Captain Simonson Reveals Confessed Military Hoax
Capt. Roman Simonson, once famed as the “hero of Peking,” resigns from the Second Field Artillery at Fort Riley Kan and describes a long string of fabrications about his military career. He renounces service, adopts civilian life as a book keeper, and plans marriage to Miss Brasian of New York. He admits he deceived officers, politicians, and society by posing as an officer from West Point onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roman Simonson
United States Army
Second Field Artillery
Fort Riley
Kaw
Peking
Simonson
West Twenty-seventh Street
Brasian
Lower West Side
Newark
United States
Capt
New York
Fort Hamilton
West Point
Sandy Hook
East Side
Allentown
Penn
First Coast Artillery
Kan
China
Ward's Island
Essex Market Court
Mayo
Governors Island
Pratt
Alderman Tolk
Alderman
Alderman Talk
Magistrate Mayo
Murray Hill Theatre
Miss Braslaw
Mr Dooley The Food We Eat In Collier's
A humorous anecdote about Mr Dooley moving from a plain food job to scraping lard in a glue factory then a villain falling into a lard tank and resurfacing at a New York restaurant. The piece praises Collier's current issue as the best write up on the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Collier's
Twelfth Regiment Camp Day At Peekskill Ends With Honor
In Peekskill on June 24 the Twelfth Regiment enjoyed a rest and play day under clear skies. About 2,500 spectators gathered for an evening parade as crowds lined the bluff filled with vehicles. First Sergeant W Dowling of Company F received a silver loving cup from Captain S S Stebbins in a brief presentation.
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New York Times
Peekskill
Manual of Arms
W. Dowling
S. S. Stebbens
Young Men’s Christian Association
Charles P. Tinker
Cornell Methodist Episcopal Church
Seventy-sixth Street
New York
Brady’s Sunday baseball clash halted by police
Police stopped a Manhattan Beach versus Altoona game at Coney Island after arrests for paid admission on a Sunday, prompting Brady to threaten Supreme Court action and a bid to close Luna Park and Dreamland on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Beach
William A. Brady
Altafia
Penn
Arthur Irwin
Tri-State League
O’keeffe
Altoona
Lindamann
Sheepshead Bay
Charles McCall
John Frazier
John O'Keefe
Manhattans
George Murray
Altoonas
W. A. Brady
Supreme Court
Pawnee Bill
Brighton Beach
Hobokens
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Manhattan Nine
Managers’ Protective Association
Inter-City Baseball Association
Bingham
Luna Park
Dreamland
Coney Island
New York
Ridgewood
Flatbush
Bay Ridge
Crowds Break Records at Coney Island Parks
City managers report attendance over 300000 at Coney Island with beaches packed and hundreds of basket parties. Iron steamboats, crowded rides, five minute express trains, packed trolleys, and extra performances filled the day with few incidents and only one intoxication arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Road
Pharaoh's
San Francisco
Venice
Pasadena Woman Burned in Car Explosion
A Pasadena auto overturn at Colorado Street at sixty mph caused a gasoline tank explosion. Mrs. James J. Cordori, 28, died from burns. Chauffeur John Henderson sustained severe injuries and likely death, while Mrs. Ella May Morris of Pueblo Col. was lightly burned and bruised. J. J. Cordori and C. White escaped unharmed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Colorado Street
Pasadena
James J. Cordori
John Henderson
Ella May Morris
Publio
Col
J. J. Cordori
C. White
Wedding of Andrew Lang Jr to Magdelene Siebert
About two thousand residents of the Tenth Assembly District attended the wedding of Andrew Lang Jr assistant secretary to Borough President Ahearn at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer on East Third Street yesterday afternoon to Miss Magdelene Siebert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Assembly District
Andrew Lang, Jr
Ahearn
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
East Third Street
Magdelene Siebert
Janitor in Bronx Faces Felonious Assault Charge
Dr. John D. Riegelman, coroner’s physician of 801 Cauldwell Avenue, Bronx, will sue his janitor Henry Schafer in Westchester Court for felonious assault with a revolver after Schafer refused to show an occupied flat at 800 Cauldwell Avenue. The doctor grappled, knocked away the weapon, and filed the complaint at Morrisania Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Riegelman
Cauldwell Avenue
Bronx
Westchester
Riegelman
Henry Schafer
Morrisania
Winnipeg Chinese Laundrymen Seek Nine Hour Day Strike
The Chinese laundrymen in Winnipeg plan a strike over long hours and low wages. Wang Ho describes workers imported as bonded apprentices paying head tax and living in harsh conditions. A Chinese trade union style pact aims for a nine hour day. if refused, the workers threaten action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Wang Ho
Canada
China
Yale President Urges Moral Focus Over Wealth and Power
New Haven June 24 Yale University president Arthur T Hadley delivered the baccalaureate sermon urging seniors to resist embracing wealth office or reputation as the measure of success. He warned that placing fortune before purpose endangers the soul and urged service to others as the guiding aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale University
Summers Rest for Pastors Urged by Bishop Potter
In St Bartholomew's Church Bishop Potter urged summer vacations for city pastors to prevent burnout. He defended a planned summer program of special services across New York, noting a parson's seven day workload and the need for rest to maintain strong ministry. He warned against wandering behavior during isolation and called for continued church presence in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John the Baptist
Potter
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
Greer
Episcopal Churches
New York
St. Bartholomew's
St. Thomas’s Church
Greater New York
Leighton Parks
St. Bartholomew’s Church
George A. Strong
Christ Church
Judea
Parks
Sermon Warns Against Summer Sins and Gossip
The Rev Dr Madison C Peters of the Baptist Church of the Epiphany warns that gossip flourishes in summer as idle time and surroundings tempt people to speak wrongly. He cites hotels wealth and beauty and condemns the card playing habit as a social blunder fueling gambling and ruined reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison C. Peters
Baptist Church of the Epiphany
Madison Avenue
Sixty-fourth Street
Faro Bank
New Hamilton Grange Church Cornerstone Laid
The Hamilton Grange Reformed Church foundation was laid yesterday at the northwest corner of Convent Avenue and 149th Street. The Collegiate Church funds the project, with a three story parish house planned for 148th Street. Reverend Edward B. Coe presided, with Reverend Edgar Tilton Jr and Reverend Chalmers P. Dyke delivering remarks.
