History of Cook County, Illinois From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Part 154

Author: Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : A.T. Andreas
Number of Pages: 875


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W. O. JONES, shipping clerk at the North Chicago Roiling Mills, South Chicago, in July, 1883, was promoted to this position, lle was born at Milwaukee, Wis., July 15, 1860, and was maised and educated at Winona, Minn. There he resides wotil lus removal with his parents to Chicago, in 1872, where he completed his eiluration. In 1977 he went into the employ of Witkousky & AHell, insurance agents, as a clerk, where he continued until May, tost, then going into the employ uf the rolling mill cum- pany, as weighman on their docks. He followed this a yeal and then took charge of loading steel rails for a year and some months, after which he was promoted to his present peation.


JOHN C. KEENAN, proprietor of the South Chicago steam Imifer works. These works were opened for business In November, 1BSt. Ile manufactures steam boilers, tanks, coal mining buckets. coolers, condensing tanks, smoke stacks and breechings, annealing pants, sheet-iron work of all kinds, blacksmith repairs, etc. lle employs twenty-five men un an average, and turns out 815,000 worth of manufactured articles and work, and pays out from St8,000 to $20,000 for material per annum, Ile was lies Septem- ber 30, 1842. in Chicago, and was reared and educated there. Ile first began business life as a boiler-maker, and has continued that business since. In 1862 he enlisted in the Government emplus. and was transferred to Chattanooga, Tenn .. until the close of tha war. Ile is a member of Lumberman's Lodge, K. of II., No. 1,815. Chicago, In 1967 he married Miss Mary Rourke, a native of Syracuse, N. V. They have five children-Slinnie A., Charles J., Ida. Rose and Thomas.


1.0015 KREBS, undertaker, began business June to. 185]. at South Chicago, Ile was born at Madison, Ind., January 12. 1852. llis parents came to t'hicago in 1853, and there he was reared and educated, Ile first learned masonry, which he followed three years ; then embarked in the grocery business for about n year, and in 1869 worked at the undertaking business for other parties until, toyo, he began on his own account in Chicago. Ilere he continued until he removed to South Chicago, He is a mett- ber and treasurer of the Independent Order of Foresters ce Illinois, and a member and treasurer of St. Peter's and it. l'au's Church. In 1880 he married Miss Kate Lutz, a native of Germany. They have one daughter, Mary Johannah.


ANDREW KRIMIRII.L .. real estate and general fire insut- ante agrit, was her n Alice, France, March to, taga. He vanie with his parents to the United States in 1333 and settled in Warren County, Penn., nnd attended the common whoos ef that State In 1549 he moved to Chicago, and clerked in flores ete. In rigu he embarked in the grocery trade, Init in one se losing his stark by fire, he went to Crown Point, Lake Co., And where he followed merchandising until t855, Ile held the office Justice of the Peace six years, Township Trustee six years, l'epnt. Sheriff three years, and High Sheriff four years In ast, he engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, continult ; und 1973. when he removed to South Chicagu and engaged in his feet ent business. He is a member of the Methislist Epinna Church , also a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and . em mandery. A. F. A .A. W., and the Odd Fellows, He is a circ . of the Building Lom Association of South Chicago, nd and treasurer of the South Chicago Daily l'est Printing ! director and one of the incorporator of the Ewing-avrune Railway C'ompany is one of the incorporators and directors l'alumet National Bank of south Chicago. Mr. Krimki married Miss Mary U Urbana, of Chicago, They hai frer -Caroline ]., Andrew J. I'harles 11, and .Wace M | lying in 1963 he married in a565 Miss Barbara llevar if Penn. They have three children- ybertha 5, 11 Waher M.


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artist, and followed that calling three years, In 1862 he enlisted in Company H, 61st Ohlo Volunteer Infantry ; was promoted to Sergeant, and participated in all the battles of his command, being mustered out' in 1866. Hle then began in the nail business at Clifton, W. Va., remaining until he came to Cook County, and, in 1878, took charge as packer in the nail department of the Calumet Iron and Steel Company's works. Ile is a member of Apollo Com. mandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, Chicago, and Royal Arcanum of South Chicago.


