Captain Simonson From Peking Arrives for West Side Wedding
Capt. Robert Simonson of the U S Army, claimed West Point honor man class of 1900, says he fought in Peking and intends to marry Miss Carrie Braslan of 354 West Twenty seventh Street. He plans conversion from Judaism to Catholicism with catechism at St Michael's Church and will wed in about three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Simonson
Artillery Corps
United States Army
United States Army Register
West Point
Peking
Carrie Braslan
West Twenty-seventh Street
Braslans
Lower West Side
China
Philippines
West Side
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Kansas City
New Jersey
Washington
Simonson
Braslaw
Carrie
Newark
Capt. Simonson
Port
OLD NEW YORK BOOKS SOLD AT PRIVATE LIBRARY SALE
Scarce New York books and rari ties from the late William H. Terry collection were auctioned on West Thirty Ninth Street by the Anderson Company. The Pictorial Directory of New York 1848 sold for 60 dollars to Mr. Jordan, who also bought the Maiden Lane directory for 60 dollars. D T Valentine New York Manuals from 1841 and 1848 fetched 65 and 47 dollars, while Indian names on Long Island and J K De Kay materials appeared among the sale items, with Navy history volumes selling for 958 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Terry
Anderson Company
West Terenty-ninth Street
Pictorial Directory
Broadway
Battery
Old Grace Church
Jordan
New York Pictorial
Maiden Lane
Mr Dooley Sheds Light On The Meat Industry
The satirical piece describes Mr Dooley's muckraking take on the meat trade. It cites his spoof quiz on lard potted ham canned chicken and other questionable foods as part of his jovial investigation. The full report on The Food We Eat is referenced as appearing in a complete text.
Collier's Weekly Now On Sale At News Stands
Collier's The National Weekly announces availability at news stands nationwide. Feature stories and illustrations highlight current events and cultural topics of interest to readers.
Auto Kills Boy on West 124th Street
Four year old Frankie Covell was struck by a car on the sidewalk near his home at 262 West 124th Street. Witnesses chased the fleeing gray-hatted driver. police detained chauffeur Frank Sheppard, Jacob L. Reiss claimed, but no one found the killer. Frankie died at J Hood Wright Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Covell
Grace
West 124Th Street
Francis Seabury
Kenyon
West 125Th Street
Frank Sheppard
East Fourteenth Street
Jacob L. Reiss
West 116Th Street
Covells
Sheppard
Dr. Scharf
J. Hood Wright Hosital
Frankie
Say Boy Kidnapped Himself
Thirteen year old George Treegar of 83 West 118th Street disappeared Wednesday and allegedly authored a ransom letter to his father Samuel Treegar claiming he would return if $2000 was paid to a subway location. Detective Fogarty traced leads, locating George at Lenox Avenue and 125th Street then reuniting him with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Treegar
West 118Th Street
Samuel Treegar
Lenox Avenue
125Th Street
Fogarty
City College 54th Commencement at Carnegie Hall
The fifty fourth commencement exercises at City College were held at Carnegie Hall. Degrees were conferred on 149 graduates, BA and AB. St Clair Melktelway of the State Board of Regents delivered the address urging moral reform through existing procedures and the end of venal politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City College
Carnegie Hall
St. Clair Melktelway
State Board of Regents
St John’s College Brooklyn Holds 36th Commencement
St. John’s College in Brooklyn held its thirty sixth annual commencement yesterday. The Very Rev Edward W McCarty delivered the address to the graduating class. Three orations were given by W Eugene Mahoney William A Moore and George B Murphy. The graduates included W A Moore S F Ennis W O’Connor W E Mahoney G B Murphy 4 Wanner T Auchner F Carolan and J F O Kane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s College
Brooklyn
Edward W. McCarty
W. Eugene Mahoney
William A. Moore
George B. Murphy
WW. A. Moore
S. F. Ennis
W.o'connor
W. E. Mahoney
G. B. Murphy
4. Wanner
T. Auchner
F. Carolan
J. F. O Kane
Coreys to Meet Again
