had ninety eight descendants with fifty living today Her rules for living included Be honest and dont worry Marry early and save money Keep at work and dont drink
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Elizabeth Cooper McIntyre
Henry I. McIintyre
North Fifteenth Street
Woodland Cemetery
Dr. Cameron
Chambers-Wylie Memorial Presbyterian Church
McIntyre
Henry JL. McIntyre
Susan J
E. Walters
George Harley
Albert C. Johnson
Thomas Jones
Shamokin
Bingham
Baltimore Gas Company Faces Boardroom Battle
A campaign to oust the current Baltimore Consolidated Gas Company managers unfolds ahead of the July 21 annual election led by six major banking and brokerage firms. They accuse the managers of indifference and object to plans to sell 1.5 million dollars of 4 percent certificates to the Colonial Trust.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Consolidated Gas Company
New Independent Booking Agency Faces Theatrical Syndicate Pressure
New York observers say an independent agency may not dent the syndicate while its listed attractions remain Fiske Crosman Hackett Irving and their plays. Erlanger warns rivalry would need thirty to forty million dollars though scale varies by theater and city.
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New York City
United States
Hackett
Miss Irving
Erlanger
Fiske-Crosman-Hackett
Liebler & Co
Fiske- Crosman-Hackett
Marrage Viola Allen
Dase
Ezra Kendall
Kyrle Bellew
Eleanor Robson
Mrs. le Moyne
Clyde Fitch
Augustus Thomas
Frohmans
David Belasco
Carter
Blanche Bates
David Warfield
New York
Fiske
Miss Crosman
Churchill
Miss Allen
Grace George
Rainsfield
of Art
Art
New “Agency
Entertainment Listings at Local Theaters This Evening
A collage of showtimes across venues including Grand Opera-House Keith Theatre Chestnut Hill Park Willow Grove Park and Woodside Park. Programs feature variety acts minstrel shows orchestras and films with performances at 2 30 and 8 30 P M across venues.
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Grand Opera-House
Keith
Chestnut Hill Park
Willow Grove Park
Victor Herbert
Woodside Park
Conterno
Kaltenborn's Former Wife Weds Carl Engel in July
The former wife of Franz Kaltenborn married Carl Hugo Engel in July, less than four months after Kaltenborn sued for divorce with Engel named as co respondent. The marriage took place in Chicago, while Kaltenborn directed a New York orchestra.
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Franz Kaltenborn
Carl Hugo Engel
Engel
Chicasgo
Casino
New York
Philadelphia
Kaltenborns
Kaltenborn
Eng
Unloved Man Seeks Death on Wheeling Bridge
A suit of clothes was found on the steel bridge with a note saying the writer would end his life as no one cared. A letter addressed to W. S. Mabon of Washington Pa dated February 28 from Easton Pa and signed Mabel with a vignette was found in a coat pocket, suggesting a romance gone tragically awry.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
W. S. Mabon
West Wheeling Street
Washington
Easton
Mabel
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Etta S. Kasper
Alice 8. Young
Agnes Hunter
American Line
George S. Adams
A. M. Hitchcock
Colgate
George Junkin
Edw
N. Kelly
Kelly
Joseph T. Lowne
Joseph T. Low
Theodoreatt
Ogden Mills Reid
G. B. de Schweinitz
E. de Schweinitz
Justo G. Velez
Walter M. Werner
E. 8. Whitehouse
E. E. Wright
Edw. Wight
Charles de Young
Arthur L. Hines
Indian Rock
Ellis K. Simpson
Willis T. Martin
Edwin Mays
Jack Plumer
John R. Lees
Walter T. Bradey
Louis K. Dengler
William Hines
Herbert Hines
Joseph J. Cooke
Albert H. Sinnett
James K. Hookey
Harry G. Driver
Er Jay A. Haney
Sidney Wilburton
Frank Miller
Albert Hansell
George Browning
Robert W. Hagner
Eugene Kane
Laura Jenkins
New Orleans
Margaret L. Curtis
West Philadelphia
Lena Koff
Adele Rambo
Florence
Wood
Violet Strause
Estelle Bancroft
Nancy Dorne
Irene Lennon
Carrie S. Wood
Edna Virgilia Bowman
Joseph Bowman
Samuel Landis Gabel
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Twenty-second
Mount Vernon Streets
Swain Street
Florence May Wright
William Howell Ashbridge
Mayor Ashbridge
Rexborough Baptist Church
Flanders
George McCulloh
Josephine McCulloh
North East Harbor
William Welsh Harrison
John Childe Anderson
Poughkeepsie
Alexander van Rensselaer
May
Win
Harry W. Smith
Worcester
Charles Pfizer
Bernardsville
Hugh D. Auchincloss
Mrs
Sidney Webster
Andrew H. Sands
Muenchinger-King Cottage
E. Catlin
John D. Davis
St. Louis
Jamestown
Reginald
Vanderbilt
Will
Sandy Point Farm
Prince Jean Sapieha
Austria
Baltimore Country Club
Margaret Emerson
Miss Parrott
San Francisco
Bessye Harrietta Atwater
Garrett Atwater
Lawrence B. Pendleton, Jr
Franklin Square Baptist Church
Walter de Curzon Poultney
Europe
Robert L. Forrest
Harry A. Parr
Cape May
G. Howell Parr
Frederick M. Morton
Felix Sullivan
Florence Dixon
Easton, Md
R. Stuart Latrobe
Robert Lehr
R. Manson Smith
John A. Whitridge
Latrobe
Upper Falls
Michener’s
Frances Thompson
Howard Thompson
Bellevue Avenue
Edward F. Bingham
John R. MclLean
May Handy
Richmond
Lota Robinson
Joseph Wheeler
Queen Anne Mansions
London
Alvey A. Adee
St. Paul
Southampton
Miss Fannie Sansom
Captain Sansom
Tappan, N. Y
Miss Sansom
Richard Henry Warren
Madison Avenue
Cape Cod
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
Stuyvesant Fish
Harry Lehr
Spiesstaulane
THE
Optimist
Belgium
Wellington
Elba
Julia A. Davidson
Robert A. Work
Martha Taft Wentworth
Orange
GAS Company
Baltimore Consolidated
Postal
United Gas Improvement Co
Crescent
York
Diamond
Vulcan
National
Rover
Partridge , Richardson
Enghth
Buffalo
Columbia Avenua
GEO. B. Newton & CO
Best Coal
North American Building
Ackers
Entertainments Today
Mrs. Kaltenborn
Mrs. Engel
Wilbor
Wilber & Sons
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