SAMUEL. J. McGRAW, plumber and gas fitter, was born in New York City December 10, 1835, and was there raised and edu- cated. He first began plumbing in 1856, which business he fol- lowed until 1865, when he came to Chicago and established himself in plumbing and gas fitting. He now owns an establishment at 362 Wabash Avenue, where he keeps a general stock of fixtures belonging to the business, and employs thirteen men. Some time ago he established an office and store at South Chicago, where he resides, and also keeps a general stock nf fixtures there, employing three men. He is now filling a contract for the plumbing and gas fitting of twenty marble-front houses in Chicago. Mr. Metiraw i a member of the Masonie Order of Chicago. In 1869 he married Miss Margaret Adams, a native of New York City. They have two children, Aaron and Ella.


JOHN A. McINTOSH, Postmaster, came to South Chicago In 1874. and clerked in the post-office until October 30, 1879, when he took charge. Ile received the appointment of Postmaster from D. MI. Key, the Postmaster-General, and was recommissioned July 13, 1682, by l'resident Arthur. Mr. MeIntosh is a member of South Chicago Lodge, No. 696, I. O. O. F., Ilarbor Lodge, No. 731. A. F. & A. M .; Calumet Council, No. 56g. R. A .; Captain Company K, Second Regiment. I. N. G. Ile was born in Fred. erickton. N. B., November to, 1856, and came with his parents to Chicago in 1865, where he was reared and educated. On starting out in life, he followed varinus occupations, finally embarking in the real estate business under the firm name of McIntosh & Ed- wards. In 1978 he married Miss Lulu M. Hennessy, of Colum- bus, Ohio. They have two children, William F. and Mary I1.


A. W. McLAUGHLIN, physician and surgeon, was born in Perry County, Ohio, August 21, 1856, He was raised in his native county, and graduated from the Cincinnati (Ohio) Sledical College in March, 1830. He began the practice of medicine at Somerset, Ohio, where he continued until he came to South Chi- cago in April, 1SS2. He is a member of the Triluminar Lodge. U. 1)., A. F. & A. M .: Royal Arch Chapter, No. 6t. A. F. & A. M., of Somerset, Ohio ; Calumet Council, No. 56g. R. A. of South Chirago, and Is examining physician for the latter. In 1879 he married Miss Margaret Bastian, of New Lexington, Ohio.


JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, foreman of a furnace In the South Chicago Rolling Mills, came to Chicago in June, 1867, and went into the employ of the North Chicago Rolling Mills as a puddler ; in April, 1682, he engaged in the heating department of the South Chicago Rolling Mills, where he worked until he was promoted to his present position, in January, 1884. Ile was born in Ireland December 29, 1843, and came to the United States in 1867. He is a member of Myrtle Lodge, No. 229. A. O. U. W. ; also lakeside Lodge, No. 25, Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers.


JAMES MARKIfAM, wholesale and retail dealer in sash, duors, blinds, and builders' material, began businext at South Chi- cago June 1, 1381, In March, 1882, he erected a store building two stories high and 22x54 feet In area. Mr. Markham was born in Youngstown, Niagara Co., N. Y., March 16, 1850. Ilis par- ents removed to Chicago In 1852, where he was raised and edu- cated, For many years the family lived on DeKoven Steeet, very near the spot now made famous as the starting.point of the great fire in the fall of 1971. Mr. Markham was employed as a foreman by Hall & Frost, now the Frost Manufacturing Company, manu- facturers of sash, doors and blinds, eleven years previous to Incat- ing at South Chicago. In t$75 he married Miss Mary Fitzpatrick, of Brooklyn, N. Y.


EDWARD MARSII, wholesale and retail dealer in wines, liquors and cigars, principally Imported, began business in South Chicago in January, 1882. Previous to beginning trade he erected three buildings at a cost of $20,000. The store he occupies is 25x135 feet in area, two storles high; the other a double store, fifty feet frontage on the same street, and sixty feet deep, two stories high. He was born in Chicago September 17, 1850, and was there raised and educated. Ile fist embarked in the livery business in his native city, continuing seven years; then went Into the liquor trade, He is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, May 1, 1883, he married Miss Augusta Ike, of Columbus, W'is.


