Society Notes on European Travel and Weddings
Traveling in Europe, a woman expects to reach New York around July 9 and then visit Newport for the summer. Mr and Mrs Edwin Gould will stay in Southampton and Bar Harbor instead of Europe. Miss Mary Otis, daughter of Elwell Otis, will wed Ralph Ishan of Chicago on June 24 at Otis homestead in Rochester NW. Mrs George Lord Day has returned from Bar Harbor and will sail for Europe on June 28.
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Europe
New York
Newport
Edwin Gould
Southampton
L. I
Bar Harbor
Mary Otis
Elwell Otis
Ralph Ishan
Chicago
Otis Homestead
Rochester
George Lord Day
Russian Envoy in Mexico Arrives in Mexico City
Gregory de Wollant the new Russian representative in Mexico arrives in Mexico City with Mrs de Wollant formerly Helen Tisdel of Washington. Retiring charge Hanson ill but aiming to reach Washington as secretary of the Russian legation. Other diplomats depart for France Denmark Switzerland and bar harbor summer retreats noted.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Gregory de Wollant
Russia
Mexico
de Wollant
Mexico City
Helen Tisdel
Hanson
Legation
Vanderbilt party takes Pinard cottage for summer in Newport
NEWPORT June 21 Mr and Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt took possession of the Pinard cottage for the summer. Numerous guests from Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Russia are at nearby hotels and cottages including the New Cliffe Robinson and La Forge houses and the Train villa with interests of Lt Cmdr Herbert Winslow and Surgeon Wilson U S N among attendees.
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Philadelphia Times
Newport, R. J
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
H. L. Smith
D. Rich
M. Clemens, Jr
Philadelphia
J. B. Tiffany
John W. Rourke
G. M. Edebohrs
William Graves
New York
W. W. Gallagher
Pittsburg
Count Stareski
Russia
W. C. Odell
Virginia
New Cliffe Hotel
G. H. Redmond
R. T. Barrington
John F. Hubbard
Maynard
Washington
R. 8. Livingstone
G. P. Messervey
la Forge Cottage
Atlantic City Horse Show Preparations Ahead of July Event
Atlantic City experiences progress in planning for the fourth annual horse show from July 15 to 10 inclusive. Entries close June 28 with a record number of exhibits expected, featuring many Philadelphia and New York riders and blue ribbon winners. Inlet Park grounds are being prepared as an open-air venue for the boree show.
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Philadelphia Times
Atlantic
City
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
New York
Association
Inlet Park
Insurance Charter Forfeited Reported Unsafe
The commission on the ProvIdent Life and Annuity Company reported to Stockbridge that the company’s business is impracticable and unsafe. The State Insurance Commissioner Wilkinson filed to forfeit the charter, and the commission signed the complaint against the company.
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Baltimore
Wilkinson
Provident Life and Annuity Company
Cee Stockbridge
Brock
President Woodrow Wilson to Be Stripped of Caution?
Announcement from Princeton New Jersey dated June 21 states that President Woodrow Wilson’s cautions or cautions are to be revised or terminated, signaling a change in his public stance.
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Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Srigons
New Apartment Projects Redefine Broad Street Area
North Broad street near Girard Avenue will host several syndicate driven building ventures within a year. Plans include three apartment houses starting with a brownstone mansion on Broad and Stiles, retaining the mansion and adding seven stories in brownstone and terra cotta ornament. A second project near 1202 North Broad converts George D Widener’s former home into an eight story building. The Singerly mansion site at Broad and Jefferson was sold for an apartment house with 100 by 200 foot frontage at $82 000. The street between Girard and Berks hosts seven clubs and major educational and cultural institutions including La Salle College, Josephine Widener Branch Library, the Philadelphia Academy of Design for Women, Temple College, and the Columbia Club among others.
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Broad and
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Agreement Bars Lien Claims on Thirtieth Street Factory
Gill & Co. and National Umbrella Frame Co. recorded a contract yesterday in Common Pleas Courts prohibiting any medianic lien claims against the factory buildings at Thirtieth and Thompson streets. The agreement covers all work and materials for the erection and installation of an electric plant for power and illumination of the building, exempt from liens.
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Thompson Streets
Common Pleas
Briton and Boer Celebrate in Wartime Tribute
A poem salutes British fighters and the fallen Boer, praising the generous foe who yields the field and the broken adversary who faced guns and defeat with stoic endurance. The piece honors national pride, resilience, and international indifference as crowds cheer victory and mourning alike.
