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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
5
The column details households moving to country places near Bryn Mawr Langhorne and Haverford. It lists lawn fetes at Broad and Ontario streets and wedding plans at St. Andrew's Church. Readers learn who sails to Europe and who stays in New York and Atlantic City for the season.
Parisiennes pair parasols with tailored dresses and lace flounces. crystalline summer gowns blend silk and linen with a spotted surface. Milady’s handbag features grey suede and steel or white suede with gold applique, while parasols range from rosette handles to mother of pearl and jewel encrusted designs.
A miscellany of curious notes covers Japanese rooms with back-ward design, inverted keys, and Cromwell’s gun repurposed at Windsor. It also mentions a Marion Ohio church adding free bathrooms, a woodpile gunpowder tale, a Western Darning Club, and a German law empowering husbands to direct household management.
The Philadelphia Times invites readers to contribute practical household tips and tested recipes. It requests explicit ingredient quantities and steps and includes sample recipes for candy and icing, plus a request from Washington for sturgeon and small fish cooking methods.
A collection of wry aphorisms on gender, love, ambition, and social behavior. Observations contrast faith and reason in men and women, marriage dynamics, and everyday quirks from dating to hair care.
A musical reception for the 1901 class of the Philadelphia Normal School was held yesterday by the Alumnae Association. Vocal soloists Miss Anna Elizabeth Kelley W Preston Tyler Pap O Volkmann violinist Frederick Hahn and pianist Miss Helen Pulaski performed. Mary Peacock invited students to join the association. Willard and Cliff spoke. A 100‑member chorus under Mrs Anna M Cheston will perform at the July Pennsylvania State Educational Association session.
Parents of Roy Hayward of Saco Maine can be thankful after a fall from a third story window. The child landed with his skirt acting as a parachute, reducing the impact and leaving him unharmed.
A youthful Summer Girl admires a soft silk sash as the centerpiece of her costume. An elegant accessory features a wide cloth ribbon lightly scattered with autumn leaves in metallic tones, creating a fashionable effect.
Eighth year pupils at the School of Observation and Practice on Thirteenth and Spring Garden streets present a large art photograph of Sir Galahad to their Alma Mater. The picture is displayed in the main corridor as the students prepare to enter the Girls' High School.
Miss Ida Morrell daughter of Mrs. John G. Johnson married George P. Norris in a Newport Rhode Island ceremony at the bride’s mother's Bellevue Court home. Rev. E H Porter officiated under a garlanded canopy with white satin ribbon and orchids. Guests included Alexander Van Renssalaer C L F Robinson Hamilton Fish Webster Ames Tuck French William Grosvenor and others.
In Butte Montana on July 19 W A Clark Jr son of Senator W A Clark wed Miss Mabel Foster at the bride’s home with Rev S C Blackiston officiating. The Foster gift was a 100000 dollar check and other jewelry accompanied the ceremony. The couple will travel for a year and Clark is valued at about three million dollars in his own right.
The ceremony took place this afternoon in Worthington with Seaman performing the rite. Rev. M. Barber assisted. bridesmaid is Philadelphia sister of the matron of honor. Best man Richard from Philadelphia. ushers Walter, Horace, and Philip. A wedding reception followed at Worthington. The couple will reside in Germantown.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev Dr Albrecht last evening. The bride is Miss Anna Ketterer. The groom is Otto Voigt with his mother Mrs Voigt present. A reception will follow at North Twenty ninth street near Aneat 3g.
Miss Laura May daughter of Mr and Mrs Simon May of 719 North Sixth Street and Jules J Krauskopf were married last evening on Broad Street above Master q Krauskops.
The ceremony featured a Duchess gown with bride attended by Mion Wakes and flower girls. Harry B. Louchheim served as escort and master of ceremonies with ushers Samuel K. Louchheim Jeraite Louchhelm Herman Fernberger Joseph Leberman and Leont and Louis H. Mar. After a Buffalo Exposition Great Lakes trip the couple will reside at Wayne.
Two ceremonies took place yesterday afternoon at Sixty third and Callowhill streets Church of the Holy Rosary. Miss Norah Haley of West End married James McDermott of Springflaid Road with Miss M Lynch as maid of honor. In the second ceremony Miss Maggie Ryan of Sixty first and Callowhill street wed W C Garvey of Haddington, with Miss Lizzie Ryan as bridesmaid and Rev. William R Barrington presiding.
Miss Elizabeth Helsler Roberts Stevenson, daughter of Mr and Mrs John B Stevenson Jr, married J Beecher Anderson yesterday at Church of Our Saviour in Jenkintown. Rev Robert Coles officiated. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride's parents country place in Abington. They plan to live in Ambler, Pa, after returning from honeymoon and be at home after August 15.