J. W. MATTHEWS, firm of Rankin & Matthews, druggists. Mr. Matthews is manager of the B. & O. Telegraph linc at South Chicago, with office in the drug store. He came to Chicago March 1. 1977, agent and yard-master for the B. & O. R. R .. continuing


in that capacity until 1880. When the I. C. R. R. established their office September, 1883, he took charge of it as their agent. lle was born in Somerset, Perry Co , Ohio, July 27. 1856, where he was reared and educated, after which he went into the employ of the B. & O. R. R. He also had charge of a large lumber interest, and clerked in a drug store in the East. June 16, 1879, he married Miss Catharine H. Kankin, of South Chicago. They have two children-William George and Gertrude- Mary. Mr. Matthews is a member of the Board of Education, and a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Foresters and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Illinois.


LYSANDER MEEKER, physician and surgeon, was born in Geauga County, Ohio, January 3, 1832. He was raised and edu- cated in La Porte, Ind. He attended two courses of medical lect- ures at Ann Arbor, Mich., two courses at Rush Medical College, Chicago, and graduated from the medical department of the Iowa University, at Keokuk, February 20, 1857. I'revious to that time and since he has practiced medicine, principally at La Porte. Ind. He was one and a half years surgeon of the 128th Indiana Volun- teer Infantry, after which he returned to La Porte, where he re- mained until he came and opened an office at South Chicago lo June, 1882. In 1856 he married Miss C. V. Van Sicklen, of Cin- cinnati, Ohio.


SERGEANT JOHN MERGENTHALER, sergeant of the Souti. Chicago, Colehour and Irondale police force, was promoted to his present position in April, IS81. He joined the police force in 1875 at Hyde Park village. Ile was born in Chicago July t, 1850, and was raised and educated In the city. His father, Adam Mergenthaler, a policeman, was sergeant of the force from 186t until his death, October 9. 1879. The subject of this sketeh was therefore reared amongst the police force, and assisted to feed prisoners when he was only fourteen years of age. In 187t he married Miss Mary Schoeder, a native of Illinois. They have five children-Frances, Kate, Fred, fda and Charles. Mr. Alergen- thaler is a member of Knight Templar Lodge of the Masonic Order, also a charter member Triluminar Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and a member of Fairview Chapter, No. 161. and Apollo Com- mandery, No I, of Chicago,


WILLIAM C. MITCHELL, chief engineer of the Rolling Mills of South Chicago, took charge of this department June I, tSS2. lle was born in Scotland November 19, 1854, and came to the United States in 1868. He engaged in various kinds of em- ployment about twn years in Kansas, thence came to Chicago and learned the trade of machinist, following that occupation in the city until February, 1882, when he came to South Chicago. In 1880 he married Miss Hlattic F. Oberton, a native of Jefferson Town- ship, Cook Co., Ill. They have one son, William A. Mir. Mitchell is a member of 1farbor Lodge, No. 731. A. F. & A. M.


E. L .. MORSE, principal of the South Chicago school, took charge in February, 1933. He was born June 12, 1855, at Dover, N. Il., and was reared in Boston, Mass. He graduated from Harvard College In the class of 1878; then began hitting pupils for college in private classes, In t879 he went to New Mexico and engaged In book-keeping, thence going to Kansas City, Mo .. where he worked in a railroad office. Ile came to Cook County. Ill., in 188t and elerked in a rolling mill two years; then took charge of the above school. Ile Is a member of the Harvard Club of Chicago. In 1879 he married Miss Kate Tomey, a native of Ineiand.


WILLIAM MURRAY has charge of the whole sale and retail coal depot of Messrs. Langdon, Harvey & Richardson, South Chi- cago, city office In Chicago. They handle from fifty to sixty thousand tons of anthracite and bituminous coal per annum, and employ about twenty men in South Chicago. Their coal mines are at Wilkes Barre and Scranton, Penn., where they mine and ship large quantities to the West. Mr. Murray was born in Eric. l'enn., June 22, 1852, and was reared In his native city, where he served an apprenticeship as millwright, afterward following rail- roading four years. In the spring of 1572 he assisted to erect car shops at DePere, Wis., for the manufacture of freight and pas- senger cars, and continued there until the spring of t875, at which time he came to Chicago and worked for the Chicago & North- Western Railroad, and in the fall of the same year he took charge of machinery on the North Pier for C. J. L .. Meyer, and continued three years in that capacity; thence to South Chicago. In 1878 he married Miss Frances Rosenkranz, of Elgin, III, They have two children, Maud and Rubic.