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Hamilton Grange Reformed Church
Convent Avenue
149Th Street
148Th Street
Hamilton Grange
Collegiate Church
New York
145Th Street
Dr Mackay to Sail for Europe
The Rev Dr Donald Sage Mackay of the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas preached his farewell sermon yesterday before leaving for Europe for the summer. He will sail on Wednesday and return within the month to spend the summer at Blue Hill Maine. The Collegiate Church will undergo an overhaul before services resume August fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Sage Mackay
Collegiate Church of
St Johns Parish Celebrates 200th Bicentennial
Elizabeth N J June 24 St John s Episcopal Parish marks the bicentennial of laying the church cornerstone on Johns Baptists Day 1706 Records show earlier Episcopal services in 1703 The current rector is Rev Otis A Glazebrook a Confederate veteran.
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New York Times
Elizabeth
N. J
St. John’s Episcopal
John Brooke
England
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
George Keith
Brooke
G—I
Andy Craig
Oyster Bay Plans Indirect Roosevelt Celebration Move
Oyster Bay Long Island June 24 The Independence Day ceremony with President Roosevelt as lead speaker may be held outdoors rather than in the Opera House seating 1500. Potential sites include a field half a mile from the village edge of a saucer shaped hollow with a stand for visibility. Jerome B. Johnson will preside Gerard Beekman to introduce the President. The joint committee includes Mr Johnson the Revs Washburn Wightman Bowman Russell Gaskill Powers Morgan Griffin T Y Young Baylis Hegeman Swan Cheney.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Opera House
Jerome B. Johnson
Gerard Beekman
Mr. Johnson
Henry Homer Washburn
Charles 8. Wightman
Warren I. Bowman
Alexander O. Russell
J. T. Gaskill
James T. Powers
F. Morgan Griffin
Young
Albert M. Baylis
Hegeman
Charles
North German Fire Insurance quits Pacific Coast
The North German Fire Insurance Company of Hamburg withdraws from the Pacific Coast after 26 years. Its San Francisco agent Welter Speyer resigns as the firm faces $8 million in unpaid losses, with 60 percent reinsured and reinsurers demanding strict policy terms. Refugees at the Presidio Fort Mason camps receive military aid and bread from Government wagons as relief funds cover supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
San Francisco
North German Fire Insurance Company
Hamburg
Germany
Pacific Coast
Welter Speyer
North German
Relief Committee
Red Cross Society
Swedish Hospital Opens in Brooklyn at Sterling Place
The new Swedish Hospital at Sterling Place and Rogers Avenue Brooklyn was dedicated and opened yesterday afternoon. Borough President Coler gave the dedicatory address, with Company G of the Fourteenth Regiment as escort. The facility offers sixty patient rooms after remodeling and a new annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Place
Rogers Avenue
Brooklyn
Coler
Fourteenth Regiment
Swedish Guard
Swedish Sport and Athletic Association
Manhattan
William Ljung
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
John E. Hillberg
Immanuel Methodist Episcopal Church
Death List of a Day Henry Lovell Carr Dies at 68 in Elizabeth N J
Henry Lovell Carr aged 68 died yesterday after a long illness at his Fairmount Avenue home in Elizabeth New Jersey. Born in Akron Ohio in 186? he graduated from Denison University in 1861 and was a lifelong Republican who voted for Lincoln. He belonged to the Lovell family of Boston the Ohio Society and the Lincoln Association. He moved to Elizabeth in 1379 and helped found the Central Baptist Church. He leaves two sons Lovell H. and Henry Carr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lovell Carr
Fairmount Avenue
Elizabeth
N. J
Akron
Ohio
Denison University
Granville
Mr. Carr
Lincoln
Lovell
Boston
Ohio Society
Lincoln Association
Central Baptist Church
Lovell H
Henry . Carr
Death of Alexandre Weill Of Lazard Frères Bank
Paris dispatch reports the death of Alexandre Weill a leading member of Lazard Frères The New York Wall Street branch remains a major factor in foreign exchange markets in New York City credentials and influence noted in the banking house history
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Paris
Alexandre Weill
Lazard Fréres
New York
Wall Street
Obituary notices for several prominent figures across states
Internal details of multiple obituaries are provided. Dr David Clark Strachan interne at Flower Hospital died of sarcoma at his father’s residence in East Orange. Charles Hotchkiss Trowbridge of Milford Connecticut died of nephritis aged 61, long associated with Mechanics Bank New Haven and first President of the Connecticut Bankers Association. Arthur H Smith a Brooklyn lawyer died aged 48 at home, former Kellogg Rose Smith member. Frank D Ward a Brooklyn wholesale dry goods trader died at 44 at his Brooklyn home. survived by wife and three children.
