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...because he was seriously injured that summer vacation working for his father's Cleveland Iron Mining Co. as timekeeper and payroll clerk. He convalesced in Europe for two years and returned directly to the family business. He amplified it until he became rated Ohio's richest citizen. Unlike John Davison Rockefeller, he and his wealth did not move away from Cleveland...
Keynoted Senator Simeon Davison Fess...
...money, is made of white stone, stands at one side of University Platz, contains an elaborate "senate" room. It is the gift of 37 Americans in recognition of "Heidelberg's helpful service to our culture, science and civilization." Donors whose names were inscribed in a marble tablet included: John Davison Rockefeller Jr., James Speyer, Paul Moritz Warburg, William Averell Harriman, Walter Percy Chrysler, William Fox. The Lord Mayor of Heidelberg announced that the city council had voted to name one of the town's streets Schurmanstrasse. The Gold Honor Plaque of the City of Baden was bestowed on Mr. Schurman...
...bathers off the private beach of his home, Ormston House at Locust Valley, L. I., they pelted him with stones. Next day a private police booth was erected on Banker Aldred's estate which is flanked by the homes and beaches of George Fisher Baker, Mrs. Henry Pomeroy Davison and John Pierpont Morgan...
...Manhattan Lowell Fess, 35, son of bone-dry U. S. Senator Simeon Davison Fess, chairman of the Republican National Committee, appeared in magistrate's court, shielding his face with a straw hat, having passed the early morning hours in a lockup. He heard himself charged with disorderly conduct, heard that he "while intoxicated did use abusive and profane language and attempted to take the officer's baton." He had, moreover, shouted to the desk sergeant in the police station: "I'm going to burn you all up for this! Wait till you hear from the Senator from...