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On March 7, 1900, Mr. Head was married to Miss Della E. Thompson, a daughter of John J. and Roxcelana (Dittemote) Thompson, who were among the early pioneer families of Buchanan County. Mr. and Mrs. Head have one daughter, Audrey Vernelle.
B. H. CRAMER, at the corner of St. Joseph avenue and Monroe street, has been supplying residents of that part of the city with the best groceries on the market long enough that his name has become a household word with his patrons. They know he will do just as he says he will and for that reason place dependence in him. The reliability of his goods and the low prices at which he sells them brings him the business.
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B. M. ACHTENBERG, born March 13, 1884, was brought to St. Joseph, by his parents, in the spring of 1889. He was educated in the public schools in this city, being graduated from the St. Joseph High School with the class of 1903. During the following year he engaged in the mercantile business and although he had several lucrative offers to follow that line he was bent on further education and in the fall
the St. Joseph Bar Association; he is a member of the judiciary and legis- lative committee of the Commerce Club and almost since the day he reached manhood he has been inti- mately connected with every Jewish charitable, benevolent and philan- tropic organization in this city. In his private life he has often made the boast that he has not a single enemy.
AL KLENK, at the corner of Sixth
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of 1904 he entered the law school of the University of Michigan, graduating in June of 1907. On July 13, 1907, he received his license to practice law in the state of Missouri and within a few days thereafter he was admitted to practice in the courts of this county, and soon built up a lucrative practice. He has been an active member of every organization with which he has been connected. For three years Le has been trasurer of
and Messanie streets, is an applicant for popular favor who goes on the principle that that which is right is bound to bring returns. He applies this principle to his business and by treating his trade according to the dictates of the golden rule he has en- larged his business materially until now he has one of the best places in the city. In addition to his bar he makes a specialty of lunches at rea- sonable prices.
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HARRY W. MANNING, real estate dealer, at 505 Francis street, was born in Warren County, Ohio, January 4, 1854. He was educated in his native state. In 1876 he left Ohio for the Black Hills country where he re- mained for about six months. In July, 1876, he went to Memphis, Tenn. He was in the south for ten years and in 1886 came to St. Joseph and became
Miss., November 23, 1883. Fraternally Mr. Manning is a K. of P.
WALTER R. COBB, retail shoeman, at 413 Felix street, comes from that old Virginia stock that invariably makes good citizens. He was born in Bedford City, Va. After attending the schools in his birthplace he re- moved to St. Joseph where his educa-
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the manager for the New Home Sew- ing Machine Co. In 1887 he went to Wichita, Kas., and engaged in the sewing machine business on his own account. In 1890 he returned to St. Joseph and became a real estate man. In 1896 he went to Kansas City and engaged in the same business, but re- turned to St. Joseph two years later and the firm of Manning & Dyer was formed. He was married to Miss Annelle H. Hudson of Columbus,
tion was completed. He came here in 1882 with his parents and in 1889 entered the employ of A. N. Schuster & Co., clothiers. He remained with this firm until 1894 when he became identified with the Tootle, Wheeler & Motter Dry Goods Co., with which firm he remained until 1897 when he en- gaged in the retail shoe business, which has claimed his time and atten- tion ever since. Fraternally Mr. Cobb is a Mason and an Odd Fellow.
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CHARLES E. DICKEY, member of the Board of Public Works, is a na- tive of Kansas. He was born in In- dependence June 8, 1873. He attended the schools of his native county and came to St. Joseph in 1896. He at once engaged in the furniture and hardware business in South St. Joseph and has been successful in building up one of the most substantial busi- ness enterprises in the city. He has
well as giving attention to decorat- ing, glazing and graining. Mr. Myer has been identified with the trade in St. Joseph for sixteen years. He has been with some of the leading firms in this line of work in the city and has built up a patronage of which he may well feel proud. Since engaging in business for himself, two years ago; he has been unusually successful be- cause he knows what his trade re-
CHARLES E. DICKEY
always taken much interest in public affairs and because of this fact was selected by Mayor Marshall for mem- bership on the Board of Public Works in October, 1915. Mr. Dickey was married to Miss Anna B. Newman of St. Joseph in 1894. They have three children-two sons and a daughter. Fraternally Mr. Dickey is an Odd Fel- low.
THE H. A. MYER PAINTING COM- PANY, 1115 Frederick avenue, does a general house painting business as
quires and always supplies the want to the satisfaction of all.
