Mrs Lovell Divorced From Second Husband in Post War Era
Boston socialite Rosalind Morse Larrabee Lovell won a divorce from Walter C. Lovell after alleging intoxication and neglect. He then joined the French army and reportedly drives an ambulance near Newport. She denies plans for a third marriage as rumors swirl among Boston's Navy set.
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Washington Post
Boston
Rosalind Moras Larrabee-Lovell
Nawton
Bet
Walter C. Lovell
Rosalind Morse
Joint Bake Outing At Chesapeaka Beach
A morning session of the U S weights and measures conference and the American Scale Men's Association featured papers by C A Briggs on railroad track scale tests and H L Van Keurenh on methods of adjusting track scales. The groups held a shad bake at Chesapeaka Beach with swimming and other activities in the afternoon.
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Weights and Measures Conference
United States
American Scale Men's Association
Raleigh
Chesapeaka Beach
C. A. Briggs
Bureau of Standards
H. L. van Keureh
Bureau
F. J. Schlink
John H. Sherman
Tiatrict
William A. Ashbrook
Ohio
Charles H. Dilion
South Dakota
B. S. Holbrook
Scalesmen
Climax of Scant Drapery in Weird Dances From Peru
A dated critical piece denounces a controversial program of Peru inspired dances as pagan and indecent. It notes recent European reaction against Orientalism and bare legged performances, citing letters from critics and a warning from the lord chamberlain about propriety and stage decorum.
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Peru
England
Empire ‘Theater
Constance Stewart-Richardson
the Empire
The
Daily Mail
Charles Scribner Jr and Vera Bloodgood Tie Wedding in New York
Special to The Weabington Post reports the marriage of Vera G. Bloodgood to Charles Scribner Jr at the Church of the Heavenly Rest New York. Relatives filled the church for one of spring’s largest wedding gatherings with artistic floral decorations and notable costumes. The bride wore a gown featuring a divided train with silver shoulder bands and Brussels lace. her bouquet included lilies of the valley and gardentias.
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Weabington Post
New York
Vera G. Bloodgood
Hildreth Bloodgood
Charles Scribner, Jr
Charles Scribner
Buttonless Dresses and Shirts Declare Fashion Shift
Chicago May 26 dresses and shirts without buttons may set fashion as clam shells grow scarce. Button makers told the National Association of Garment Workers convention that upper Mississippi and Missouri river dam fears fuel demand for alternatives. Frederick C. Vetter of Muscatine Iowa urged federal action to protect clam buttons, warning pearls may replace them in about a dozen years.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
National Association of Garment Workers
Frederick C. Vetter
Muscatine
Iowa
Marriage of W. E. Springer In Mount Pleasant
Miss Lenora Weldman married William Edward Springer at the Weldman residence with 60 guests. The Methodist Episcopal ceremony was conducted by Rev. James P. Pickard, assisted by Rev. Thomas Cox. The couple will reside in Chevy Chase Maryland after October 1.
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Washington Post
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Lenora Weldman
William Edward Springer
Washington
Weldman
James’ P. Piickard
Thomas Cox
Greenville
Mras
Springer
West Lennox Street
Chevy ‘Chase
Mrs. Proctor
J. 8. Weidman
Isabella County
Countess of Cardigan Dead After Victorian Memoir Star
London May 27 The Countess of Cardigan and Lancaster has died. Her first husband Lieut Gen the Earl of Cardigan led the famous charge at Balaklava. She authored reminiscences of her romantic career with gossip about notable Victorian figures, causing a sensation.
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Balaklava
London
Countess of Cardigan and
Lancaster
Earl of Cardigan
Death of Mrs J B Whedon at Washington residence
Mrs Jane Belknap Whedon wife of Col Americus Whedon died yesterday after a brief illness at 201 Calvert Street NW Washington. A well known figure in Washington and Louisville she lived here for years. Her daughter Mrs T A Wickersham and granddaughter Mrs Frederick Holzman reside in the city. Born in Marblehead Mass she spent many years in Kentucky. Interment will be in Louisville tomorrow afternoon.
