Mrs Dahlgren Wins Divorce Bid and Suit Details
May Dahlgren alleges husband Winthrop Dahlgren sought divorce to marry for money after admitting financial trouble. She claims he spent about $20,000 yearly on the Boston home and club life, keeping a modest allowance while living at the Princeton Club. The couple, with three children, married in 1903 and now reside in Brooklyn. He was ordered to pay $100 weekly alimony pending separation proceedings.
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Clubman
Boston
Washington Post
New York
Winthrep Dahl-gren
Princetown Club
Forcris
Anlgren
Ion
Hacer
Ife
Chicago
Washington
Bostow
Mhigrens
Pave
Jiahlgren
Vrsid
Tam
Princeton Club
Bible Study Upkeep Discussed At Washington District League Meeting
The Washington District Epworth League board of control discussed funding for Mountain Institute and related institutions. Dr McDowell outlined a summer program at Mountain Lake Park with two hours of daily Bible study and hoped for at least 108 attendees. The institute opens July 28 and the league plans joint representation at the Washington Civic Association meeting in Metropolitan ME on July 22 with speakers including Guy Frank Hanley and William Knowles Cooper.
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Mountain Institute
Washington
Epworth
League
McKendrae M. BE. Church
P Mcpowell
Institute
Washington Civic Association
Metropolitan
United
Guy Frank Hanley
Indiana
William Knowles Cooper
YMC
Honevnian brewmaster’s failed phone proposal in New York
Viktor Jenen a 26 year old Honevnian brewmaster with an interpreter made three late night attempts to propose to Lowisa Viktor 24 at 426 Hast Seventy seventh Street New York City. He sought funds to visit and marry her after meeting three months ago and exchanging daily correspondence.
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Viktor Jenen
Weretheart
Lowisa Viktor
Mischa
New York
Miss Viktor
Penes
F Street
Frog Tries to Eat Chick on Kansas Farm
In Wats, Kansas, Major Albert Rogier reports a bullfrog attempting to eat a young chick on his farm. Reverend T. Mr. Strange witnessed the event, seeing the frog seize the chick and nearly devour it before the minister intervened and the frog released the prey.
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Kans
Albert Rogier
Mr. Strange
Oto
Tol
Miolster
Australian women on bench in South Australia appoint first justices
The Washington Post reports Melbourne notes the first women justices in the British empire being appointed in South Australia. Mrs Alice, widow of the state’s first labor premier, is among the appointees. Archduke Charles Francis Joseph was referenced in relation to Austro-Hungarian affairs.
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Washington, Post
Melbourne
British Empire
South “Australia
Alice
Sterday
Archuke Charles Francis Josef
Mirone
Pigeon Walk Stirs London Stage as New Dance Enters Scene
A world weary of printers ink greets a new dance trend the pigeon walk. Miss Pegey Kurten and Mr George Gros smith perform on Tonight's the Night at the London Gaiety with verisimilitude. The piece trails earlier dances like fox trot bunny hug and tango, urging audiences to embrace novelty.
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Animal Kingdom
Pegey Kurten
George Grossmith
London Gaiety
London
France Day Triumph in London Society Rivalry
London and provinces held a social tribute to France with tricolors sold on streets and services at Westminster Abbey and Cathedral. Mayors and officials sent Poincare greetings as funds for the French Red Cross poured in, aiding a rival fund dispute won by the Duchess of Somerset and Lady Arthur Paget.
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Arthur Paget
Duchess of Somerset
Poincare
London
France
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Cathedral
Ford
Jord Provost
Provont
Poincaire
French
Red Cross
French Relief Fund
Huerta’s Wealth Enigma Revealed by Dried Flowers
At a dinner in El Paso General Huerta declined to discuss his fortune. He produced a bulging envelope claiming it held his value not money. Inside were dried flowers his wife gathered and gave, carried for four years, treasured above wealth.