DAVID MYERS, proprietor of the South Chicago Express and Freight line, does a large delivery business, employing three men and three express delivery wagons, He frequently sends wagons to Chicago. Mr. Myers began business in the fall of 1880. Ile was born near Valparaiso, fnd., June to. 1857, reared in his native State, and came to Cook County in 1880,


JULIUS LOUIS NAPIERSKIE, boss roller of one set of rolls In the finishing train at the North Chicago Rolling Mills of


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South Chicago. Mr. Naplerskie took charge of this roll in May, 188z. He was born In Galveston, Tex., in September. 1854, and came to Chicago in 1861 with his parents, where he was raised and educated. When a small boy he went into the employ of the above rolling mill company, and has since been with them, coming to South Chicago April 28, 1882. Ile is a member of Myrtle Lodge, No. 576, A. O. U. W., Independent Order of Foresters, and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, December 4. 1878, he married Miss Catharine Wreford Le Gallais, born in 1850 at Clevedon, Somersetshire, England; her father was Captain l'hilip Le Gallais, of Jersey Island. They have three children- Carrie Wreford, Samuel Julius and Katie E.


AUGUST NELSON, Postmaster, was appointed April 23. 1883. being the first to this office. Ile was born in Kalmer, Sweden, May 2, 1848. After leaving school he was apprenticed to wood turning. which he followed in Sweden until 1868, when he emigrated. After remaining In Canada a short time, he settled in Chicago, where he engaged in wood turning in the car shops of the 1. C. R. R., remaining in their employ until November, 1882, when he engaged in business in Parkside. The firm of Petersun & Nel- son, grocers, real estate dealers, was established in 1882 by John- son & Peterson, 'They contemplate adding to their store untif they keep a general one.


GEORGE O'BRIEN, chief engineer in the rai ;- mill depart- ment, tonk charge in the spring of 1883. There are thirteen engi- neers employed, lle was born in London, England, July 29, t858, was raised in that city and educated at the workingmen's enllege. Afterward he served an apprenticeship of seven years at Penn's, Greenwich, England, in the shop for erecting marine engines, In 1879 he came to the United States, lorating at Pitts- burgh, Penn., where he worked In various engineering depart- ments until he came to South Chicago and accepted his present position. Ile is Junior Warden of the Blue Lodge, A. F. & A. M .. and a Royal Arch Mason of South Chicago.


JAMES D. PERRY, locomotive, stationary and mechanical engineer, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., May 9. 1851, and lived In West Virginia until ten years of age. The family removing to lonia, Mich., there he remained until he went into the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in 1870, as a fireman, which occupation he followed two years, after which he was engineer one year. Hle then returned to lonla Mich., where he was employed in the same capacity by a lumber mill company one year, after which he went into the employ of the II. & O. R. R. in the same capacity for six years. Then at South Chicago he took charge of an engine for the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company, In 1964 he enlisted in Company D), gth Michigan Volunteer In- fantry, and was mustered out in September, 1865. He is a mem- ber of A. E. Burnside Post, No. 109. G. A. R. He now holds a certificate as steamboat engineer of the great lakes, In 1883 he married Miss Rosa J.armore, a native of West Virginia.


WALTER S. PICKFORD, foreman in the blast furnaces No. 7 and 8 of the South Chicago Rolling Mills, came to Chicago June 12, 1873. and went into the employ of the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company. After this he removed to Bay View, Mil- waukee, Wis., and was foreman of the Bay View blast furnace until 1879, when he took charge of the Minerva blast furnace at Milwaukee until his coming to South Chicago In July, 1881. He was born in Shipley, England, December to, 1846, and served an apprenticeship in the iron and steel business, In 1872 he came to America, Ile is a member of Iron Link Lodge, No. 221, I. O. O. F., of Bay View, Wis. March 29, 1867, he married Miss Sarah Barratt, n native of Sheffield, England. They have three children -William Henry, Iloron and Walter Clifford.