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Jane. Belknap Whedon
Col
Americus Whedon
Calvert Street
Whedon
Louisville
Washington
T.A Wickersham
Frederick Holtzman
Monument Unveiled For Braddock Route In Alexandria
A memorial marker near Mount Vernon Avenue and Braddock Road honors Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock’s April 1755 expedition from Alexandria to Fort Duquesne. The ceremony, led by the Colonial Dames of Virginia and featuring Samuel J. Graham, recalled Virginia soldiers and a historic cannon gift, with remarks on peace and war.
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Washington Post Bureau
Hing Street
Alexandria
Society of Colonial Dames
Joseph R. Lamar
Washington
The
Nations Organisation
Virginia
Edward Braddock
Fort Duquesne
Helen Norris Cummings
Samuel J. Graham
United States
Mount Vernon Avenue
Mushpot
Braddock Road
Braddock Heights
Courtney Cochran
Reid Dunn
Alexandria Light Infantry
Frank L. Slaymaker
W. J. Morton
Irector
Christ Episcopal Church
Rose MacDonald
Mount Vernon
James Lyons
Richmond
Patrick Henry
William Ruffin Cox
Colonial Dames In
Daughters of the American Revolution
Colonial Dames of America
Fisher
C. C. Carlin
Graham
Braddock
8. A. Wallis
Episcopal Theological Seminary of
Gen. Braddock
Society of the Colonial Amos of Virginia
Old Alexandria
Capital Woman Surprises Boston With 100 Pet Birds
In Boston on May 26 Miss A M Keegan, a Washington society figure, arrived at the Lenox Hotel with about 100 domesticated birds including canaries owls and cuckoos. She has a sunlit room for the birds and five bellboys moved cages to her suite. Keegan’s brother W B Kee gan accompanies her while orders specify no other pets on the floor and guards supervise the birds when she is away.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Lenox
Back Bay
A.M. Keegan
Washington Society
W. BE. Keegan
Miss Keegan
Pluym's Body Cremated in City Funeral
Robert Pluym, once a famed yachtsman and later a Russian agent, died in New York and was cremated here. Attending were committees from the Retail Merchants Association, Ladies' Tailors' Association, Aero Club of New York, Auto Club of New York, Saengerbund, and Arminius Lodge. Reverend Dr. John MacMur ray gave the oration. Ashes to be shipped to Munich to join his wife. Pluym had built a business in the city, later working in Russia for American exporters, notably autos, airplanes, oils, and machinery.
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Robert Pluym
New York
Retail Merchants’ Association
Ladies’ Tailors’ Association
The
Aero Club of
Auto Club of
Saengerbund
City
Arminius Lodge of Masons
John MacMurray
Munich
Germany
Pluym
Miss Marchell
Russia
Plugin
G A R Plans Call for Public Help for Visitors
Chairman A L Sinclair of the accommodations committee for the G A R grand encampment urged Washington residents to assist in hosting visiting delegates. With thousands expected and many hotels full, extra lodging and hospitality are needed. Music committee head E H Droop scheduled a noon meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to organize efforts.
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Sinclair
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Washington
United States
E. H. Droop
Chamber of Commerce
Governor Brumbaugh Leads Road Volunteer Drive In Pa
In Pennsylvania volunteers by the thousands paused daily duties to repair roads. Governor Brumbaugh left Harrisburg for Camp Hill and joined citizen delegations to shovel dirt, delivering a strong roads speech and touring the southern counties to bolster the effort.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Commonwealth
Brumbaugh
Camp Hill
Keep the Children Bright and Happy
An old time advertisement promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative for children to relieve crossness from digestive discomfort. It emphasizes safe, non narcotic action and invites readers to obtain a free trial bottle by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell in Monticello, Illinois.
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Caldwell
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National Society of Keep-Well
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District Association of Osteopathig
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Sherwood Presbyterian Church
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Louis P. Brownlow
Féderation of Citizens’ Clubs
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