This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1914
Page
10
The article highlights pieces for lawn veranda porch and camping use including steamer and yachting chairs. Describes couchhairs, iron Frances style frames, easily replaceable caning and compact storage. Steamer chairs with hand caned seats priced $4.50 to $5.00, Vermont maple frames, folding chairs and camp stools with khaki canvas seats.
New York tour details feature the Duchess of Marlborough and Mrs. C. H. P. Belmont. The duchess visits casinos and ports, drawing suffrage attention and social interest. Madrid festival happenings include King Alfonso and Queen Victoria distributing coins and flowers. A Marlborough House luncheon hosts five queens and royal figures.
The President and Miss Margaret Wilson attended services at Central Presbyterian Church with guests from New Orleans. London luncheon club plans to present a set of real Scotch golf sticks suitable for a bag inscription, to arrive for use at Washington links this summer. Cousin John A. Wilson of Franklin, Pa. will bring them on return from Europe. The piece notes a busy Washington social week with garden parties, weddings, and official circles, including Miss Genevieve Walsh’s Europe-bound departure and the upcoming wedding of Miss Rosemary Bradford and Lieut. Clarence Richards.
Newport society pages list summer plans and visits by prominent families. Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish at Cromswaye for two months. several high society guests and hosts plan events, dancing spaces, and dinners at Ocean View, Harborview, and other Newport properties. Notables include the Duchess of Marlborough and families such as Belmonts, Vanderbilts, Glyn, and Gerry, with arrivals from Paris and Europe and engagements through July and August.
Bar Harbor and Seal Harbor greet a raft of international diplomats and affluent guests for the summer. Norway, Sweden, Denmark ministers and their families join American elites including Rockefeller Jr and E B Dane, with arrivals of Mrs Marcus A Hanna, Mrs Henry A Rowland, Cushman, and others settling in cottages and villas along Mount Desert Island.
Lenox Massachusetts reports a three dance series at Wyantenuck Country Club with July 3 kickoff. John R McCamb chairs the committee with a large list of patronesses and social leaders. The note lists cottage arrivals and prominent visitors including Mrs Willem J Schieffelin and Dr John A McCreery among others, plus Mrs M Dwight Collier heading to Europe and Miss Meta Mackay set to sail for summer abroad.
Narragansett Pier announces the summer social season to begin July Fourth with two notable events. The wedding of Philip Stephenson of Philadelphia to Miss Emily Randolph, daughter of P. P. Randolph, will be held at the Randolph estate on Upper Ocean Road.
The new Italian Ambassador Count Match di Cellere plans to sail October 2 with Countess di Callere and a large retinue aboard the Berlin of the North German Lloyd line. He will lease the Washington home of the late American Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page and reside there while engaging actively in Washington society. The Italian embassy on New Hampshire Avenue, once Hearst residence, is now owned by the Italian government. Also noted are social arrivals and visits, including Countess Gizeka’s Chicago travel, Mrs. Laughlin at Beverly Farms, and Mr. Blagden Jr. in town, plus Swift & Company beef sales data for Washington the previous week.
The article lists arrivals and occupancies in two cottage colonies, detailing owners and guests at Gun ning Rock, Saunders town, Nether day, and other estates. Notables include Mr and Mrs Stephenson, Frank Moulton, Jeremiah Robinson, C Grant La Farge, Dr Charlee Hitchcock, Rev Philip Prescott, Peter Gerry, and many others. It mentions new officers for the Narragansett Improvement Association, villa rentals, and upcoming golf and tennis activity with a new nine hole course east of the Daniel Boone log cabin.
Mrs Wiley to introduce speakers as more than 400 suffragists prepare a second invasion of the East Room to urge President support for a constitutional amendment. The Aug 15 campaign day aims to rally funds for states including North and South Dakota Nevada Montana Missouri and Ohio with national officers and speakers from Jane Addams and Desha Breckinridge scheduled.
Paris June. Consul General Maamery Thackara and his wife, the daughter of General Sherman, are on a bicycle tour in France. They ride eight or seven miles a day and Thackara plans to cover the whole country. He has already logged 40,000 miles since his transfer from Berlin last autumn.
In Ecaussines the annual girls luncheon attracted crowds despite poor weather. Maidens invited marriageable men from the country to choose wives, with 1908’s 15,000 attendance noted as a record. Couples paired up in the central square amid playful slogans and merrymaking.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.