Mrs. W. E. Corey travels to Pittsburg to meet her husband, the president of United States Steel, following a Nevada divorce suit. Friends may aid a settlement while her sister in law Miss Corey and Miss Cray accompany her and act as intermediaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
W. E. Corey
Nevada
United States Steel Corporation
Mrs. Corey
Society Notes Roundup of Arrivals and Departures
Montgomery Schuyler Jr arrives in Genoa on leave from Bangkok as Consul General. Harvard graduate Allston Dana, brother of Mrs. Henry de Rhammed, to wed soon. married life tied to poet Longfellow’s kin. European travel continues for Haggarty and Kobbé. German Counselor von Hatzfeld-Wildenburg joins Sternberg in Beverly Farms. Cr yders and Hollinss abroad. Bishop Satterlee sails for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Schuyler, Jr
Bangkok
Siam
Naples
Genoa
Schuyler
St. Petersburg
Allston Dana
Boston
Dorothy Goodale
Cambridge
Mass
Henry de Rhamed
Dana
Harvard
Richard H. Dana
Longfellow
Count von Hatzfeld-Wildenbureg
Beverly Farms
Baron von Sternberg
Baron von Dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
Great Britain
Three Parks Cut Into for Subway Ventilation Plan
City plans excavations in City Hall Park Union Square and Bryant Square to vent subway air with iron gratings and side chambers. The Rapid Transit Commission oversees the work with Park and other city approval. An ammonia refrigeration plant is proposed at Times Square to cool air, with further heat relief schemes at Brooklyn Bridge and Fourteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City Hall Park
Union Square
Bryant Square
Rapid Transit Commission
Daniel L. Turner
Turner
Moses Herrman
Mr. Turner
Park Department
Jr. Parsons
Columbus Circle
Forty-second Street
Sixth Avenue
Park Row
Times Square
Rice
Interborough
Central Station
Grand Central
Brooklyn Bridge
Fourteenth Street
Bridge Station
Orr
Roger Byrnes
Commission
Hamlet revival stars Sothern and Marlowe at Academy of Music
Fr. W. Sothern and Julia Marlowe closed their three night engagement with Hamlet at the Academy of Music with Sothern in the title role and Marlowe as Ophelia. At the West End Theatre Jacob P. Adler presented Der Fremde The Stranger based on Enoch Arden. Der Fremde will run the rest of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WH. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Academy of Music
Hamlet
der Pees
The Gossip of the Forest Life Insurance Patter
The piece posits trees share a language of broad talk about men's affairs and life insurance. It notes traits in insurance that could make a tree seem enthusiastic. The Washington Life Insurance Co. is referenced with Bohn Tatlork as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Washington Life Insurance Co
Bohn Tatlork
Schwab Home From A Jaunt In Europe
Charles M. Schwab returns from a European trip aboard the Hamburg American Line Deutschland in good health. He won two auction pools and reported a faultless journey except for a minor ice-related mishap on Mount Gothard. He declined political plans and answered questions about Monte Carlo gambling with firm denials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Schwab
Deutschland
Mount Gothard
Schwab
United States
Nevada
Monte Carlo
Mr. Schwab
Coronation Preparations Under Way In Trondheim
Baby Crown Prince Olaf caused a stir as he waved to the crowd from a palace window. The coronation of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud will take place tomorrow at Trondhjem Cathedral with a simplified Norse rite. The royal party dined with the Prince and Princess of Wales as Admiral Bayle received the Legion of Honor. William J. Bryan arrived to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trondhjem
Olaf
Haakon VII
Maud
Oscar
Sweden
Haakon
King Haakon
Queen Maud
Prince and Princess of Wales
Princess Victoria Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Admiral Bayle
Aube
France
Great Britain
Bayle
Ising Haakon
William J. Bryan
WEDDINGS OF A DAY GUSTAVUS T. KIRBY WEDS MISS CLAFLIN
