This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
21
Woodward and Lothrop details New York Washington Paris stores. During the heated term the store will pose at 5 o clock on Saturdays at 1. Customers shopping by phone call Main 5300 and ask for the Mail Order Department. Orders will be executed with the least possible delay.
WHIS presents rare furs with one third to nearly half off regular prices. Every garment neck piece and muff is pre made and guaranteed. Sale items include blended squirrel Russian mink eastern blends black fox and other skins with option to special order at sale prices.
The society page reports on weddings and engagements among Washington families, noting Miss Caroline Louise Smith wed to Lieut. James E. Abbott at her parents’ home with Marine Band music and formal reception. Engagements include Miss Mary Elizabeth Barber and Samuel Goodacre, while Ambassadors Creel returns from Atlantic City. The piece lists social clients, travels, and summer arrangements across resorts and clubs.
CHAT OF WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE describes a Boston society mystery about Lieut Granville Fortesque, rumored injured in an Ipswich auto accident, with conflicting accounts and a hospital stay near Hamilton. It reports Miss Emma Smith, Rol and Tilton ties, and notes Fortesque’s absence since the crash while detailing social figures and a Mexican connection to domestic science studies in New York.
An extended account surveys American women's roles across education nursing domestic work and social life in Saratoga and Newport. It notes praise from women of invention and service, contrasts with critiques by Chicago and Newport figures, and reports plans for society dances and transatlantic social ties.
A grand social event marks the wedding of Madeleine Anne Marie Fallieres to Jean Joseph Bay amid Parisian pageantry. The ceremony at the Madeleine and Elysee mustered officials, diplomats, and the president’s family, with excommunications shaping attendance and a nuptial mass blessing the union.
A wedding breakfast at the Elysee Palace was attended by close family friends. The Church of Madeleine had simple adornment and no special ceremony with one curate saying mass and Father Riviero delivering the benediction. No sermon was given.
Lenox scene features driving dinners luncheon entertainments as visitors enjoy a lively Sunday in the Berkshire Hills. Notables host guests at Osceola House Redwood Blythewood and other estates while local society and guests share health notes travel plans and upcoming gatherings.
Newport New Jersey August 10 Under cloudy damp weather the Newport fleet-including the New York Yacht Club visitors remained quiet with few shore trips. Automobiles moved between yacht club and villas. Mr and Mrs Witham Storrs Wells hosted a musical at Chetwode their summer home. Australian contralto Miss My Lott appeared for the first time. Francis Bowers a New York barytone sang with Bruno Hubbn. Mrs Ogden Mills entertained nightly drawing many guests including Lord Granard and Mrs Willem Payne.
Several families and guests arrived by automobile to Narragansett Pier and area inns. Mrs J0 Beard of Glen Cove and Palm Beach entertained Miss Florence Flynn and Miss Waite Gloricut at the Mathewson. Dr E W Pierce of Meriden and Dr H A Weeks joined others at the Mathewson. Additional parties from Buffalo Boston and New York arrived at Imperial Gladstone and Greene s inn en route to Bretton Woods and the New England mountain region.
Long Branch New Jersey August reports a slow Sunday at the Pearl Casino as crowds stay away due to warm weather. A lawn tennis tournament opens the outdoor sports lineup with an invitation golf tourney next week at Dear Gol Club. Social events include dinners and dances at the Hollywood Hotel to benefit the Home for Crippled Children of Long Branch.
Street to Mr. George W. Eustis will be quietly celebrated in Seadwight Aud Bust 20. Miss Beatrice Schwab will go to Citlta wold Adirondacks this week but will return in time to take part in the amateur circus. Mr. and Mrs. Henri Wertheim will return to Bernardsville New Jersey this week after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seligman, Mr. Conrad Peters of New York visiting Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bertachman in Galliflee.
GYMEKHAWA SEASON S EVENT AT North east Harbor Bar Harbor Me August 12 features a costume ride eye and spoon races clear and umbrella race testing al ring obstacle race rescue fee and Gretna Green race. Patrons include Mesdames Armour Arnold Blodgett Budd Duboix Dickey Disston Huot Frazier Gallatin Green Grinnell Hare Hayward Hubbard Knowles Melcher Moffat Pepper Parkman Richardson Winthrop Sargent Savage Tilghman Vaughan Watson and Arnold Wood.
Aug 10 report from Oyster Bar says President Roosevelt had a calm day with no visitors at Sagamore Hill. He read quietly for hours then rode with Mrs Roosevelt toward Glen Cove and greeted locals. Secretary Forster returned later with important business, and Miss Ethel Roosevelt visited friends in Manchester, Massachusetts.
John A Dudley, a navy yard expert and former arsenal worker, was laid to rest yesterday afternoon in Congressional Cemetery. He had suffered illness for five years and is survived by a wife. His career included sending missions to Japan and Turkey to promote American rifle projects.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.