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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1916
Page
17
Mrs Thomas Gore Miss Nina Gore Miss Mary Webb and Mr Frank Poe of Edgemoor Md entertained at Inner last Tuesday evening at the Purple Iris Tea House with guests Mr and Mrs Alfred Hopkins also of Edgemoor
Miss Wilson presents program with Miss Margaret Wilson and Mr Frederick L Stephens at a musicale hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry Wilson on Georgia avenue. Guests include Representative Thomas J Sisson and many prominent locals. A later wedding at the Johnson residence unites Miss Lucille Cogswell and Lawrence R Willamette with notable attendance and travel plans. A Woodmont Bethesda lawn fete and Shoreham dinner scenes close the social roundup.
Enjoying cottage life on Block Island Rhode Island Mr and Mrs Joshua Evans Jr and their son Joshua Evans III spend time with friends. Mr and Mrs W B Woodson welcome a daughter born Newport July 17. Misa Mary Drainey attends a girls camp in Malna for the summer. Lieut David Scott returns to Fort Myer on sick leave from the border. Mr and Mrs James J Perry of Detroit visit 1620 Irving Street residence with Mrs Thierry H Miller. Mr Ralph L Galt spends the weekend at Alleghany Inn Goshen Virginia with Mrs Galt.
Miss Marion Frances Maddox daughter of Mr and Mrs Fletcher Maddox married Harry S Dulin of Bluemont Virginia at the bride's parents home in Great Falls Montana on Saturday evening July 15 with Rev Granville Bennett officiating. Corinne Heitman Helena Mont was maid of honor and four bridesmaids named along with best man. The ceremony featured an orchestra on the porch and a Lohengrin march. The bride wore ivory white peau de soie willow taffeta with pearl banding and a lace veil. orchids and miles of the valley flowers adorned her bouquet. Lavalliste of diamonds pearls and sapphires completed her set. Continued on ninth page.
A couple eloped after a religious dispute with relatives opposing the match. The bride left Alpena on a boat to Detroit with her father in on the secret plan. The groom raced by train and steamer, arriving in Detroit shortly after the bride. They spent two hours in the Hoard of Commerce building before an impromptu reception from board members and officials.
German college professors sent to the colors continue scientific work in enemy lands. One unearthed ruins of an ancient Romang fortress near St Mihiel France while another collected coins weapons and ornaments found by soldiers digging trenches. Miss Lucia Hackley of Mexico City visits with Mrs. W. S. Howard. Miss Ella Black of Rome Ga.. Miss Elizabeth Mayes daughter of Maj. James J. Mayes U S A.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on July 22 Thomas Hewan, held 53 days as a murder case witness, demanded 1.50 per day. Officials paid him, after deducting board costs. It marks the first instance in years of a county paying someone for jail time.
Three hundred Marlborough College students work in Wiltshire hayfields to relieve harvest shortages caused by wartime labor shortfalls. The effort follows a widespread shortage of farm labor due to the war.
Dr T F Lam described as a famed oriental scholar waits in San Francisco as he unveils a 56 character Chinese alphabet and shorthand system. He claims it could revolutionize Chinese printing and lead to widespread republication of Chinese works. Lam, associate professor of oriental languages at the University of London, notes the system adapts to Unotype and typewriters.
Berlin reports a historic appointment as Lydia Semrau of Budsin near Bromberg becomes chief forester for Count Poutlick's estates at Skorzewski. She replaces her father at the front and now runs extensive forests. She is said to be years old and the first female forester in Germany and likely in the world.
Chicago July 22. Dr Anton Carlson of the University of Chicago reports that chewing gum and even tobacco products reduce hunger by increasing mouth nerve activity which lowers stomach contractions. He warns against tasting alcohol as it ends the illusion of fullness and promotes a longer, painless starvation period to extend life.
Police searched all guests after Mrs. Kelsey reported $1500 in diamonds and jewelry missing from the dinner at Dr. and Mrs. Mark Kelsey home. Hosts and guests cooperated as investigators checked guests inside and out, the case labeled an inside job.
Richmond California July 2 A needle swallowed months ago by the infant son of A D Hurst was removed from the child's arm by Dr W W Fraser The needle caused stomach pains before passing through the stomach wall and finally protruded from the left arm The baby recovered from the ordeal.
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