Miss Mary Kintry and Frank Mullin were wed in the Cathedral yesterday morning officiated by Rev. James J. O Keefe. Miss Josephine Dalton of Brooklyn attended the bride and Paul Mullin served as best man. A reception followed at 323 North Sixteenth Street.
Miss Penniah Evans wed Lewis Green of Berwyn and Miss Carrie Bertha Stiteler married William Penn Dowlin of East Brandywine. The ceremonies were officiated at noon today by Rev. W. C. Leinbach of Vincent Baptist Church in Phoenixville.
Miss Eleanor Frank granddaughter of Samuel Cole owner of the Hotel Richardson wed Philip Henry Peck of New York in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Dover. Rev George M Bond officiated with Miss Ethel Heverin of Dover as bridesmaid and Dr Peck of New York, the groom’s brother, as best man.
Samuel Jones, a UPenn graduate, married Maud E Benjamin at her home. Rev. W L Mudge officiated at the Presbyterian Church vicinity in Phoenixville on June 19. The couple is daughter and son in law of the late Noel H Benjamin.
Miss Lula M Brown daughter of Amassa G Brown Elkton and D Palmer Boulden of Chesapeake City were married last night at the bride's home with Rev L E Poole officiating.
Miss Charlotte Jones of Middletown and the Rev B W Caswell formerly of Middletown now of New York were married in Middletown yesterday by Rev W L E Murray of St Pauls Church Wilmington.
At Brook Park residence of Mr and Mrs Philip Grove this afternoon Sarah Alice Grove married Lewisburg native Harry Myers in a ceremony conducted by Rev I H McGann.
In Denton Delaware on June 19 Professor John Thompson of Denton wed Miss Laura Lelia Turbitt, daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Turbitt in a ceremony at the bride’s home.
Miss Louise Martin of Bordentown married John J. Kinkead of Jersey City in a morning ceremony at St Marys Roman Catholic Church. Rev D J Duggan officiated at the rite.
Westchester on June 19 saw Miss Helen Hunt Shean wed J Quin ce Hunsicker with Rector Rogers at the Church of the Holy Trinity. In Wilkesbarre on June 19 Miss Bessie Elverson daughter of Dr. Thomas A James wed Harry Greason of Brooklyn by Rev Dr Van Clef.
Miss Minna D. Wich of Wilkesbarre and Leslie Erwin Baker of Milton were married at noon today by Reverend V. H. Lukens in Wilkesbarre.
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports Miss Ida Souders of Carlisle wed W. H. Eberly of Falling Springs at the bride’s residence. The ceremony united the couple in marriage with local notice.
Special to THE PHILADELPHIA RECORD reports the wedding of Miss Mary E Cornely and John Bares Kerst at Christ Cathedral today. The ceremony was officiated by Rev Doctor Ick. The article notes the union and venue in Reading on June 19.
Newport announces the engagement of Miss Natalie Oelrichs, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles M Oelrichs, to Peter D Martin of San Francisco son of the late Edward Martin a noted Pacific coast businessman whose estate will be inherited by Martin and his brother.
Former Governor P. C. Cheney of New Hampshire dies at 73 in Dover after serving as U S Senator and U S Minister to Switzerland. August Ritter of Atlas Steamship Company, New York, dies at home yesterday. Andrew Bernhardt dies suddenly at his residence aged years.
Ye 7 Madison Street Wilmington Del policeman and Grand Opera House watchman dies. CEL J Shimer inventor dies at Milton Pa born Bethlehem 1837 leaves wife and two sons. Charles T Russell ex US Consul General at Liverpool 1885 1889 dies in London age 65. General John B T Turnhin Civil War veteran dies at Anna Ill hospital for the insane. Joseph Stoddard 71 dies in Wilmington on eve of baseball game. Cornel Gurlitt German composer dies.
Long list of marriage licenses shows numerous couples including Edmund Jones and Emma L Bong, John Y Warren and Bessie Hens, Walter Schenck and Mamie Diack, Samuel Brazing and Helen White, William Todd and Edith Siedenbach, and many others. The notice compiles names without dates or places, reflecting a social registry in a local paper.
June obituaries and funeral notices feature names such as SARAH L BOWERS ERNEST L COPPIN CATHARINE DURNIN JAMES M C GIBBS FRANK J GORMAN CHARLES B KNIGHT JOSEPH MYERS JOHN MULLEN with burial details at Mount Peace Laurel Hill Penn Cemetery and private interments. services scheduled in Media Pennsylvania and Philadelphia area churches.
Hanscom's bulletin announces free deliveries across most areas with daily service in Atlantic City. The notice promotes the 1811 Market St address and highlights the no charge delivery offer for readers.
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