I. F. RAMSEY & CO. is the name of the undertaking concern at Ninth and Olive streets. This is the only colored undertaking establishment in the city, and is in the hands of pro- fessionals. Mr. Ramsey has been in business many years and his success is not to be wondered at when it is considered that he always gives the best of attention to every call and that his prices are as low as consist- ent with good business.
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M. A. DEAKINS was born in Bu- chanan County, Missouri, January 4, 1891. He resided in St. Joseph until 1904, when he removed to South Da- kota, where he remained two years. In 1907 he returned to St. Joseph and lived here until February 12, 1910, when he went to Lincoln, Neb. March- 7, the same year he enlisted in the United States navy at Omaha, Neb.
Decatur, a torpedo boat destroyer. He remained with the Decatur a short time, visiting China in 1910, Japan in 1911. He also visited Russia, France, Germany, England, Holland, Turkey, Greece, Sidney, Australia; New South Wales, Melbourne, Australia; and re- turned to China late in 1912. He re- mained in that country nearly two years and returned to Manila, P. I., in 1914. He sailed for the United
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He was sworn in by Lieut. Duncan in the month of July and sailed on the U. S. Buffalo for an Asiatic station, arriving at Honolulu July 14. Two days later he sailed for Guam at which port he arrived July 30. The follow- ing day he sailed for Manila and the good ship anchored in Manila Bay August 6. One month from anchor age he was transferred to the U. S. S.
States, February 15, 1914, and March 17, of that year was discharged from the navy at Mare Island, Cal., having served four years and ten days. At 4.45 o'clock of the afternoon of his discharge he was on his way to St. Joseph, arriving here March 21. He has been in business in this city ever since. At the present time he is a stockholder in and secretary of the Boyer Sales Co., with offices in the German-American Bank Building.
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VINTON PIKE has been a member of the St. Joseph bar for more than forty years, and is regarded as one of the leading lawyers of the state. De- scended from an old family in New England, Vinton Pike was born in the town of Cornish, York County, Maine.
Vinton Pike as a boy attended the schools in his native locality and the Bridgetown Academy at North Bridge- ton, Maine. His uncle, Bennet Pike,
a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Pike affiliates with Lodge No. 189, A. F. & A. M .; belongs to the Country Club and is a member of the Ameri- can Society of Social and Political Science. He held the office of city counselor of St. Joseph in 1882-84, and served on the local utilities commis- sion of his city, and is a member of the State Board of Law Examiners.
A. E. UELIGGER, at Tenth and Sac-
VINTON PIKE
was a lawyer in St. Joseph, which fact brought Vinton at an age of eighteen to that place, where he took up the study of law in the office of his uncle, and in 1872 was admitted to the bar. Since that time he has been in active practice, a period of more than forty years.
In 1878 Mr. Pike married Minnie Hereford, a daughter of Dr. Richard and Amanda (Tracy) Hereford. Mrs. Pike died in 1908, leaving two sons and one daughter, Vinton Jr., Here- ford, and Katherine. Mrs. Pike was
ramento streets, has one of the best conducted places in the city where refreshments are served. Contrary to the general impression, it requires more than ordinary tact to so conduct a business of this character that it will continue to grow in favor with the trade. Mr. Ueligger seems to know just how to do it, and the fact that his business grows from month to month is proof that he has made good use of his knowledge.
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JOHN P. STRONG, publisher of the St. Joseph Daily Courier, was born in Jacksonville, Ill., April 18, 1858. He came with his parents to St. Joseph in 1864, and was educated in the schools of the city. He was grad- uated from the St. Joseph High School in 1875. The same year he was ad- mitted to Harvard College, class of '79, and attended three years. In 1882 he was graduated from the St.
organization he is now the president. Mr. Strong was married in 1895 to Miss Emma Geiger, daughter of Stephen Geiger. Mrs. Strong died in January, 1910. In 1882 Mr. Strong joined Childe Harold lodge Knights of Pythias and in 1910 the St. Joseph Lodge of Elks No. 40, of which he is still an active member.
NATHAN KAUFMAN is a native of Russia, in which country he was born December 20, 1869. He came to
JOHN P. STRONG
Louis Law, and practiced law for three years. From 1885 to 1889 he was editor of the St. Joseph Daily Herald. In 1889 he was appointed city assessor and held the office until 1895, when he was appointed city comptroller, and served two years. In July, 1901, he bought the St. Jo- seph Daily Courier, of which he is still the sole owner. In 1904 he was elected to membership on the St. Jo- seph Board of Education, of which
America when a young man, arriving in New York City December 1, 1889. He remained there for two years, but finding the big city lacking in oppor- tunities for him he came to St. Jo- seph in 1891. He opened his present place of business at 3106 St. Joseph avenue in 1909. It is a general store, one of the better kind, where all cus- tomers are treated alike. He has built up a very satisfactory business by his honesty and integrity.
