Society notes from Merion Cricket Club events and summer gatherings
The World of Society column recalls the Merion Cricket Club dinner dance at Haverford with hostesses Mrs A J Cassatt Mrs Effingham B Morris Mrs Frederick L Bally and Mrs Edward S Sayres. It lists entertainers guests and many Philadelphia area summer plans including weddings and journeys to Europe Newport and Europe bound tours.
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Merion Cricket Club
Haverford
A. J. Cassatt
Effingham B. Morris
Frederick L. Bally
Edward S. Sayres
Edward Page
Robert E. Artemus
Samuel Norris
C. F. Devenny
E. V. Dougherty
J. B. Hastings
Winthrop Sargent
J. D. Windrim
The
Frederick Sylvester
Oma
Atlantic City Summer Visitors From Philadelphia Crowd The City
SPECIAL TO THE PHILADELPHIA Times. Atlantic City hosts many Philadelphia residents for the season. Mr and Mrs Charles Kolttel relocate from Philadelphia to a cottage here. Numerous others including Mrs Weiseman Misses Catharine and Helen Weiseman Rear Admiral Hichborn and families, Miss Kennedy and Miss Neill, and Judge Arnold arrive for summer stays at Chelsea Chetwoode and other local hostels.
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Philadelphia Times
Atlantic City
Harles Kolttel
Philadelphia
John Weiseman
Daughers
Catharine and
Helen Weisenan
Special to The Philadelphia Times Highlights Tecate Site
Special report notes a Tecate site development with details unclear due to fragmented OCR text. Readers are urged to await full dispatch for concrete dates locations and involved parties.
Bar Harbor Awaits Naval Visit and Social Set
The North Atlantic squadron will visit Bar Harbor in August with Secretary Moody likely to accompany the fleet. The British West Indies squadron may rendezvous here. A. J. Cassatt leases George B. Dorr cottage for the season. the Cassatt family arrives mid July. Mrs. James W. Gerard arrives to entertain at Corners Meet. General and Mrs. Samuel H. Thomas are here. General Thomas in poor health. President Roosevelt expected to visit in August. General and Mrs. McDowell McCook arrive for the summer.
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Thomas G. Lovegrove
North Thirteenth Street
Edward Storey
North Park Avenues
Europe
Philadelphia Times
Bar Harbor
Board of Trade
Moody
West Indies
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
George B. Dorr
New York
Cassatt
Mr. Cassatt
Samuel H. Thomas
General Thomas
Wedding Licenses Break City Record in June Surge
The clerk and staff issued 170 licenses by 3 pm after a Tuesday total of 150, setting a new city high. Couples from all walks of life queued in the corridor as the wave continued, with no clear cause. Weather and biology experts offered no explanation as the matrimony rush persisted.
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Bird
Townsend
Dr. Abbott
To Graduate Osteopathists To Day
Fifteen graduates from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy will receive degrees at tonight's commencement in Witherspoon Hall. The ceremony lists the students and honors tied to the program, marking the college's annual graduating class.
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Philadelphia College of Osteopathy
Witherspoon Hall
Steteon
Grocers Club Outing to Virginia Peak Today
More than four hundred members of the Grocers and Importers Union will travel to Blue Mountain Maryland today for an outing. The group will participate in a day of recreation and social activities followed by return travel in the evening.
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Grocers
and Im ' Buchenge
Bine Mountain
GE Sittad Seas
Weddings Extend Across City And Nearby Regions
A double wedding at the Church of St Elizabeth unites M Ella Kenderdine and Dr Matthew Henry Boehmer with plans for an extended tour of New England Canada and Nova Scotia before settling at 1719 North Twenty sixth Street. John Cornell Frankland and Edna May Dix wed at 1604 South Fourth Street with Rev Henry Frankland officiating. Hundreds attend including Colonel William G Dix and many others from several states and cities.