CHRISTOPH RASU'IJ, undertzker and dealer in undertaker's goods, also nne of the proprietors uf the South Chicago Wood- Working Company. The latter manufacturing Interests were estab. lished in May, 1881. They have a planing mill with a capacity of fifty thousand feet per day, and a jobbing department where they manufacture meldings, sash, doors and window frames, employing twenty-five men in both departments. Mr. Rasch became a mem- ber of the above firm in September, 1883. Ile was horn in Gier- many December 25, 1840, and came to the United States in 1666. In 1870 he married Miss Aurelia Ebert, a native of Germany. They have four elilldren-Theodore, Charles, Adolph and Chris- tian. Mr. Rasch came to Chicago In 1871 and engaged in the manufacture of sash and doors, being foreman of a manufacturing establishment one and a half years ; then came to South Chicago and engaged in contracting and building nine years. He began as undertaker and dealing in undertaking goods in 1875. He is a director in the Building and Loan Association of South Chicago.


NATHAN M. REYNOLDS, contractor and bullder, came to Cook County in the fall of 1881 and engaged in the above busi- ness, In which he employs from ten to twenty men. He was born in Onondago County, N. Y., October 15, 1830, and was raised on a farm in Oswego County, same State. In 1852 he married Miss


Mary C. Hoes, a daughter of Rev. S. Hoes, a Methodist F.pisco- pal pastor. They have two children-Hertha A., who now occu- pies the chair of elocution and English literature at Napa Col. legiate Institute, California ; and Maud G., now a student at tte Syracuse University, N. Y., who will graduate in June, 1884. If 1852 Mr. Reynolds removed to Mt. Vernon, lowa, and followed agricultural pursuits two years. Mrs Reynolds then accepted an appointment as preceptress of the Illinois Institute, now \'hesten College, at Wheaton, where they remained two years, Mr. Rey. nolds then removed to his native county, where he bought one uf his father's farms and followed farming until the fall of 1662, at which time he enlisted in the 21st New York Independent Battery and served three years in the department of the Gulf, at New Orleans, l'ort Hudson and Morganzie Blend, and participated in the siege of Mobile, Alabama, capture of Spanish Fort and Fort Biakeley ; afterward ascended the Tombigbee River and partici- pated In the capture of seventeen Rebel steamers; returned to Mobile; thence to Galveston, Texas ; and was mustered out Sep- tember 19, 1865, at New Orleans. He then returned to Syracuse, New York, and followed building ; in 1874. at Great Bend, Kan., erecting the finest court-house in the western part of that State. After remaining there some time he removed to South Chicago. He is now Chaplain of A. E., Burnside Post, No. 109, G. A. K. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is steward and a trustee.


GEORGE W. RICHARDS, business manager of the South Chicago Opera House, came to South Chicago in December, 1876, and engaged in the retail meat trade until t$79. He was then employed in the large rolling mills about thirteen months ; then for two years he had charge of the South Chicago Fire Department, and at the same time was Assistant Marshal of Hyde Park, and is now captain of the Fire Department. Ile was born la Baltimore, Maryland, May 20, 1837, and there was raised and educated. In 186t he enlisted in Company Il, Ist Maryland Volunteer Infantry. participating in all the battles of his command : was taken prisoner at Front Royal, May 27, 1862, and confined in Libbie Prison until the latter part of the following December ; mustered out May 2. 1864, at Baltimore, Maryland. After the war he was conductor on street railways some time ; then a member of the Baltimore police force ; then embarked in the grocery and provision business for some time, and February 8. 1874, came to Chicago, and from thence went to his present place. On January 15. 1884, he purchased a half-interest with G. P. Edwards in the real estate and insurance business at South Chicago, Ill. He is a charter member of A. E. Burnside l'ost, No. 109, G. A. R. Ile also assisted to organize Division No. 85. Sons of Temperance. In tôt9 he mat- ried Miss Mary E. Reed, of Baltimore, Maryland. They have une daughter, Anna Virginia, now Mrs. August Schnell, of South Chicago.