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Tex
Gen. Huerta
Huerta
Mexico
Milwaukee girl, masquerading as man, held on disorderly charge
Special to The Washington Post Milwaukee July 7 Arrested by Detectives Stark and Wegner while dressed in male attire Jennie McNeil 24 confessed to masquerading as a man for six years She said her mother wanted a boy and she began dressing as a man at 18 She described factory work then higher wages after switching outfits and adopting the masculine role The couple with Emma Jacobs a colored woman posed as man and wife and were arraigned in district court with continuances granted Arrest details trace to a Hungarian boarder and a rooming house on Fourth and Chestnut Streets The woman previously known as Jessie Bennitt was arrested in Milwaukee years ago on disorderly conduct and Chicago a year ago while dressed as a man
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Milwaukee
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Jennie McNeil
John T. Sullivan
Emma Jacobs
Von
Thomas Leahy
Louise Milligan
Fourth
Chestnut Streets
West Allis
Ail
Chicago
Jacobs
Grand Avenue
Milligan
Jessie Bennitt
Princess Will Filed After Rome Death In 1920s Will
The Princess of Vicovaro Miss Eleanore Lorillard Spencer of New York died in Rome on May 6. Her daughter Princess Beatrice Fiorenza Cenci inherited the million dollar estate, with explicit conditions that the daughter not sell inherited property without executors’ consent. The will declares the home in New York as her domicile and provides for future succession to Lorillard Spencer if her daughter dies childless.
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France
Switzerland
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Eleanore Lorilard Spencer
Rome
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Paris
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Lucerne
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United States Trust Company
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Park Avenue
Surprise Birthday Honors Pastor Schroeder at Trinity Church
Trinity Lutheran Church on Fourth and E streets northwest held a surprise birthday for Dr Henoch Schroeder pastor for seventeen years. A party organized by the Ladies Aid Concordia Young Peoples Society Choir and Men's Club, featured a supper in the Sunday School room, music and addresses in German. A $40 gold purse was presented by Mrs Maris Heine.
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Henoch Schroeder
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Concordia Young Peoples' Society
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Alexandria
George Schiers
W. J. Helder
H. J. Sehneider
Germany
Dr. Schretder
Fort Wayne
Ind
Trinity Church
1000 Love Letters of a British Captain and a Trial
London July 7 Captain Edward Lundlow Porter of the Worcestershire Regiment faced a divorce action yielding a $6,000 judgment and a breach of promise case. A judge heard numerous letters Porter wrote to his fiancée Lily Eyton Jones, a music hall artist, including a February letter ending their engagement with another man named, and the suit seeks damages for dignity and humiliation.
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London
Edward Lundlow Porter
Worcestershire Regiment
Justice
Gkins’ Court
Lily Eyton Jones
Mike Jones
Attorney O'Connor
Porter
Son Born To Miss Bates In Washington Pea
Telegram from George Creel, husband of actress Blanche Bates, reports the birth of their second child. He states mother and baby are fine and sends love. the notice notes the arrival last night and mentions Washington as the location, with Baltimore and July 7 as context.
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Misg J Jones
Australia
Capt. Porter
Washington
Baltimore
Tunis
F.’ Deam
George. Creel
Blanche Bates
Will Mary 8 A Eliot Jr A Reading Mass Marriage
Miss Ethel Augusta Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs Cornelius C Cook of Pittsfield Massachusetts will marry Samuel Atkins Eliot Jr grandson of Dr Charles W Fillot of Cambridge next Saturday The ceremony will be at Miss Cook's brother David M Cook's home in Reading Massachusetts The wedding officiants include Mr Wilot's father Harvard graduate Kirst and art drama study in Germany associated with Winthrop Ames Miss Cook edits Story Teller magazine writes poetry and has worked with Ladies World Magazine
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Washington Post
Pittsfield
Maas
Misa Ethel Augusta
Cook
Cornelius C. Cook
Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr
Charles W. Fillot
Cambridge
Misa Cook
David M. Cook
Reading
Mass
Wilot
Degree for Mrs Coxe Declared Divorced in Philadelphia
Mrs Florence Coxe granted a divorce from Marcellus Coxe after two years of suit. Testimony was impounded and decree final per master report. The couple share one son, Traves Coxe, now an attached diplomat in Habana Cuba. Mrs Coxe travels in New England.
