Society notes on weddings and summer travel in Philadelphia
A week of society events highlights a planned wedding for Miss Sidney Matthews to Frederic Woodhall Chesebrough at Lesmore Valley Forge, with mourning limiting guests. Many families announce summer closures and vacations at Atlantic City Newport Wildwood and cottages in Jenkintown Bryn Mawr Ocean City Hillside Chelsea and Bay Head.
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Sidney Matthews
Edward James Matthews
Frederic Woodhall Chesebrough
New York
Lesmore
Valley Forge
Bertha M. Dechert
Henry M. Dechert
West Philadelphia
Charles Hansom Gale
Cleveland
Ohio
Point Pleasant
N. J
How the Citizens Saved Ashland from Destructive Flood
Special correspondence from Ashland New Hampshire details how townspeople led by clergy, lawyers, and workers defended the river dam from a 15 foot wide breach. Volunteers filled 1500 sand bags, built cofferdams, and alerted residents as engineers and workers raced to reinforce the structure, averting disaster and securing the town with a new dam underway.
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Bay of Fundy
Ashland
New Hampshire
Kusumpe Lumber Company
Squam
Charles Eastman
Electric
Eastman
Mr. Stowell
New Church Dedication Marks Temple Evangelical Lutheran
Dedicatory services were held at the Temple Evangelical Lutheran Church on Fifty second and Race streets with Rev H H Weber and Rev J F Hartman delivering sermons. The church organized Feb 16 1902 and the portable chapel funded by the General Synod’s Board of Church Extension will be loaned or given to new congregations until they can build.
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Temple Evangelical Lutheran Church
George H. Grammar
Market Street
T. H. Smith
Messiah
Calvary
Grace Lutheran
General Synod
Board of Church Extension
Herbert ©. Alleman
Edwin Hey
Henry 8. Boner
Frank A. Hartranft
Entertainment Tonight at Chestnut Hill Park
Variety and entertainment programs announce shows at Chestnut Hill Park with times 2 30 P M 6 30 P M and 3 00 P M 8 00 P M featuring Specialties Sketches and Orchestra Copterse's Band in a multi act evening lineup.
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Chestnut Hill Park
Copterse
Germans Statue Nears Completion for Hillside Cemetery Monument
Moritz Wolff, the sculptor, is finishing a German veterans statue for Hillside Cemetery. It will be shipped from Berlin August 1 by the Hamburg American line, imported duty free by the Treasury, with a cost of 4500 dollars. The piece depicts a Sedan battlefield grenadier saving his battalion colors amid victory cries.
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Hillside Cemetery
Moritz Wolff
Berlin
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Treasury Department
Washington
William
Veteran Societies of
Philadelphia
Sedan
Park Visitors Hit Record Sunday at Zoological Gardens
Crowds numbering 200 more than a typical Sunday visited the Park and Zoological Gardens yesterday. Flowers at Horticultural and Memorial Halls drew attention while sacred music accompanied the day at the gardens. A Virginia fawn born June 11 grew to a sturdier size than its sibling, though the second fawn remained shy. The baby elephant Kasserin Lizzie drew many visitors, and Superintendent Brown announced an anticipated arrival of rare monkeys in the near future.
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Park
Zoological Gardens
Davis
Kasserin Lizzie
Brown
Stockton Will Probate Details of Frank R. Stockton
The will of author Frank R. Stockton is probated in Charleston W Va It names his widow as life beneficiary of the New Jersey home and Claymont property plus all income from books contracts and copyrights The estate will be sold for her benefit and after her death will be divided among siblings and the wife’s sister's children Executors are the widow and Alfred E K Mills The will dated September 29 1808 is in Stockton handwriting.
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Charleston
W. Va
Frank R. Stockton
Claymont
Frank R
Francis Richard
New Jersey
Alfred EK. Mills
Morristown
N. J
Tampa Bay Hotel Sold to Philadelphia Syndicate
The Tampa Bay Hotel built in 1888 89 to promote Tampa growth was sold to a syndicate represented by T J Scott of Montgomery Alabama. The fireproof brick and steel hotel was a landmark in planning and travel to Havana via Plant lines. The sale price is reported at 1 1 million. Tampa population now 28 000 and Plant estate valued at 24 million.