LEVI ROSENBERG is of the firm of F. Sommer & Co., deal. ers in a general line nf hardware, stoves, tinware, and who do a gener- al jobbing work. They began trade at South Chicagoin tsSt, having their trade established in Chicago in 1870. They now occupy thr fine brick store which they erected in the summer of 1553 at a cost of $61,000. It is twenty-five feet wide by eighty-eight feet deep -. two stories and n basement high. Mr. Rosenberg is a native of St. Louis, Mo., and was raised in Chicago in mercantile trade. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and Calumet Council, No. 569, R. A., of South Chicago.


JOHN B. RUHLAND, superintendent of the extensive teat market owned by B. F. Murphy & Co., and styled the Stock Vards Market, Winnipeg Block. This market was opened November 21. 1883, when Mr. Ruhland assisted in the arrangement of it, and be- came superintendent. Ile was born in Cleveland, Ohio, February 3. 1856, and was raised in his native eity and in Chicago. Ile has followed the above business since he was a boy. He came 10 ("hi- cago in 1875, and the same year he married Miss Ellen Helmuth. of Cleveland, Ohio, They have three children-Emma, Lena and Clara. Mr. Ruhland is a member of the A. O. U. W.


C. B. RUSHMORE has charge of the United States light- house at South Chicago (known as Calumet Light-House). In 1865 Mr. Rushmore settled In Chicago, where he engaged in the manufacture of brick nine years. In 1874 he settled at Indian Ridge, four miles south of South Chicago, on a land pre-emption. This land had been omitted from the Government survey, and was liable to pre-emption. In 1881 he obtained his patent from the United States for the land, and has since held it as his own. In 1880 he came to South Chicago and accepted the position of United States light-house keeper. He was born April 10, 1Sz4. in Ene County, N. Y., was reared on a farm and lived in his native county until he came to Illinois. November 30, 1861, he enlisted in Company L, 15th Illinois Cavalry. In 1862 he was an escort for General» Halleck and Gra it. October 14, 1562, he was mastered out. He is a member of A. E. Burnside Post, No. 109, G. A. K., and has been its Chaplain since organization. In August, 1807, he


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married Miss Carrie Rankin, of Amherst, Mass, They have two sons-Richard C. and George 1). Mr. Rushmore has three daugh- ters by a former marriage -- Lucy G., now Mrs. George Derrickson, of Minneapolis, Minn., Mabel C., a teacher in the public schools of South Chicago, and Abbie M., a teacher at Buchanan, Mich.


G. A. RUSSEL.I., proprietor of the Triomph M'aning-Mill. be- gan the erection of these anills in the spring of 1874. They are now 82x135 feet in area, one-half three stories high; and there is an addition 20×125 feet long, two stories high. This factory contains all the necessary machinery for manufacturing sash, doors, hlinds, and all kinds of machinery for the planing and re-saw- ing required by the lumber trade, and employs from twenty to thirty men. Mr. Russell was born in Chenango County, N. Y., December 8, 1818. In 1825 his parents removed to Russell Town- ship, Geauga Co., Ohio, where they lived a number of years, when they removed to llenderson County, III , where Mr. Russell lived until he was twenty-one years of age. He then became a carpenter and builder, which occupation he followed. Ile worked two years at millwrighting before coming to Chicago in 1866, and there followed his trade, working two years at millwrighting and manufacturing fnr others until 1874, at which time he hegan erecting his planing- mill at South Chicago. In 1844 he married Miss Sarah Halsey, of Ilenderson County, III. They have eight children-Sarah S., now Mrs. J. K .. Chapin, living in Florida; Sylvester E., a carpen- ter of South Chicago; Maria L., now Mrs. F. P. Medina, living in Idaho; Charles Sumner, with his father in the planing-mill busi- ness; Ilannah A., now Mrs. George Daniels, a printer of Chicago; Olive A., now Slrs. Thomas Moran, who is agent for the sale of school furniture; Celestia A., a proof-reader in the Interior office, Chicago: Emma L., a teacher in the L'hicago public schools, Mr. Kussell is president of the South Chicago P'hilosphical Society, and is connected with the South Chicago Post Printing Company.




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