Richmond Society Notes Brightens July Season
Widows engagement to Rev G Freeland Peter of St James Episcopal Church shocks Richmond society. Miss Doris Jones engaged to Mr Carl Fleming, a prominent clubman. wedding likely in fall. Numerous summer trips and arrivals at White Sulphur Springs, Warm Springs, and Goochland estates detail the social calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. City Nolting
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Doris Jonesy
Carl Fleming
Washington Post
Richmond
Mra
Lulle Whithok Notting Wdow
Freeland Peter Orestor
St James Episcopal Church
Ray William A Wbell Brown
Virginia
Cobham Park
Mra Notting
Albemarle County
Misa Loris Jones
John Keanenes
Ty Carl Fleming
W Oh Fleming
Miss Jones
Danet Jones
Philip T Glennon
Fleming Jones
Stuart Stringfellow
Atlanta
Thomas S Armistead
Henry Landon Cabell
Fred Pleasants
James Branch Cabell
Dumbarton Grange
Rochbridge
Cabell
Prisca Shepherd
Death of Heroic Captain Recalls Remarkable Midatlantic Rescue
Penarth Wales June 30 AP correspondent reports the death of Capt Hamilton Wurrell. He and his crew aboard the steamer Missouri rescued 734 passengers and 63 crew from the Danish vessel Danmark in April 1889 after it sank hours from Newfoundland. The perilous operation required stern towing, cargo jettisoning, and heroic maneuvers in a fierce storm before Missouri reached port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penarth Wales
Associated Press
Hamilton Wurrell
Thia
mid-Atlantic
London
Philadelphia
Copenhagen
New York
Newfoundland
Souri
Azores
Danmark
Murrell
America
Kensington Girls Club Hosts Straw Ride In Rockville
The Girls' Club of Kensington hosted a straw ride to Colesville on a Wednesday evening. The crowd included local families visiting homes of Benton Ray, Ralph Kimball, and others, with refreshments served. Numerous Washington, Baltimore, and Rockville residents were noted as guests or visitors at various local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sington
Kensington
Colesville
Benton Ray
Margaret Lyddane
Rockville
Mamie Carr
Baltimore
Milas Katherine Dobson
Germantown
Mir
Samuel B
Ralph Kimball
Washington
Kimbails
John VE Heaggan
Congress
Helehta D
Harry English
Thonas R Hall
Sittte Son
Fpontesye
M4 Halls
Imnel R White Mirs Wiliam
Bean
Alton Chase
Philadelphia
Mia Annis VecGuire
Hychre Club
Theodore Smith
Tusla
Oklo
Edwin Smith
Blanche Bennett
Richard Waters
Elizabeth Garston
Cumberland
Elizabeth Offutt
Anna Mobley
Derwood
Westminster
Annie Flack
Audrey Flack
Roger Shaw
Montgomery Country Club
Ralph E Jones
Misses Grace
Elizabeth Reach
Virginia Jones
Dorothy Filer
Virginia
Anna Wilson
Mary Elizabeth
Rose Dawson
Alice Cashell
Gretchen Cooke
Louise Mobley
Julia Fearon
Eleanor Ray
Rebecca
McKeefer
Estelle Herman
Marie Tuttle
Mesars
George and
Vinson
Peter
Steadman Freecott
Paul Brunett
Edward Wellaver
Graham West
Thomas Dawson
Hazel Cashell
Frank Wilson
Wilson Townsend
Banks Berry
Charles G Myers
Griffith Warfield
Basil Mobrey
Thomas Cashell
Joseph Hamilton
Joseph Reading
Kirksey Jones
Mins
Audrey Garrett
Portraits of Society Figures at a Formal Event
The image features Miss Kate McCartney, daughter of Mrs John W McCartney, on the top left, Miss Sara J Parker center left, Mrs A A Vandergrift wife of Lieut Van dergrift U S M CO on the right, and Miss Margaret Cameron daughter of Gen George H Cameron. Bottom shows Mme Ekengren wife of the Swedish Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate McCartney
John W. McCartney
Sara J. Parker
A. A. Vandergrift