Gustavus Town Kirby son of Mr and Mrs Thomas E Kirby and Miss Wilhelmine Stewart Claflin daughter of Mr and Mrs John Claflin were married at the Church of the Ascension Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street. Rev Percy Stickney Grant and others officiated. The couple will honeymoon in the Canadian Rockies then reside in Mount Kisco New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustavus Town Kirby
Thomas E. Kirby
Wilhelmine Stewart Claflin
John Claflin
Church of the Ascension
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street
Percy Stickney Grant
Lee Luaneer
Bedford
N. Y
Christ Cathedral
Louisville
Mary B Stewart
L. Hollingsworth Wood
Mr. Kirby
Thomas Kearney
William E. S. Griswold
Ernest Laussen
Isaac Wheeler
Moses Ely
Charles Butler
Claflin
Washington Square North
Morristown Wedding of Vernam Bates Notable Society Event
One of Morristown New Jersey’s largest weddings this season joined Miss Emeline Goold Vernam and Putnam Asbury Bates of New York at St. Peter’s Church. Three thousand invitations issued filled the church for the 4 PM ceremony conducted by Rev. Philemon F. Sturges. Guests attended a reception at the Vernam home on Madison Avenue afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
N. J
Emeline Goold Vernam
Albert H. Vernam
Putnam Asbury Bates
New York
St. Peter's Church
Philemon F. Sturges
Alice Vernam
Matilda Frelinghuysen
Emily Mayer
Carrie Warfield
Elizabeth Heron
Pittsburg
Adelaide McAlpin
Marguerite Vernam
T. Power Bates
A. Harold Vernam, Jr
John Grenville Bates
Albert H. Putnam
Anton H. Schafer
William W. Pressprich
Walcott P. Robbins
Leonard 8. Horner
William B. Boulton, Jr
Vernam
Madison Avenue
Memphis Bride Weds Richard Satterlee at St George
The marriage of Miss Charlie Severson of Memphis Tennessee to Richard Satterlee occurred yesterday at St George's Church with Rev Charles C Harriman officiating. Satterlee is the son of Mrs George B Satterlee of 31 East Twenty-eighth Street and brother of Herbert L Satterlee, and brother-in-law of J Pierpont Morgap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Stuart Severson
Memphis, Tenn
Richard S. Satterlee
St. George’s Church
Charles C. Harriman
Mr. Satterlee
George B. Satterlee
East Twenty-eighth Street
Herbert L. Satterlee
J. Pierpont Morgap
Roosevelt Refuses Personal Use of 25000 Travel Funds
In a letter to Representative Tawney and in talks with lawmakers, President Roosevelt said he would pay his travel expenses himself whether the $25,000 appropriation passed or not. Senators McLaurin Hale Tillman and others debated the plan, noting potential constitutional questions and the scope of presidential travel funding. The measure remained under Senate consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Roosevelt
McLaurin
Bryan
McCumber
Hale
Congress
White House
Senator Foraker
Army
Navy
Tillman
United States
Bailey
Hemenway
Indiana
American actor Ray Rockman Wed in London to Frank Braham
Ray Rockman tied the knot with Frank Braham in London as a host of literary figures attended the wedding reception. Maurice Hewlett and Mrs. Humphry Ward were among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Rockman
London
Frank Braham
Weather summary for the Lake Superior region and Atlantic coast
A barometric disturbance over Western Lake Superior brings light rains and brisk westerly winds. Elsewhere fair but scattered showers in the Middle Atlantic States and Carolinas. Friday and Saturday expect fair, warm conditions nationwide with regional showers in lake region mid Atlantic mountains Tennessee and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lake Superior
Lake
Middle Atlantic
Carolinas
Pacific Coast
Montana
Virginia
Tennessee
New England
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Superior
European
Grand Banks
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Bolt Strikes W H Rocap at Philadelphia Club
Special to The New York Times reports that William H Rocap sporting editor of The Public Ledger was struck by lightning at a telephone inside the Philadelphia Country Club during a storm. Club doctors and Dr Francis D Patterson attempted revival for nearly two hours before Rocap was moved to Howard Hospital. He remained unconscious at midnight with hope of recovery expressed by physicians. Rocap, once an amateur featherweight champion, had attended a polo match earlier that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