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Philadelphia Times
Tampa
Fila
Tampa Bay
T. J. Scott
Montgomery
Ala
Havana
Plant
Plant5s
Flag of the Free Ode from Lohengrin Paraphrase
A patriotic verse praising the Flag of the Free as emblem of justice liberty and unity. It extols the banner as symbol of courage faith and national identity, vowing to shield and save the nation while remembering heroes and enemies overcome. Ancient and divine imagery accompanies calls for perseverance.
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Lohengrin
Free
Of Interest to Women in Paris Antique rings and fashion
Paris fashion notes show rings worn on forefingers and large diamond and pearl collars. Chaise outfits feature wide high canes at Chantilly races, with big neck ruffles and lush hats. Millinery favors ochre, navy, red, and huge flowers. veiled fabrics with lace and white satin trims dominate elegant hotel gatherings. Meanwhile a kid’s tooth tale ends with a pulled tooth.
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Paris
Chantilly
Matt Gorg
Gray bathing suits and fashion notes for summer style
The piece reviews gray mohair bathing suits with white mohair trims and sailor collars, black taffeta bands, and wide revers. It notes fashionable greens, a navy parrot green tulle neck bow, white bone geisha pins for hair, and straw hats with bold color accents.
The Du Barry Walk Introduces a New Town Fashion
A New York originated dance style called the Du Barry walk spreads as a fashionable trend. It features three movements: hips shoulders and head with short tripping steps and shifting weight for effortless grace. The shoulder motion, described as graceful and uneasy, is the hardest part to master.
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New York
Galt
du Barry
Sand golf hits the seashore with a new beach game
Children try a beach version of golf using small clubs balls and tin holes. Sets cost 25 50 or 1 dollar with varying contents and printed instructions. Courses use two or three holes but stretch to 8 or 9 holes as players strive for the fewest strokes to win.
Sprinkling Carts Delight Toyland Visitors
Miniature sprinkling carts capture the imagination of children in Toyland shops. Prices range from 6.50 to 45 for elaborate models. The grandest cart spans a yard, with a red barrel, four wheels, green and yellow accents, a black seat, and a high driver’s perch. A long dipper or funnel pipe fills the barrel, and the cart sprays a generous mist, usable for lawn cooling or playful watering.
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Sm&ll
Toyland
Identical Twins Spark Kindergarten Confusion
A girl worker in a settlement kindergarten points at a pair of twins, claiming the mother aims to thwart the workers’ plan to identify them. She notes one child has a missing front tooth and privately wagers on telling them apart once they speak, while trying to discern which is which.
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Milton Goldsmith
West Green Street
New York
R. Heyman
Georgie
Calf's Head Vinaigrette and Rice Special
Calf head vinaigrette recipe with brains optional and a French rice dish. Directions include soaking, boiling, removing meat, making a dill dressing with tarragon vinegar, capers, parsley, and onion juice. Also details rice preparation with butter milk candied fruit and bitter almond extract, plus a cinnamon clove sauce with apricot marmalade.
Faint praise in fashion critics from a Baltimore News commentary
The Baltimore News notes men often undercut wives' purchases with faint praise. A lord of creation pretends support while offering biting fashion critiques, claiming niceties while steering color, style, and fit opinions to suit himself. The piece lampoons self serving restraint in marital taste debates.
Household tips and poem excerpt from a century old page
Practical notes on removing fruit stains from knives with potato halves, preparing linens with soap, extending clothes-pin and line durability, whitening hats with pipe clay, and fabric rinsing tips using alum salt and gall. It then shifts to a poetic excerpt from Ella Wheeler Wilcox about love occurring once.
Adee Returns Home After French Tour Amid Bad Weather
Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee arrived aboard the St. Paul reporting health and leisure abroad. He said he faced only bad weather and was glad to be home, noting the amazement of French provincials at U S government actions.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
Alvey A. Adee
St. Paul
United States
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May Bell
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Meredith
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Episcopal Church
J. M. Chesney
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State Normal School
Temple Evangelical Lutheran Edifice
Entertainments Today
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Tampa Bay Hotel
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