Theatre Notes on Florence Roberts Salvini Gillette and More
Florence Roberts re-engaged as Forepaugh principal actress. Tomasso Salvini to perform in Milan in La Morte Civile and Alfieri's Saul. William Gillette returns from England to tour Sher lock Holmes in autumn. Peggy of Paris announced by George Ade. The Sultan of Sulu to be staged in the East after Chicago success. May Robson to star in Sally in Our Alley awaiting Mr Bluebeard. extensive plans for Irene Bentley Marguerita Sylva Libretto notes. King Dodo to end July 5 in New York. Irving to revive Richelieu in London. Bernhardt denies Romeo to Maude Adams Juliet. Bandits to 400 performers in London Hippodrome. London critics on The Bishop's Move. Foxy Quiller cast changes. Melboure Macdowell in legal drama. Stephen Phillips Paola and Francesca still running in London.
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Paris
George Ade
Sulu
Chicago
Walkley
Stephen Phillips
Paola
Francesca
London
Park Theatre to reopen with A Runaway Girl after Lovers Lane
Keith's Indoor Field shows regular season ending with Lovers Lane. Park Theatre will reopen in a week with a singing organization presenting A Runaway Girl. Willow Grove features Victor Herbert with the Pittsburg Orchestra as the neighborhood music highlight.
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Keith's
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Victor Herbert
Pittsburg
Noted entertainers to headline weeklong resort show
Eddie Girard and Jessie Gardner lead a bill for the week opening tomorrow at the resort. The program includes the Soubrette and the Cop sketch, Reno and Richards in a new act, and acts by Dooley Tenbrook Whelan Otto Johnson Welles Montgomery Pearl Livingstons Antrim Peters Joe Nellie Doner and other performers. Biograph films promised. Performances run daily from noon to ten thirty.
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Jessie Gardner
Girzard
Henry V. Donbelly
Miss Gardner
Soubrette
Reno and Richards
Keith
Larry Dooley
James Tenbrook
Whelan and
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Pearl
Livingstons
Antrim
Peters
Joe
Nellie Doner
Biograph
Entertainment lineup announced for week with finale extravaganza
Kennedy and Hayes, Edna Buckley, Green and Rice and Mike Fenton will contribute to the week’s programme here and the entertainment will end with an extravaganza. Afternoon performances will be given daily.
Summer Parks Hosts Herbert and Pittsburg Orchestra
Victor Herbert and the Pittsburg Orchestra headline at the Summer Parks, praised for popular success. Afternoon and evening programs mix light and classic music with Meyerbeer, Wagner, Tchaikowsky, Liszt, and Lucia sextette, plus waltzes, two steps, and operatic selections. A Fairy Theatre offering features a Lole Fuller style dance.
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Victor Herbert
Pittsburg
Meyerbeer
Tshaikowsky
Wagner
Tannhaeuser
Liszt
Lucia
Herbert
Fairy Theatre
Lole Fuller
Lapatina's Orchestra to Perform Sacred Concerts This Week
Lapatina's orchestra announces sacred concerts this afternoon and evening with promenade sets before and after each performance during the week starting tomorrow. Manager Lukens adds an entertainment of specialties and sketches in the new pavilion. Several named performers and the Dumont troupe member Vic Richards join in sketches including Miss Didymus Party. The new maze is open and the panadrome is popular with patrons.
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Lukens
Lester
Jermon
Collins
Emmett Welch
Cole
Clements
Kathryn Miley
Lore
Abacco
Charles Ross
Vic Richards
Dumont
Ross
Miss Didymus
Casino Pavilion
Viewwonna Lester
Richards
Emmets Welch Loro
Sweet
Clemens Charlie Ross
Inc
Charlie Ross
Rome
Naples
NDIO
Reading
Battles and Musicals Highlight Evening Program
The venue continues the Battles of Our Nation spectacle and the Conterno music show along with Adgie and her trained Hons exhibition as chief attractions. Nightly attendance runs high with afternoon and evening performances. Conterno has prepared special programmes for today's two concerts.