William H. Rocap
The
Public Ledger
Philadelphia Country Club
Francis D. Patterson
Recap
Howard Hospital
Mr. Recap
Rocap
Mr. Rocap
Gov Pattison Buried After Simple Funeral in Ohio
John M. Pattison former Ohio governor was laid to rest in Greenlawn Cemetery Milford after a brief service attended by state officials and party associates. The ceremony featured remarks by Rev Marion Le Sourd Dr Richard H Rust Judge Judson Harmon and Bishop Henry Spellmeyer with the Ohio National Guard leading the processional. Ohio business houses closed from 2 to 4 pm in tribute per Gov Harris proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Ohio
John M. Pattison
Greenlawn Cemetery
Marion le Sourd
Milford Methodist Episcopal Church
Pattison
Richard H. Rust
Xenia
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
United States
Cleveland
Henry Spellmeyer
Ohio National Guard
le Sourd
Gov. Pattison
Harris
Judge Marcus W. Acheson Dies Suddenly at 78
Pittsburg reports the death of United States Circuit Court Judge Marcus Wy. Acheson aged 78. He led the third judicial circuit covering Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware for fifteen years after appointment by Harrison in 1891, and previously served as District Judge since 1880 appointed by Hayes. He had stomach trouble and died within an hour while resting with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Marcus Wy. Acheson
United States Circuit Court
Acheson
Third Judicial Circuit
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Harrison
District Court of the United States
Hayes
CAPT C S COLE DIES IN CORNING AT 70
CAPT C S COLE, once a leading New York politics figure, died at his Corning home at 70. He chaired the Republican State Committee during Ira Davenport’s governorship, led the Port of New York under Gov Cornell, and was taxed as Internal Revenue assessor by Lincoln. He began as a brakeman on the New York Corning and Buffalo railway and lived in Corning about fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
N. Y
C. S. Cole
New York State
Capt. Cole
Republican State Committee
Ira Davenport
Port of
New York
Cornell
Lincoln
Internal Revenue
New York, Corning & Buffalo
Erie Railroad
Death List of a Day John Edgmont Schermerhorn
John Edgmont Schermerhorn died yesterday at his East Seventy-ninth Street home after four years of ill health. Born in New York 53 years ago, he graduated from City College in 1872 and Columbia Law in 1874 but practiced law briefly. An avid traveler, he made two world trips and belonged to multiple clubs. He leaves wife and three children, Amos Cotting and Katie Schermerhorn among them, with the elder John Edgmont Schermerhorn as a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edgmont Schermerhorn
John
Emily Hills Schermerhorn
East Seventy-ninth Street
Mr. Schermerhorn
New York
City College
Columbia Law School
New York Yacht, University, Metropolitan, and Knickerbocker
St. Nicholas Society
Seventh Regiment
Ats Amos Cotting Schermerhorn
Katie Schermerhorn
Walter S Poor Dies at 84 in Morristown Home
Morristown with Walter S Poor dies at his Franklin Place residence after a five year illness. Born November 22, 1836, he served in the Civil War and retired as Lieutenant Colonel of the Second North Carolina Volunteers. He later practiced law in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
N. J
Walter S. Poor
Franklin Place
North Carolina Volunteers
New York City
Obituary Notes Recap of Noted New York Figures
Dr. Charles B. McKnight of New York died suddenly at his Saratoga summer home after years of ill health. George W. Dickinson, longtime editor of The Carthage Republican, died in Watertown at 69. founder of The Olean Daily Times and The Allegany County Reporter. James Bray, 82, longtime Mundimouth County resident and deacon, died on his Phalanx farm, leaving a widow and four children. William P. Iddings, 84, of Orange New Jersey, died of old age. survivor list includes four children. Dora K. Baruth, active in Brooklyn Hebrew charities, died at 398 Sterling Place. survived by husband Herman Baruth and five sons plus a daughter. member of multiple Congregational and Jewish organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
