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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
45
Yard sale offers deep cuts on boys apparel and furnishings. Includes wool and knit outfits, wash suits, and Russian blouse styles in sizes 2 to 14, with prices from 86.50 to 11.00. Some items shown as special values for quick clearance in coming days.
Miss Elisabeth C Badger daughter of Capt Charles J Badger USN and Mrs Badger married Lieut Comdr Henry F Bryan USN at 5 PM yesterday in a New Hampshire Avenue home once linked to Rear Admiral Sampson. The ceremony was simple with white and green decor and a reception for intimate friends.
Prominent families attend a Washington social season featuring a large wedding at 16 Monroe Street and guests traveling for summer trips to Ohio, Colorado, and Canada. Diplomatic and political figures, including Postmaster General Hitchcock and Mrs. Franklin MacVeagh, are noted among attendees and plans for seasonal visits and trips are detailed.
Report on a second round tennis match at Montserrat Golf Club noting Mr Robert Tuft son of the President and Miss Taft in action with extensive social detail. The piece covers spectators, society attendees, cars, hotel guests, and local notables around Newport with mentions of Taft family members, Mrs Taft and Miss Edith Leneite, plus social events and arrivals through mid summer.
Scarfs and table covers offered at special prices. Cured to popular makes with simple forms and quick service. Fabrics include branded scarfs and table covers with hems and dipped colors. Fort covers valued at modest prices with varied discounts.
An old newspaper snippet advertises muslin underwear items with varied embroidery and trimming. Prices range from $4.50 to $15.60 per item, featuring Chinese silk hametos and Nainsook pleti outfits with insertion, embroidery, and ornate designs. Items list includes long trimmed garments and elaborately designed pieces for women.
Fragmentary catalog style text lists gingham aprons and cotton pockets with various colors and finishes. Mentions white folds, blue sail details, and small price cues. Contains several garbled phrases and unclear items but preserves references to aprons and pocket items.
A local ad promotes ribbed Lisle hosiery in black white red and blue effects with changeable colors at 50c per pair and a full line of children’s fancy sacks in striped and white with checked tops. Sizes 5 to 14. Muin Room-F 3t.
Engraved fragments report a society engagement for Mrs Livingston tied to Mrs Helen Morving with a wedding planned in September at a New York venue. Names mentioned include Mr Clare, Mr Charles, Cornwell, and Mrs Shrapston with ties to New York and Veisingston, while references to dogs and tracing indicate local social details.
The Bar Harbor scene shows numerous informal luncheons at the pool and various summer entertainments. Notables including Miss Jane Wis DC Han and Miss A Phipps attended upscale gatherings, with a yacht Josephine stormed near New York and the owner Widener aboard, expected to return soon.
Newport residents celebrate a near-miss accident as carts veered on Bellevue Avenue. Mrs Vanderbite, Mrs Willam G Roelier, and many society figures plan early season events at Clambake Cup, Beach Lodge, and villas. Weathered by a series of dinners and musicales, party plans and entertaining are set to begin the Newport season with social gatherings and villa colony arrivals.
Social notes from Lenox and surrounding towns describe a parade of visits and departures. Names include Mrs Catlag, Wally Mantes, Cornelis Barnes, Watley Stwais, Stokes, Miss Mabel Ciuate, Miss Gace Sedgwick, and Mr Chanes Southmasd, among others, with trips to Newport, Bar Harbor, and Mount Basen.
A long list of visitors at Narragansett Pier during July includes Rogiald Vanderbilt Herbert Marriman and Stuyvesant Leroy from New York, Mr Herbert Seymour hosting at Caymo, and families from New York, Providence, New London and St Louis attending meals at the Casino Imperial Gladstone Mathewson Massasoit and other resorts. Notables include Miss Grace Smith of Providence, Mrs W H Stuart, Mrs A Ingalls, Mr Robert C Folwell, and Mr Robert F Shepard, among others.
London Pare Mart report of a grand social gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Whitelaw Relas to honor the king, queen, and Princess Victoria. The entrance hall and halls were decorated with flowers and diamonds, guests included ministers, nobility, diplomats, and Americans, with music from Cassano and Nordica and John McCormack.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a tea gathering and kitchen items including a stove, saucepans, and a quart container. It references grainy phrases such as Sia fine plain white and iron seances, but no clear event or persons are identifiable.
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous aristocratic names, titles, and places with numerous misspellings. The readable elements reference distantly connected nobles, marriages, and locations, but no coherent event or outcome is clear from the fragment.
Society pages report the engagement of Anita Llenas to Ponce Viguel amid a grand social season in New York with prominent families and ambassadors present. the piece notes high society guests, including Drexel and Vanderbilt circles, and hints at forthcoming wedding plans without formal confirmation.
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