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Church of St. Elizabeth
M. Ella Kenderdine
Matthew Henry Boehmer
Prairie du Lac
Wis
Anna T. Boehmer
Lillie L. Shoemaker
Philadelphia
Angus. Gray
Scranton
James Roberts
A. C. Hewish
James R. MacDonald
Canada
M. F. Quin
Connecticut
Robert Duke
Wallace Gallaher
West Virginia
Edgar Tinsman
New England States
Nova Scotia
1719
North Twenty-sixth Street
John Cornell Franklana
Edna May Dix
Levin Ayers Dix
South Fourth Street
John Hance Borden
Nellie Frankland
Henry Frankland
William G. Dix
Washington, D. C
D. Kevan
Alice Gillespie
Virginia
Ethel Simpson
Harry Opdycke
Charles Hickman
Miss Florence M. Reilly Weds George B. Beckey at St James Church
Miss Florence M. Reilly daughter of the late Anthony B. Reilly married George B. Beckey yesterday morning at St James Catholic Church on Thirty-eighth and Chestnut. Rev James Monahan officiated. The bride wore white and wore a bouquet of bride roses attended by Julia R Beckey. W J Beckey was best man. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride's mother's home. The couple will reside at 4084 Powelton Avenue after July 14.
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Florence M. Reilly
Anthony
Powelton Avenue
Mrs. Beckey
Grace Wilson Weds Rev. Rittenhouse Neisser at Chester County Home
Grace E F Wilson wed Rev. Rittenhouse Neisser of Logan Baptist Church at her Deylesford home in Chester County. The ceremony was by Rev Dr Henry G Weston of Crozer Theological Seminary. After a two week honeymoon the couple will live in Logan. Separately Joseph Kenny of St Marys Church choir Gloucester City married Rosie Schmidt at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church Camden with Katie Schmidt bridesmaid and William Kenny best man. A reception followed at 325 Walnut Street.
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Grace EF. Wilson
Rittenhouse Neisser
Logan Baptist Church
Logan
Deylesford
Chester County
Henry G. Weston
Crozer Theological Seminary
Joseph Kenny
St. Mary's Church
Gloucester City
Rosie Schmidt
Sts. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church
Camden
Katie Schimidt
William Kenny
Walnut Street
Double Wedding At 413 Mount Vernon Camden
Last night Miss Louisa Stutzke and J. F. Tomlin along with Miss Annie Stutzke and William Marwardt were married at 413 Mount Vernon street Camden. A reception for the couples followed at Newton Hall.
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Mount Vernon Street
Camden
Louisa Stutzke
J. F. Tomlin
Annie Stutzke
William Marwardt
Newton Hall
Camden Bride Weds Albert C Brown at Walnut Street Home
Miss Clara Antoinette Mezger of Camden married Albert Clayton Brown of Manheim Pa at the bride’s parents home 232 Walnut Street Camden.
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Clara Antoinette Mezger
Camden
Albert Clayton Brown
Manheim
Walnut Street
Quiet Camden Wedding Sees Mae Estelle Ochse Wed to Walter L Fisher
A quiet ceremony at 15 Haddon Avenue Camden last night united Miss Mae Estelle Ochse and Walter L Fisher both of Camden in marriage.
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Haddon Avenue
Camden
Mae Estelle Ochse
Walter L. Fisher
Mount Holly Wedding Unites Elizabeth Heritage Atwood and George Parker
Miss Elizabeth Heritage Atwood of Mount Holly wed Professor George Augustus Parker of Buena Vista College Storm Lake Iowa at the bride's home. Rev. Joseph Garrison assisted, with brother A R W Atwood giving away the bride. Bridesmaids, maid of honor, flower girls and ushers listed with dense local names.
