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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1910
Page
12
A hardware of fabrics arrives offering dainty designs in widths 2 to 5 inches. Included are Nainsook and Swiss Insertions and Readings at 15c yard, with Flouncings and matching Insertion Bands. New Cambric and Nainsook Embroideries arrive in matching patterns. Main floor Gst Com. Replete with newest effects, very moderate priced.
Atlas EZ jars listed with quart size MOZEN and half gallon GOZEN options priced at 1.35 dollars. The ad emphasizes EZ sealing and suitability for home canning with available sizes and unclear branding details.
Washington D C notes detail President Taft and Mrs Taft visiting Bar Harbor for several days. Golf at the Kebo Club followed by a large reception hosted by Frank Ellis and others. Many notable guests including Mrs Charles J Bell and Gen Leonard Wood attend events. Also mentions ambassadors, social rounds, and travel to Yonkers and Atlantic City.
Wealthy families and notable figures sail on Kronprinzessin and Nieuw Amsterdam seeking travel and relief from business concerns. Young Kingdon Gould discusses general business conditions while Cornelius Vanderbilt and Clarence Mackay tour Europe. Princess Avoir Parlaghy sails for recuperation. baby Princess Nadega of Braganza draws attention at christening. Newport christening and divorce cases highlight elite social life as Van Alen and Astor families host events.
Lenox Massachusetts July residents invite friends for a housewarming at Highlawn House a villa gifted to Mrs William Ty Steane. Sports include a Elm Court versus Highlawn baseball game. Various guests from New York Newport Philadelphia and Boston regions are noted at Overlee Curtis Aspinwall and other area residences.
Newport R I July 20 rivals settle schedules for August dances. Berwind and Mrs Barger Wallach coordinate tennis player events at the Casino, Elms for Rear Admiral Schroeder and Atlantic fleet officers, avoiding conflicts with the Bay View and other Newport entertainments. A series of luncheons and dinners host prominent guests as society notices flow from Bay View to Bayshore.
William H Bliss of New York purchases Elsinore Hugh McMillan cottage on Bar Harbor heights. The current lessees Mr and Mrs Henry F Dimock of New York remain in residence for three years. Social notes mention Luncheon at Jacob's Well and a Tennis Cup event at the Swimming Club with fifteen entries. The Liberty, aboard Joseph Pulitzer, cruises eastern Maine waters.
The Berlin incident involved a porter at the American embassy who left grounds to accept service in an assault case. Although diplomatic immunity was understood to protect ambassadors, the porter’s outside-service action prompted a dispute with a German tax official. After heated exchanges and failed compromises, the porter accepted service outside the embassy. The court ruling is not specified.
Narragansett Pier July scene shows royal social circuit expanding for five weeks as polo season begins. Visiting lawyers hosted at Mathewson with 300 guests amid dinners, speeches by Judge Joline and others. Notables and guests from Providence, Boston, New York arrive at Casino Imperial and nearby hotels for extended stay.
In Hot Springs Virginia on July 20 Sarah Gib pnon hosted a tea at the Oaks with compliments to Misses Constance Stephenson Martha Valentine Elizabeth Agnew and Alice Shepard. Luncheon hosts at Gramercy Farm entertained villa and hotel colony members including Mrs Frederic Sterry Mr and Mrs John Hayes Caperton and Mrs Edwin WR Stetinius chaperoned a picnic en route to the Oaks where luncheon was served on the broad piazza. Attendees included the Misses Mercer Lemoine Margaret Nally Dunlop Prudence Virginia Sterry Alice Bright Tabel Stettinius Josephine Palma Hugh Caperton Charles L Palms Jr Alec Neave Banc Carrington Stettnius Bidward Bright and Benjamin Harris. Samuel P Rotan of Philadelphia plans a brief Northward visit returning next week. Courts were engaged for Jennin dung during the afternoon concert hour at the Casino by Mr and Mrs G C Scott Mrs Sidney Buford Mrs Charles McL. Clark Carman R Runyon Sholto Walsh and Keith Spaulding. Mrs Charles Neave has returned to the President's bungalow from New York. Anrials at the Homestead yesterday included Mr and Mrs WEEK. Davis J T Rumey of New York Wot Turner of Brooklyn Harold Brown of Maryland and Joseph H Klemmer of Philadelphia.
A Christie’s sale in London yielded a Charles I sweetmeat dish at 445 dollars or 110 dollars an ounce, a Charles II tankard at 445 dollars, an Irish potato ring at 72 dollars, and Chelsea vases and covers at 18,375 dollars. An oblong Brussels tapestry panel of Dutch figures outside an inn sold for 3,000 dollars, with another similar panel at 3,000 dollars.
East Cleveland appraisers place a valuation of 1 060 000 dollars on John D Rockefeller's Forest Hill estate, a 300 percent increase from the prior 250 220 appraisal. Rockefeller has not stated whether he will challenge the assessment. Post Want Ads are free in The Post classifieds with no advertising charge.
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