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Washington Post
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Cuba
Press Club Hosts Ladies Night Program Tonight
The National Press Club announces a diverse program for ladies night at the club's Root Garden. Belle Blanche a Keith’s Theatre prima donna shares top honors with Lady Sen Mei the Chinese Patti. Washington soloists perform in sextet octet quartet and more with pianists Donald Freeze George Wilson and B R Blodgett. M Diaz Lombardo former Mexican minister to France and current foreign minister in the Villa government will speak.
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Keith’s
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Patti
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Washington
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Mabel Roberts
Anna Brett Summy
Nancy Reynolds
J. F. M. Bowie
le Roy Gilder
Calvert Bowie
TD. G. Angevine
Ear Carbaugh
Newton Hammer
Eewin Callow
Charles Moore
Services for Edward C. Post
Edward C. Post died at his Newport home July 5. Funeral service held today at Emmanuel Church drew a large local and New York circle of friends. The body will be sent to New York tomorrow for burial with relatives and prominent social figures in attendance.
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Newport
Edward C. Post
Emmanuel Church
Mr. Post
New York
Servce
Hamilton Fish Webster
Prescott Lawrence
Ogden Goelet
Hamilton Wilkes Cary
William Watts Sherman
Anna Sands
John Nicholas Brown
Girls Demand Modern Wedding Licenses in Huntington County
Bluntington W V July 7 County Clerk Douthat urged the board of county commissioners to redesign the marriage license top which features an antiquated bride image with pompadour hair. He says the outdated design damages business and lags behind neighboring counties, noting Cabell issues far fewer licenses than Boyd.
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W. Va
Vouthat
Board of County Commissioners
Howard Chandler
Douthat
Cabell County
Boyd County
Beauty Tips For Complexion And Hair Enhancer
An old advertisement extols a home made facial lotion from four ounces spurmax in hot water to improve complexion and reduce shine, followed by a shampoo recipe using anthrax in hot water for fluffy hair, dandruff removal, and a glossy look.
War Brides Guest At Washington Garden Party
Mrs F W Grayson wife of John Brady Grayson and cousin of Dr Cary T Grayson will read scenes from War Brides at a garden party hosted by Mrs H F Blount in northwest Washington. The event will feature speeches by Mrs Nina M Allender and others on women suffrage and civic work with Mrs Gilson Gardner and Mrs Harvey Wiley among the speakers.
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F. W. Grayson
Elopes With Man of East in Denver Wedding
Miss Lucille McAvoy of Denver secretly wed J Higgelson, a New York civil engineer worth about $1,000,000, at Littleton on April 17. The couple informed her mother five days later and then left for New York via California.
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Washington Post
Denver
Colo
Lucille McAvoy
Littleton
J. ¥. Higgelson
New York
James A. McAvoy
Nora's Wedding Plans Spark Family Tensions
Nora informs Helen she plans to marry Joe and leave in July, causing worry over summer arrangements. Helen contemplates hiring a new girl, fears Warren's impatience, and discovers a long-buried pin tied to Mrs Thurston's accusation, prompting Nora to reveal how the pin ended up in Helen's desk.
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Helen
Joe
Warren
Muaster
Jnuly
Bates
Helen K
Ser
Beter
Stelen
Bryan to Aid Women in Universal Suffrage Bid
William J. Bryan, former Secretary of State, urged universal suffrage at a San Francisco audience of women. He said he delayed tackling the issue until solvable and that governance with men is only a matter of time, speaking at the California Civic League center.
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William J. ‘Bryan
Bryan
California Civic League
California
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