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Adgie
Conterno
Park Theatre to Open Run of A Runaway Girl and Related Plays
Beginning Monday evening the 30th in stant William G Stewart's company of singing players debuts at the Park Theatre with A Runaway Girl a London music farce. The company also presents The Geisha The Gaiety Girl and The Circus Girl with Setli Simonson in charge of music and A W MacCollin directing. George W Leslie appears in the former Powers role of the unlucky jockey and Clara Palmer sings the title role with other cast members announced. The Park Theatre notes souvenir items offered at the seventy fifth Lovers performance and other local engagements.
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Park Theatre
London
Augustin Daly
Philadelphia
Setli Simonson
A. W. MacCollin
Castle Square Opera Company
George W. Leslie
James T. Powers
Jockey
Clara Palmer
Violinist Voelker to lead Broad Street Theatre orchestra
Friedrich Voelker, a violinist of noted talent in local music circles, has been engaged by Nixon & Zimmerman as chef-d’orchestra of the Broad Street Theatre. He will direct a reorganized enlarged orchestra and prepare entr'acte music weekly starting next season. Voelker is respected in Philadelphia and has conducted a New York studio for two seasons. He is currently giving daily concerts in Atlantic City.
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Nixon & Zimmerman
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Voelker
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Foreign Stage Notes From London and Paris Gossips
London reports highlight Irwin and two boys brief stay for Ascot then Paris visit. Heathe Gregory charms London drawing rooms while Melba, Bernhardt, and other stars attract royal audiences. Censorship blocks Maeterlinck's Monna Vanna licensing for regular theatre, pushing private showings. Anton Hegner and Lillian Bleuvelt plan Copenhagen Stockholm concerts next month. E A Dithmar reports.
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Elphia Times
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Irwin
Ascot
Paris
Marshall P. Wilder
Belgravia House
Heathe Gregory
New York
Bonelli
David Rossi
Lewis Waller
Roma
Constance Collier
Maeterlinck
Westbourne Grove
Bernhardt
Camille
Crawford
Francesca
Anton Hegner
Lillian Bleuvelt
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Keith's Theatre and Local Variety Shows Listed
The notice lists show times and venues including Keith's Theatre from 12.30 to 10.30 PM and the Continuous Variety Lyceum Theatre with evening performances. Also listed are Chestnut Hill Park and Willow Grove Park venues with varied acts, plus Woodside Park and Conterno's Band offering concerts and sketches at multiple times.
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Lyceum Theatre
Willow Grove Park
Victor Herbert
Woodside Park
Conterno
Steamer Excursions Promote Woodland Beach and Cape May Trips
The Thomas Clyde resumes daily Woodland Beach runs with an orchestra onboard and a dancing band at the pavilion. The Republic sails daily to Cape May from Chestnut Street pier at 7 80 A M with three hours on shore and return in the evening. Delaware River Navigation Company launches searchlight excursions to Burlington Island Park starting Tuesday, with up river steamer departures at 6 o'clock from Chestnut Street wharf and music on board.
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Chestnut Street
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Trenton
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Evening Telegraph
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Cape May Steamboat CO
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Philadelphia
Meawers
Delaware River
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Saengerfest crowds swell as tragedy unfolds
Peoria Illinois reports a festival crowd surge on day three of the Saengerfest with 6000 at the concert. Soprano Mme Ragna-Linne received news that her 10 year old daughter was dying of pneumonia and left for Chicago, where the child died before arrival.
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Mme. Ragna-Linne
Chicago
Synagogue Riot in Akron Leaves Man Injured
In Akron Ohio on June 21 a clash erupted at the Orthodox Jewish synagogue when two men tried to speak at once. Ben Rudeminsky was head cut and both Jacob Mermion and J Rudemin sky were arrested as bricks flew and windows shattered.
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Ben Rudeminsky
Jacob Mermion
J. Rudeminsky
Navy tug Standish returns with mast for academy telegraph
The Standish tugboat arrived in Annapolis from Norfolk carrying the mast for a wireless telegraphy station to be erected at the Naval Academy. The vessel had joined the cadets on a cruise visiting Indiana and Chesapeake.
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Naval Academy
Standish
Annapolis
Indiana
Chesapeake
Naval Cadets
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School Teacher Found Dead In Bed In St Louis County
ST LOUIS June 21 John T Rapp Justice of the Peace at Wellston St Louis county and a school teacher was found dead in his bed today from carbolic acid death by his own action authorities reported the death occurred at Wellston in St Louis county
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John T. Rapp
Wellston
St. Louis County
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