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Philadelphia Times
MT. Holly
Elizabeth Heritage Atwood
George Augustus Parker
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Iowa
Joseph Garrison
Keyport
N. J. Wright
A. R. W. Atwood
Sarah Heritage
Glassboro
Addie B. Evans
Norristown
Lugana Vernon
Philadelphia
Bessie T. Allen
Pennington
Lillian Brown
Mount Holly
Mae Stewart
Baltimore
Florence N. Hawkins
Islip
N. Y
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Heritage
Wilmington
Del
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Helen Clough Toy
Grace Johnson
Leon T. Ashcroft
Clifford B. Farr
T. EF. Redding
Howard Dobbins
J. 8. Diver
Pennagrove
William H. Parry
Newark
Andrew W. Carey, Jr
Wenona
Chew
Turnersville
Gertrude Laubach Weds Professor C Lincoln Free of Phillipsburg
In Riegelsville Pa on June 25 Miss Gertrude A Laubach daughter of Mr and Mrs Vincent Laubach wed Professor C Lincoln Free of Phillipsburg New Jersey in her parents home. The ceremony was led by Rev Titus C Strock with assistance from Rev F S Haines. The couple represents two long established state families and Free is noted as a naturalist and owner of Lincoln Pines Phillipsburg.
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Philadelphia Times
Riegelsville
Gertrude A. Laubach
Vincent Laubach
Professor C. Lincoln Free
Phillipsburg
N. J
Titus C. Strock
Tremont
F. S. Haines
First Presbyterian Church
Easton
Professor Free
Lincoln Pines
P’billipsburg
Squier Jones Wedding in Kansas City
Miss Cora Squier and Robert V. Jones of Philadelphia married at the Squier home on South Troist avenue at 7.40 pm. Mrs Charlotte Thompson of Philadelphia attended, with Miss Mary Jones and J Clifford Jones also present. Miss Squier, age 20, is heir to a multi million dollar estate from her late father J J Squier.
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Philadelphia Times
Kansas City
Cora Squier
Robert V. Jones
Philadelphia
Squier
South Troist Avenue
Jones
Charlotte 8. Thompson
Mary Jones
J. Clifford Jones
Miss Squier
J. J. Squier
New York Broker Weds Easton Bride Despite Illness
Haleey H. Debaeaud of New York and Mise Elizabeth A Lerch of Easton were married in New York last night at St Johns Episcopal Church after the groom, bedridden with malaria, sent for his bride. He is a Cal University graduate and a Wall Street stock broker. the ceremony proceeded as planned.
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Easton
Haleey H. Debaeaud
New York
Mise
Elizabeth A. Lerch
Eastéon
New York Pond
Rev. Hulse
S J. John's Episcopal Ureh
Cal University
Wall Street
Miss Harriet Bowers Wed at Hanover Street Home
At Captain Bowers home on Hanover street Carlisle Pennsylvania the daughter Harriet G Bowers was married to Metheart Coerching nm pastor of the arch at Altoona by the Pa crowd attended the ceremony and reception.
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Philadelphia TimEs
Carlisle
A. Bowers
Hanover Street
Harriet G. Bow
Metheart Coerchi Nm
Altoona
Glorious Fourth Souvenirs In Stores For Women shoppers
A prominent shop displays an array of Fourth of July table decorations and candy novelties. The items include firecracker shaped candy boxes, rocket made confections, confetti hats, and Independence Day baskets, all priced from 5 to 25 cents. Many pieces feature flags and red white blue ribbons.
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Little Affairs
Uncle Sam
Konboennieres
Fashion Note: White and Navy Nautical Summer Styles
White kid belts with gilt buckles and white shirt waists appear in fashion notes. Ethereal blouses bag at the seams, black accents, and white serge yachting costumes trimmed with white moire. Marine painted buttons and moire ribbons set nautical tone. Floral accessories include seashell pink shades and opalescent rose bowls.
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Paris
Outing Footwear Trends For Summer Sportsmen
The article describes footwear for summer recreation such as golf yachting beach outings and tennis. It notes patent leather shoes give way to sturdier pedal coverings with various soles including rubber leather and canvas options. It highlights white canvas Oxford ties white suede Oxfords tan calf outings with rubber soles and sport specific ties for tennis ping pong and golf with varied soles and spikes.
Practical Household Hints and Mixed Sayings
A jumble of domestic tips and quotes appears, with advice on boiling fish without sticking, oyster shells for scraping, kerosene effects on tin, and using a woolen rag. It also includes stray remarks on orange servings, butter in cake, eggs for foam, and milk soup salt timing, plus fragmented literary quotes.
