Richmond Dancers Christmas Tree Hosts and Society Notes
A Richmond society page covers New Year events. Highlights include a Richmond German club Christmas tree at Masonic Temple with gifts, a Jefferson Club New Year reception with vaudeville, supper, and dance, and a large Richmond attendance at the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities tea. Also noted are the Home for Needy Confederate Women annual meeting, club meetings, and social arrivals and engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Club
Home For Confederate Women
Jefferson Club
G. C. Scott
Richmond
Masonic Temple
Jon Lan
Stein
Biss Page Astell Rosull
Thomas Bolling
John Stewart Bryan
James
Carter Scott
Willis
T. Wilson
Hardin Bainles
Amd
Adolphua Blai
Eng
George Beay
Jamez
Rutherford
Garrett B. Walt
Fulham Blackford
Louise B. Adams
Massachusetts
Cora Younger
Aretha
Gray
Scott
Mizeavenport
Stree Cooke
H. W. Cooke
John €Ursia
M. Carrie
If Carrington
W. B. Classarne
Be. Campbell
RG. Cabell
George P. Christian
Guecama
Hl. Watkins Everton
W. G. Fergueron
Finet
George C. Gregory
J. T. Graves
J. P. George
M. de C. Hobson
Vesper Harrison
Harvie
W. C. Johnston
Jones
G. Kean
David H. Leake
Leake
J. P. Lea
J. P. Leary
Mayo
A. Mofenny
Meade
Kirkwood Uehell
Thomas Dr. Stuart No Milhaux
WC. Naland
George M. Reid
John Rutherford
W. Scarborough
W. A. Smith
Johan C. Walker
W. Williams
W. Ormond Young
Heans
Mary Curtis S Dent
Arthur Tefrey
Eddenton Tor
Treastee
IM Health
Coke, Jr
New York
Hdward
N. Caliseh
Sam Johen
Clarenea Thiser
Emanuel Naik
J. L. Levy
Manore Gevy
Miriam Milhiser
Alisyo Thalalmer
Julius Strauss
Philip Schioss
UO. L. Guust
Lee Syele
Labenburg
E. Constine
R. ©. Nelson
Philip Whitlock
Mearsey
Association For the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Association
Joseph F Nm J. Taylor Hilgson
Mra
BD Valentine
J. R. Bach
W. T. Robins
W. R. Cox
J. B.lightfoot
J. Caskie Cabell
Mra.c. AW
P. Brock
A. J. Montague
AL Tevent
AL DP. VW
J. Taylor Ellyson
Hermitage Golf Club
John A. Coke
and Mes
H. A. Gillis
Stuart Jones
James Rutherfoord
Arthur Dp. Wilmer
Daisy Wilmer
Frank Anthony Waike
Morfolk
Joan Dew
Minnie Archer
William WW. Archer
Emam Conquest
Manny Scott
Newerehave
Sulphur in Health and Disease Promoted Calcium Sulphide Form
An old remedy piece extols sulfur benefits in liver kidney and blood health via Stuart's Calcium Waters. It contrasts crude sulfur with modern concentrated tablets, citing Dr RB Wilkins on treats for constipation malaria boils and carbuncles. It promotes Stuart's Calcium Waters as safe effective purifying remedy over habit forming purgatives.
