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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
3
Readable pages list summer wear and travel items including linens, coats, suits, lingerie, dresses, bathing suits, hats, belts, bags, trunks, kits, and cosmetic sets. Emphasizes options for travel abroad and vacations with various fabrics, styles, and accessories suitable for autos, trains, and hotels.
Social column notes Mrs Taft and her son Charles Jettington departing for New York for a Yale reunion before joining Mr Taft and Mr Robert Taft in Washington. Ambassadors and attachés arrange legation moves between Washington York Harbor and Bar Harbor as European officials plan summer abroad and travel to Europe. Numerous society names, relocations, and forthcoming visits across the Northeast are recorded.
Social Gossip outlines Miss Jean Reid’s forthcoming wedding to Hon John Ward at the Chapel Royal with royal gifts described, from King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to numerous dukes and countesses. It also covers fashion trends in Mayfair and Ascot attendees, highlighting American influence, new dress silhouettes, perfume parasols, and the shift of fashion centers toward Regent’s Park as costs press the royal household.
Thomas and Joseph Bond and Tarlton Brooke of Sandy Spring served as groomsmen with J Hilles Robison as best man. The Bentley homestead in Bloomfield hosted a reception for Mary Bentley family ties. Edith Shoemaker and Marian Snowden performed, and later the couple planned a mountainside honeymoon followed by residence in Sandy Spring. Grace A Hall and Maurice Robhr baugh announced marriage in Baltimore at Grace Baptist Church with Rex W H Baylor officiating and a reception at the bride’s father’s home.
The United States National Museum received from J Leger, Haiti’s minister to the U S, a gift case of models depicting over a hundred Haitian fruits and vegetables for exhibition. Shown in Jamestown, this is likely the most complete series of its kind. Notable items include cashew ginger plant, mango, alligator pear, custard apple, pomegranate, guava, tamarind, sandalwood, and a large green breadfruit.
The Washington Post reports Ambassador Hill has made a favorable impression in Berlin, speaking easily yet discreetly and exuding confidence. He seeks a suitable residence but will delay decision until Tyches from Leipzig arrive. Transfer of embassy staff to Rome and Mexico signals a shift, with HDI and Grew to St Petersburg filling roles, suggesting Hill prefers to work with his own choices.
Special to The Washington ros Buffalo June 21 Count Elfrie Moltke of Denmark and Wiss Gyllic a Danish woman plan a New York wedding after a prenup journey with the bridegroom’s parents. The couple spent most of last week in Buffalo and then headed to New York. One trunk containing the bride’s trousseau escaped the retinue and was traced for four days from Colorado Springs to Buffalo.
The body of Representative A. A. Wiley arrived in Montgomery on Saturday with a Congressional delegation led by Private Secretary Speight and the House Sergeant-at-Arms. Pallbearers and the local cavalry met the procession at the depot and escorted it to the Wiley home before the 2:30 p.m. funeral with Governor B. B. Camerons and other state officers among the pallbearers.
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