Elaborate Fruit Mousse and Cheese Bites Feature Utensil Inventions
A Philadelphia Times recipe section outlines mousse desserts with fruit and prunes, then a cucumber and vinegar cream dish, a cheesy bread cup, and finally a note on a new tourist trunk strap. The strap uses jute webbing with an automatic locking buckle and key release, priced from fifty to seventy-five cents.
To Thank Thee For The Things I Miss Poem
A Higginson verse ponders gratitude for ungranted joys and future grace. The speaker seeks a calm gratitude for lost blessings and wonders if heaven hinges on what one does not possess. The poem shifts from longing to acceptance, noting a higher will guiding life.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Concealed Sex Case Rocks Baltimore Husband Revealed
In Baltimore a person believed to be Herman G Wood, living as a man for six years, married widow Ernes tine L Rausch. Wood admitted being female after police visit and says she fled North Carolina after trouble and lived as a man, mingling with men. She is in custody.
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Baltimore
Herman G. Wood
Wood
Ernestine L. Rausch
North Carolina
Hardware Merchants Praise Mayor For Fire Service Efforts
At the Hardware Merchants and Manufacturers spring meeting held yesterday, leaders commended Mayor Ashbridge for his work in introducing the new fire main service and for his assistance in advancing the project.
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Hardware Merchants and Manufacturers
Ashbridge
Richard Strauss to Direct United States Concert Series Next Season
Richard Strauss will come to the United States next autumn to conduct a series of concerts featuring his own works. The arrangement comes after Paul, long a proponent of Strauss, was defeated as conductor of the Philharmonic in New York, with Walter Damrosch taking the post. Strauss will lead performances with established American organizations, visiting multiple cities and replacing several local conductors as a prominent guest.
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Richard Strauss
United States
Herr Paul
Philharmonic Orchestra of
New York City
Walter Damrosch
Metropolis
Boston
Paul
Strauss
Musle
Philharmonic
Herr Gericke
Damrosech
Fritz Scheel
Mr. Herbert
Pittsburg
Theodore Thomas
Chicago
Berlin
Wagner
James Hunekers
Richard Strauss I
Strausses
Vienna
Johann
Mascagni to provide music for The Eternal City drama
Liebler and Co announce Pietro Mascagni will supply illustrative music for Hal Caine s The Eternal City with Viola Allen in the autumn London producer Beerbohm Tree participates in the arrangement Mascagni s fame rests on Cavalleria Rusticana first performed in Rome 1890 and success in Philadelphia 1891 The Eternal City would mark another American debut but past ventures suggest limited commercial appeal.
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Rome
Humbert
Italy
Philadelphia
Grand Opera House
Gustav Hinrichs
New York City
Aronson
Fritz
Hinrichs
Next Week's Playbills Highlight Daly Farces At Park and Keith
The Park Theatre will present A Runaway Girl directed by William G. Stewart with Daly estate rights. Cast includes George W. Leslie, Henry Leoni, Harold Blake, Clara Palmer, and Frances Miller. The Salt-Cellar from a German one act, adapted by Charles Dickson, headlines Keith's Theatre with Dickson and company.
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Park Theatre
William G. Stewart
Augustin Daly
United States
London
Cook's
Igh Society
Caryl Monckton
Philadelphia
Daly
George W. Leslie
James T. Powers
Henry Leoni
Harold Blake
Clara Palmer
Frances Miller
Andrew MacCollin
Selll Simonson
Henry Doblin
Charles Dickson
Keith
Dickson
Louis Mann
Ellen Berg
Bo Smith Russell
Willow Grove Concert With Herbert and Pietsberg Orchestra
A Willow Grove event features Victor Herbert and the Pietsberg Orchestra performing at the resort. The show promises a polished program with celebratory reception and musical highlights for guests and patrons.
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Willow Grove
Victor Herbert
Pietsberg
Chestnut Hill Park
Willow Grove Park
Woardalde Paewic
Acta Ress
Conterpo
New Novel Hardwicke Depicts Modern Religious Life
A new novel set in a small New York village contrasts old narrow religious views with modern broader acceptance. It is described as a brilliant, intensely dramatic study of faith.
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New York Village
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