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Stuart
RB. M. Wilkins
Yerkes Will Battle May Shift On Deathbed Draft
The World reports a looming legal showdown over Charles T Yerkes estate with two men ready to testify to a deathbed will while a German born heir extracts rumors of a third will. Ethel Yerkes, the niece, is said to be a custodian of possible later documents, as Mrs Ida Yerkes recalls a dramatic family move to Europe under Charles J Yerkes' influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles I
Yerkes
Mi- Honsire
Chicago
Waldorf-Astoria
Emilie Grigsby
Ethel Yerkes
Eighty-Fourth Strees
Ethel
Europe
E Ithel
Ida Yerkes
Yerkes Heir Fears Being Cut Out In Will Saga
Miss Thel Yerkes grandniece of the late Charles T. Yerkes and her mother Ida sailed for New York on the Amerika. Friends say the will dated January 1905 is the only one, with a codicil later. Other relatives recall Yerkes’s double life in Denver and Cincinnati, affecting family fortunes and legal affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonion Cor
New York
Thel Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes
Ida Yerkes
Amerika
Millonaire
Dresden
Emiie Grigsby
Yerkes
Held
Sylvester Willard
Iamille Grigsby
Kentucky
Sue Grigsby
Traction
Grigsby
Oue
Kes
Miss Grigsby
Grenoble
Mr. Yerkes
Emily Grigsby of Kentucky and a Family Shrouded in Scandal
Emily Grigsby a Nazareth graduate once lived in Winchester county with parents Col Louis Braxton Grigsby and Emily Downey. Her family’s wealth traced to a Red River plantation and a slavery era dungeon rumor. Emily's marriage into the Burbridge line and the Twenty fourth Kentucky Infantry era marked a turbulent Civil War era profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazareth
Winchester Cty
Louisine Post
Emily Grigsby
New York
Charles {. Yerkes
Col
Louis Braxton Grigsby
L. Kemp Grigsby
Braxton
Bethany College
W. Va
Sue Burbridge
Kentucky
James F. Robinson
S. B. Burbridge
Maj
W. F. Downey
Houston & Downey
Maj. Downey
Emily Downey
Marrea
Hamilton Bunby
New York City
Miss Grigsby
Emily Busby
Mrs. Burbridge
Mas. Downey
Winchester
Sue
Grigsby
Grigesby-Burbridge
Twentyfourth
Kentucky Infantry
United States
Ethel Yerkes A Charming Broadway Social Figure
From the New York American a report details Emilie Grigsby’s rise and links to Charles T Yerkes. Ethel Yerkes, aged about seventeen, lived in Dresden with her mother after leaving West Side New York, then returned to social circles via Grigsby. The tale covers wealth, influence, and the social maneuvers surrounding the Yerkes and Grigsby families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilie Grigsby
Mr. Yerkes
New York American
Miss Yerkes
Dresden
Dresden Conservatory of Music
West Sixty-third Street
Thel Yerkes
West Fifty-fourth Street
Conlection
Convent of the Holy Angels
Port Lee
Hithel Yerkes
Ethel
John Drew
Art Club Votes to Order Pins and Welcome New Member
The Columbia Heights Art Club met on Thursday with Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Whit presiding. Officers reported, pins of rose gold were ordered, and Misa Annabel Foote was admitted as a member. Mrs. Emerson reported on the Federation of Women's Clubs, with parliamentary drill led by Mrs. Stokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Heights Art Club
Clarke
Whitall
Misa Annabel Foote
Emerson
Federation of Women's Clubs
Stokes
Washington Delegates Named for 39th AIA Convention
The Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects has elected delegates to the thirty ninth annual convention at the New Wizard beginning tomorrow. Delegates are J. C. Hornblower, James C. Hil, Robert Stead, and F. B. Pyle with alternates J. R. Marshall, E. W. Donn Jr, W. G. Peter, and T. J. D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
American Institute of Architects
New Wizard
Morrow
J. C. Hornblower
James C. Hil
Robert Stead
F. B. Pyle
J. R Marshall
E. W. Donn, Jr
W. G Peter
T.J. D
Christmas in the City and Stage Myths Brought to Light
A collage of holiday vignettes recalls family mischief with toys on Christmas morning and a cafe scene where generosity and cultural nostalgia collide. A Western theater critic laments stage cowboy tropes while a hunter foils expectations with a colored boatman. A waiter’s bill echoes a frugal holiday memory as a young couple recounts meals and misadventures in bustling streets.
President Roosevelt Accepts Gridiron Club Invitation
President Roosevelt yesterday accepted an invitation to attend the Gridiron Club annual dinner scheduled for Saturday night January 37, signaling continued public ties with Washington social circles amid the season’s events.
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Roosevelt
Gridiron Club
Pope Pius X friendship with Jews and Baden succession drama
The article reviews Pius X as a friend to Jews noting his past ties in Venice Mantua and Salzano and condemning anti-Semitism. It then shifts to European succession politics, detailing Grand Duke of Baden's plans to recognize Count Rhena as prince of Baden to ensure a Protestant line, implicating Hohenzollern and Lippe issues and morganatic marriages across Germany and Württemberg with political maneuvering linked to church and royal families.