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David Clark Strachan
Flower Hospital
David Strachs
East Orange
Strachan
Chicago
Charles Hotchkiss Trowbridged
Milford
Conn
Mechanics’ Bank
New Haven
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company of
Trowbridge
Connecticut Bankers’ Association
Arthur, H. Smith
Brooklyn
Hame
Lafayette Avenue
Medford
Mass
Kellogg, Rose & Smith
J. Smith
Adytum Lodge of Masons
Brevoort Council
The
Royal Arcanum
Brooklyn Lodge of Elks
H. B. Claflin Company
Weather Summary for Atlantic States and Central Regions
Showers in the Atlantic States central valleys Northwest and Central Rocky Mountains with fair conditions elsewhere. Temperatures mostly below seasonal averages east of the Rockies and notably cool in the Central Rockies and Northwest. warmth inland in the North Pacific States. Monday and Tuesday showery prospects in the South Atlantic States and portions of central valleys while other areas stay generally fair.
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Washington
Atlantic States
Central Valleys
Northwest
Rocky Mountain Region
Rocky Mountains
Central
North Pacific States
South Atlantic
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic Coast
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Keep-Day Wedding in Andover Mass
At Andover Massachusetts on June 21 a wedding united Rose Anne Hardy Day of Andover and Robert Porter Keep of Farmington Connecticut in the presence of the bride’s father Prof. C O Day.
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Keep—Day
Andover
Mass
C. O. Day
Robert Porter Keep
Farmington, Conn
Rose ‘Anne Hardy Day
Marriage and Death Notices Across Major Papers
Notices from The New York Times appear with applications in several morning papers. Inclusions include Boston Globe, Buffalo Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago, Philadelphia, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St. Louis Republic, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Washington Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tla&s
Boston Glove
Offalo Courier
Cincinnati
Enquirer
Chicago
Philadel Feo Cabie
Providence Journal
Rochester
Herald
St. Loule
Republic
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Byratuse Post-Standard
Washington Post
City Hall Pavement A Political Rialto
A city pavement scene between the County Court House and City Hall mirrors old world politics with litigants, ward politicians, and rail birds debating cases, campaigns, and gardening. Plunkitt era figures like George Washington Plunkitt and Robert B. Muir loom in a bustling municipal courtyard culture.
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County Court House
Bowling Green
Cicero
Demosthenes
Justice of the Peace
Tammany Hall
Tammany
George Washington Plunkitt
Fifteenth
Court House
Bootblack
Manhattan
Robert B. Muir
Clan McManus
Plunkitt
Sullivan
James J. Hagan
the Tombs
Poe
Obituary notices announced for June 23 to 26 deaths
Multiple death notices list at least seven individuals with funeral details. Delaplaine Brown of 170 West 72d St and George W. Corwin of 1243 Dean St Brooklyn are among those noted with service times, residences, and burial plans. Other obituaries include Mrs EB Antoinette Graham, Patrick V Hickey, Theresa J Spillane, David Clark Strachan M D, May Hatch Tucker, Helen Musgrave Woodward, and related family details and addresses.
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Riverhead
1St Av
Flowers
Strachan
David Clark Strachan
Glenwood Av
East Orange
N. J
Tucker
Eatontown
May Hatch Tucker
William W. Tucker
Edward T
Elizabeth C. Hatch
Woodward
Helen Musgrave Woodward
Edwin P. Woodward
Summit
Woodland Av
New York City
Amelia Cahill Remembered as a Kind Mother
In loving memory of a dear mother who entered her just reward on June 25, 1904. The family mourns a beloved matriarch whose counsel and warmth guided them through years of sorrow and joy.
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Cahill
Ameliae
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Twelfth Regiment
Acorn
Hussey
Morgan Doran
Dr. Hadley
Dr. Peters
Hamilton Grange Reformed Congregation
Dr. Mackay
Europe
ST. John’s
Episcopal
Insurance Company
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New Yor
United States Weather Bureau
Crouch
Fitzgerald
Cam
Woodlawn
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome ‘Avenue
Undertakers
Frank E. Campbell Co
Chelsea
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