N. J
Phalanx
Red Bank Baptist Church
William P. Iddings
High Street
Orange
Philadelphia
New York
F. D. Cleveland
L. L. Iddings
Charles F
Joseph P. Iddings
Dora K. Baruth
Brooklyn
Sterling Place
Congregation Beth Elohim
Ladies
The
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Ladies’ Benevolent Society of
Temple Israel
Jewish Hospital Society
Tillie Memorial Society
Herman Baruth
New Bridge Span Receives Times Insertion
The Harlem Ship Canal Bridge builders Terry & Tench Company Incorporated placed a copy of The New York Times under the bridge pivot as a keepsake, promising the paper will remain there as long as the span stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem Ship Canal
Terry & rTench Company, Incorporated
New York Times
Court to rule on Red Raven Cadets vaudeville dispute
Frank Melville, appealing to Justice Truax, seeks to restrain the United Booking Companies trust from blocking his independent act The Red Raven Cadets. He argues the act is artistic and extraordinary while the trust controls 186 houses. hearings set for Tuesday with judges possibly viewing the act in court or at a playhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Supreme Court
Frank Melville
Melville
Giegerich
United Booking Companies of America
Vaudeville “ Trust
New York
Red Raven Cadets
Syracuse
Mr. Roth
Oscar Hammerstein
Mr. Rot
Broadway
William Morris
Percy G. Williams
Hammerstein
Justice Truax
Trust
Red Raven
Marriages Reported in Rochelle Park and Stamford
Elsie Albert of Rochelle Park wed Rodney Gibson of New York City at the Albert home. Richard Satterlee, from Memphis, married Charlie Severson on June 21, 1906 at St George's Church. Jessie Reynolds, daughter of Mrs J Charlock Reynolds, wed Joseph Stuart of New York on June 21 in Stamford, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson—Albert
Rochelle Park
New Rochelle
Elsie
Ernest Albert
Rodney Gibson
New York City
Erlee — Severson
St. George's Church
Charles C. Harriman
Charlie Stuart Severson
Memphis
Tenn
Richard
Satterlee
Stuart—Reynolds
Stamford, N. Y
Jessie
J. Charlock Reynolds
Joseph Stuart
New York
Obituary notices from Knutsford to New York June 1906
Death notices list multiple individuals with terse funeral details across Knutsford New York Providence Rhode Island Montclair and other places. Entries include Bottomley Bullard Cook Farmer Iddings Judson Lichtenstein Marshall Martin McKnight Poor Rankin Ross Schermerhorn Shoemaker Trepler Watt and related funeral times locations and requests for private services and no flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooook
Providence
Benjamin L. Cook
Stonington
William P. Iddings
High St
Orange
M J
New York
Judson
McKnight
North Broadway
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Charles Scott McKnight
New York City
Poor
Morristown
N. J
Walter Stone Poor
Elia S. Poor
Franklin Place
Rankin
Newburg
Laura M
Robert
Laura W. Rankin
First Presbyterian Church
Newbure
Greenwood
Ross
Erlanger
R. C. Ross
Maysville
Schermerhorn
East 79Th St
John Egmont Schermerhorn
John
Emily Hills Schermerhorn
Paris
London
Shoemaker
William Brock
Henry F. Shoemaker
Trepler
Charles FE. Trepler
St. Michael’s
G6th St
Amsterdam Av
Watt
Commodore Archibald Att
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U.S.A
Side Boys
United States Navy
Ty J. S. Maclay
Mr. Dooley
Collier's the National Weekly
Auto
J. L. Reiss
Say Boy
St. John’s
Coreys
Frank Underhill
Oyster Bay
J. S. Blairs
Camille Weidenfeld
Mrs. Howland Pell Haggarty
Garden City Hotel
Bishop Satterlee
Europe
Philip F. Kobbé
Yale House
Stockbridge
Henry Chauncey Cryder
Mrs. Cryder
A Edith Cc. Hollins
Bernardsville, N. J
Frederick de Peyster
de Peyster
F. Ashton de Peyster
Transit Board
Parks
Wrath
Gamepling
Gates
J. Pierpont Morgan
John W. Gates
Sailor’s Rélief Fund
John D. Rockefeller
Baby Crown Prince
Norway
Kirby—Claflin
Bates—Vernam
Satterlee—Severson
United States Weather Bureau
Bolt
W. H. Rocap
Judge Harmony
M. W. Acheson
the Times
Rogers
Meriden
Rita Co
Vaudeville Trust
Supreme Bench
Woodlawn
Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
East 230
Uondertakers
Frank E. Campbell Co
West
Chelsee
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