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Pius X
Russia
Venice
Tombola
Salzano
Roman Jacec
Mantua
Jacco
Pius
Berlin
Carlsruhe
Baden
Frederick Rhenn
London
Count Shena
Prince Charles of
Trosalia Beust
Inlaw
Rhena
Paden
Hohenzollerns
Sigmaringen
Max of
Rena
Willian
House of Hohenzollern
Count Rhena
Morover
House of Baden
Charles Frederick
Louise Geyer
Hochberg
Europe
Germany
Prince of
Lippe
Mareh
Wurtembe
Princess of Wales
Duke of
Teck
Ising
Wurtemberg
Lduke
Albert Wurtemberg
Terry
Mie
Luke
Chesur
Aexander
Rheday
Ithenn
Leden
Wurtenberg
Teek
Christian Endeavor Officers Chosen for 1900
The Christian Endeavor Society of St Pauls English Lutheran Church elected officers for 1900 including President H. Brunner Vice President Charles Hyer Secretary B C Downes Treasurer Miss Henrietta Lame Delegate to District Union Charles Batemus Chairmen of committees Prayer meeting Miss Irene Shirtey Missionary Miss Margaret R Social Miss Mather Link ns Lookout Miss Wenrietta Sammist Charles Tiger Flower Charles Webe Local Missionary Charles Bateman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Christian Indeavor Society of
St Paul's English Lutheran Church
H. ©. Brunner
Charles Hyer
B.C. Downes
Henrietta Lame
Also Mentioned on This Page
Society IN
Ph F. Powell
Dua Elizabeth Powell
Dorothy Southland
Springfield
Mass
la Martins
Thelma Billett
Inige Martin
Enna Soeuthal
Eliizabeth Flippen
May Williams
Dora Hetzer
Mamie Smith
Margaret Bemmes
Prua Rident
Halgabeth Coles
Migzabeth Watson
Garnetrucke
Mma Morehead Whitfield
Muraine
Mono Vie & Ts
Remorse Whitfield
George Whitford
James TL HU
Larriette Les Taliaferro
Brooke Byrd
Gloucester County
Cortee
Misa Anne Eligabeth
Otl
Helen Min
Roberta “Almmerman Allen
Esty
Rge
Forsythe
Pit A. White
J.on Payne
Robert C. Payne
Legh
Vage
Buford
Elizabeth Bentley
Charlotte Meade
Elizabeth Winn
Grace
Perkins
Isabelle
Carter
Zaiden Branch
Archer Joynes
Ophelia Minor
Janie Boreiwara
Charlotte Bemiss
Delia Davenport
Mary Tompking
Mary Smith
Mary McCaw
Phoebe Satterfield
Anne Royall
Camilla Wellford
Mary and Eamond Lancaster
Emily Clarke
Martha Purcell
M. Co. Patterson
Richard W. Brooke
Corcoran School of Art
Brooke
Art Club of
Helen Stevens
Foster Thomas
Louisville
Margaret Dandridge Willems
Maryland
Harry R. Houston
Evelyn Hill
Suffolk
Nansemond
Caroline Boykin
Nelle Crutchfield
Carroll Henderson Montague
West
Franklin Street
Miss Henry
James A. Henry
Philadelpia
R. Emmett Paffron
St. Teresa's Church
Dunn
Anna Dunn
Meyer Eckenrode
Fredericksburg
Ellen Guigon
Staunton
Mattie Fretway
Danville
Julius Baumgarten
Washington, D. C
A. E. Straus
West Clay Street
Withers Wright
H. H. Genge
Monument Avenue
Huntsman
Edward Raynesforth McCabe
Gordon McCabe
Fort Leavenworth
Sara Winder
King and Queen County
Read-Taylor
Katherine Copeland
Mrs. Benehan Cameron
P. Nt. Mayo
Powhata
Clarke County
Lucy Clair Atkinson
D. A, BR
Washington Post
Donald McLean
Horace Porter
Miles
McLean
Mr. Philips
Navy Yard
National Rifles’ Armory
S. G. McAlister
J. G. Moody
FE. D. Teffeau
F. A. Gilmore
Dory
Smith Estate
William E. Ambrose
Charles H. Smith
Treasury
Malvina W. Smith
District Christian Endeavor Union
Bath
Montgomery
J. Smith Hurt
Mount Sterling
W. Haley Smith
John A. Joyce
Missouri
Grant
Shiloh
Fiment
Clark County
Phoenix Mover
Lexington
J. F. Riobinson
Robinson
Denver
Colo
Cincinnati
Emily
Nazareth Convent
Bardstown
Rough Riders
Cuba
Art Club
Woman About Town
Baby
George
Rialto
Congress
Walter
Indiana
Jardiniere
Brooklyn
Ingiana
Neve
Fred
Aly
Horn
Pope
Lansburgh Inter-Ocean Building
St. N.W
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