Lieut. Vandergrift
U.S M. CO
Margaret Cameron
Gol
George H. Cameron
Mme. Ekengren
New Parliament Houses Planned in Tokyo
Tokyo June 15 The Japanese government plans to construct new houses of Parliament in Tokyo. An appropriation of 70000% yen, roughly $3,5000%, will be requested at the next Diet session. Current structures are inadequate as membership will rise by BD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Wellford Te
Atlantic City
BR. L Williama
Eveslyn Williams
A. W Archer
Virginia Head
Mra Williams
Carrie R Ledoux
New York
Tokyo
WI Goon
Nixola
GR York
Charles Due
America
Duven
Beau
Rheims
Ypres
Arras
Mo Davent
New Yorks
Qouees
Nose Real Organ of Hearing Says Expert on Music Odors
Chicago July 15 A University of Chicago music director Robert W Stevens says music affects the sense of smell more than the sense of hearing. He cites Sousa marches Thais and Samson as having distinct odors onions perfume and pungent notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sousa March
Veial
Washington Post
Chicago
Robert W Stevens
Univerity of Chicago
Samson
Mr Stevens
Dying Man Asks Wife to Marry Brother Widow Weds in Days
Detroit July 16 John Politzer on his death bed asked his wife to marry his brother Richard Politzer. The wife consented and two days later they wed with Justice Theodore Richter presiding. The tale parallels a Austrian marriage history cited by Mrs Politzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Detroit
John Politzer
Richard Politzer
Richard
John Pollizer
Ernestina Politzer
Clerik
Matt Egan
Austria
Politzer
Theodore Richter
Yves
Crane Avenue
New York's Tall Buildings Impress French Artist and Paris View
French artist Duvent toured New York absorbing its skyline and energetic street life. He praised skyscrapers and the practical, rapid pace of work, contrasting American vigor with European tradition and noting the American woman as a modern classic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
America
M Duvent
Also Mentioned on This Page
Society AT
Luke W. Nolting
C. Freeland
Andrew Christian
Virginia Christian
Guy Davis
Norfolk
Hunter V Metrutre
Stuart M Guire
Camp Fermanagh
R. Turner Arrington
Frances Deane Arrington
James Alexander Hoofnagle
Ashland
Mary Clarke
Floyd Lee Gravely
Rocky Mount
Duncan Memorial Church
Dr Gregory
New Kent County
Garegory
Barton Fauntleroy
Hichmond
Misses Mercer
Charentre Vaden
Margaret Addison
Coaltal
Preston Carson
Willoughby Club
Willoughby Beach
Rra
Jacqueline P Taylor
Mary Dade Taylor
Thomas
Esther Wheelwright
Mies Ieland Rankin
Nashville
Gladys Glover
Anne Roy Johnston
Rock Castle
Goochland County
William D Thomas
Charles E Whitlock
Reginald Gilliam
Clifton Springs
Mes
William Mumford Ellis
Shawnville
Cornelis Horsford
Yelverton Evans Booker Je
Misses Warfield
Fannis Crenshaw
Columbia University
Misa Lou Belle Catesby Jones
Alfred Percy
Lynchburg
Mary Wortham
Mra Thomas
Rutherfoord
Wortham
Calderon Carliale
Emily Hanewinckel
York Harbor
John Lyons
Robert Rennolds
Nellie Reynolds
Valley
Palm Beach
J. M. Waldo Cor
John Marshall
City Hall
Bee
Alatron
Rte
13Th Piano CO
Ilheaney Renovated
Capitol Renovating Co
Edwin Seeton
Sefton
Haa
Ward
University of Trinois
Ime
Mme Albertina
Chicago Opera Company
Peking
IA Yuan-hung
Healan
Russia
F Street
Tao
Plaza Hotel
Silhou
Ita
Rla
Cones Island
Coney Island
Guy de Maupassant
Keley-Smith
M Davent
M Davert
MV Lauvent
French Academy of Sciences
le Matin
Wmie Gurie
Mme Curie
Duvent
Morocco
Truvent
Sisman
Colin Co
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