Taft White House social week centers on reelection committee
The White House hosts a Thursday luncheon in honor of President Taft and Mrs. Taft as the committee to notify reelection gains official status meets. Washington’s midsummer scene blends politics and social life with discussions of moving or altering the capital and inauguration timing to ease summer sessions.
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Taft
White House
Republican National Committee
Congress
Great Lakes
Lecember
Congressional
Mitchell Innes
Great Britain
Maine
Innes
London
Mr. Innes
S Street
Garlington
Harry Dwight Chamberlin
St. John’s Church
Fafayette Square
Seventh Cavalry
Philippines
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Washington Movements Light Up White House Circuit
Conflicting travel notes show high officials and their spouses shuttling between Washington and various retreats. Secretary of State departs for Beverly while Secretary Stimson joins family on Long Island for the weekend. A Treasury Secretary heads toward Dublin New Hampshire then Boston to meet guests arriving from Europe.
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Washington
Dublin
N. Hs
Boston
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Eames MacVeagh
Europe
Washington social notes and notable travels in 1900s
The Attorney General Mr. Wicker sham leaves Washington for a weekend at Cederhurst Long Island with Mrs. Wickersham. Mrs. Champ Clark returns home to Bowling Green Missouri after Congress adjourns and may travel to England. Francie W. Taylor hosts his mother Mrs. Samuel G. Taylor of Chicago at his Jefferson Place residence. Commissioner of the General Land Office and Mrs. Fred Dennett buy and will occupy the 1739 Q Street home in early autumn. Miss Dorothy Dennett.
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Mr. Wickersham
Washington
Cederhurst
Long Island
Mrs. Wickersham
Champ Clark
Bowling Green
Congress
England
Francie W. Taylor
Jefferson Place
Samuel G. Taylor
Chicago
The
General Land Office
Fred Dennett
Q Street
Dorothy Dennett
Washingtoners in New York and Newport social round
Mr and Mrs Granville Fortesave of Washington stay at the Walcott Hotel in New York for a few days. Lt Comdr and Mrs Rosoos C Bulmer arrived at Narragansett Pier from Annapolis for several weeks. Others attend dinners and weddings in Newport and nearby towns including Miss Lilian Cary Heth weding Mr Howard Martin Miles in Washington, and Miss Melanie Simons wedding to Mr Harry Lewis in Washington. Names of guests, travels, and residences recurring through the social circuit are noted.
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Granville Fortesave
Washington
New York
Walcott
Comédr
Rosoos C. Bulmer
Narragansett Pier
Annapolis
John C. Norris
Philadelphia, St
Lilian Cary Heth
Howard Martin Miles
J. S. Dunlap
St. John’s Church
Harriet Herbert
Miles
Warshington
Boston
Church of the Ascension
Twelfth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Melanie T. Simons
Augusta, M. Simons
Riverdale
Harry Lewis
Hyattsville
Thomas Lewis
Hale
Lewis
Three Rivers
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Orty
M. B. Adame
Mount Washington
Bratton Woods
Misa Margaret Howard
D. N. B. Merryman
Wallis Warfield
Gr. Holmes
Myrtle
Robert BE. Nalia
Alexandria, Va
Charles M. Brysler
GW. Mannere
Woodstock
Gibson family heads to Atlantic City and Canada for summer
Capt. 8 H Gibson of U M C retired and Mrs. Gibson will spend the summer in Atlantic City. The Misses Gibson are visiting Mr and Mrs Hk Gibson near Montreal in Canada. Gen and Mrs Frank Thorpe are passing the summer at the Intervale House.
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Katharine Atterbury Brastow
Toronto
Nantucket
Atlantic City
8. H. Gibson
Frank Thorpe
Intervale Houge
Church of the Holy Comforter
Margaret Cecilia Kaufman
Michael J Hagerty
Clarence E. Wheeler
Elstara
Wmissea Catherine
Gertrude Kaufman
Thomas J. Gafney
J. Frank Dunnigan
Richard Curtin
Virginia
Allen Rosa
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Valley Forge
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Mrs. Stimson
Marion Wilder
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Gignoux
Ington
Newport
Bar Harbor
Harris Fwing
William H. Wilder
Massachusetts
Victor
Victrola
E.f.droop & Sons Co
Steinway
Weargate-on-Thames
William H. Ackland
Paris
John Thompson Spencer
William Spencer
Berlin
Mr. Spencer
Maj
Henry Leonard
Viscountess de Sibour
Count Raoul d’Adhemar
Herbert Shipman
Pete
Weentains
Ind
Saxton and
Sexton
Mrs. D. OG. Leech
Bailey Island
Joseph H. Dorset
Mise Katherine Dorset
West Point
Nathan 3. Prentice
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Longbeach, Sawtelle
San Francisco
Edmund Harvey Symonds
New York City
San Juan
Porto Rico
Ewing
Carlton
Braddock Heights
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Connecticut
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Elizabeth McFarland
Chavy Chage
New Haven, Conn
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France
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Lake George
Thousand Islands
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Ben Pilson
Minsea Pilson
Balsams
Dixville Notch
T Iger C Snyder
Snyder
Block Island
KR. 1
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Fairmont Street
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David Ward
Braddock Heights, Md
Qire
Joseph Strissturger
Misses Gass
H. Simmons
Crawford House
Crawford Notch
United States Forestry Commission
Granite State
United States
M. G. Amerson
C. G. Farwall
D. S Martin
United States Forestry Services
Daisy Fitzhugh Ayres
Lucy Stuart Fitzhugh
Lexington
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Herne ‘Lodge
Tunbridge Wells
Ravensworth Castle
Fitshugh
Durham
Alexander C. Botkin
C. W. Raymond
Water Witch
Jersey Coast
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Deer Park
Jas Misa Botkin
Ithaca
Washingtonians
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Amd
Byron
Adama
Misa Marie Holtzman Adams
Holly Wood
Asbury Park
J. G. Leverton
Sona
William and
Stanley
Wiltshire
Mary Hansler
Taabel
Munich
H.R. Grace
H. M. Singleton
the International Hotel
Niagara Falls, N. Y
Margery Snyder
Bee Staab
Shentung Sik
Ant
Repp
Kirte Aaa
Valle Robes
Volle End Waiiste Robes “Te Close
Myx
Missea Annis
Mary Randolph
Thomas Ferrah Randolph
Howel D. Young
Monroe M. Selingst
Philadephia
Randolph Pimce North West
Mrr
W J. Harris
Ocean View
Virginia Beach
Phili
Eleventh Street
America
Terry
A. Sidney Hellar
Katherine Hellar
Hotel Chamberlin
Old Point Comfort
Isaac Hasa
Brownsville, Ma
Max Levy
Aon
Joseph
Balthore
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