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JOHN W. HOLTMAN
JOHN W. HOLTMAN, president of the common council of St. Joseph, was born in Quincy, Ill., Nov. 7, 1867. He was educated in the common schools of Quincy. In 1887 he went to Kansas City and engaged in the live stock business. He remained
there ten years and came to St. Jo- seph in 1897, continuing in the same field of endeavor, in which he has been exceptionally successful. He is manager of the Crider Brothers Live Stock Commission Company, with of- fices in the Exchange Building in South St. Joseph. Mr. Holtman was
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elected to the city council in 1910 and re-elected in 1914, and is now serving his third year as president of that body. He was married to Miss Dora W. Fleir of Quincy in 1889. They have six children, two sons and four daughters. Mr. Holtman is a 33rd de- gree Mason and a member of the Woodmen.
DR. ELMER F. KEARNEY, room 34, Commercial Building, is a native
Kearney is a Mason and an Odd Fel- low. He was married to Miss Mabel Moore of St. Louis January 16, 1908.
STAR DRY CLEANING AND DYE WORKS, 903 Frederick avenue, is one of those business concerns of which St. Joseph citizens like to boast. It is one of the firmly established and enduring institutions the like of which would be a valuable addition to the
DR. ELMER F. KEARNEY
Missourian. He was born in Holt County April 22, 1880. He first at- tended the schools of his native county and in 1902 entered Barnes Medical College of St. Louis, and graduated there in 1906. He served an internship at the Centenary Hos- pital of St. Louis and in 1907 located at New Point, Mo., where he practiced his profession until August, 1913, when he came to St. Joseph. Dr.
industries of any city. The proprie- tors, Mr. G. S. Harris and Mr. Row- land McDonald has been on the job here for twelve years and it seems that the longer they stay the better their trade likes them. They allow nothing but the best of workmanship to leave their store and perhaps to this fact more than anything else is their success due.
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DR. EMMETT F. COOK was born on a farm near Stewartsville, Mo., August 5, 1873. His early education was received from the country schools, after which he graduated from The Plattsburg College, Plattsburg, Mo. in 1888, and from William Jewell Col- lege, Liberty, Mo. in 1892. His medi- cal education was received from The American Medical College, St. Louis,
phy. Dr. Cook is a member of the Buchanan County Medical Society, the Missouri State Medical Society, and the Academy of Surgery. Dr. Cook was married to Miss Laura L. Ben- nett, of Clarksdale, Mo., April 28, 1898 with whom he now lives in their beautiful home at 2506 Lafayette street.
His offices are located in the Long Building, 710 Felix street.
DR. EMMETT F. COOK
Mo., and the St. Louis City Hospital, entering these institutions in 1893 and graduating in
1897. Immediately after graduating he located at Fraz- ier, Mo. and after four years he took a post graduate course at Chicago and then located in St. Joseph in 1901 where he practiced general medicine and surgery. Every two years since Dr. Cook took post graduate work in surgery at the Cook County Hospital and at the clinic of Dr. John B. Mur-
PENNEY & PENNEY do a whole- sale business in feed, grain and hay at 813-15-17 South Seventh street. They have been in the business for eight- teen years, and their reputation is well established for fair and honest dealing and good service. They give special attention to keeping up the quality of the merchandise they sell and their growing business shows conclusively that this policy is a cor- rect one.
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ROBERT C. BELL, Lawyer, Corby- Forsee Building, is a native Missour- ian, having been born in Cass County, November 1, 1880. In 1882 his par- ents moved to Caldwell County where he was reared on a farm. He was educated in the common schools and at Kidder Institute, Kidder, MissouM where he graduated. He taught school for three years, after which, in
HUNT BROTHERS FRUIT COM- PANY, one of the progressive firms of the city, was organized in 1904. James E Hunt is president, George W. Hunt, vice-president; and Luther H. Hunt, secretary. All members of the company were born in Brookfield, Mo., and have been successful business men from the start. James E. Hunt came to St. Joseph in 1894, George W. in 1907 and Luther H. in 1904. The
ROBERT C. BELL
September, 1905, he entered the Uni- versity of Missouri. He graduated in law June, 1908, receiving the degree of LL. B., and soon thereafter was admitted to the bar. He began practicing law in St. Joseph, Septem- ber, 1908. He married Mamie B. Col- lins November, 1911, and has two children, Robert C. Jr., and Maryann. He is now Exalted Ruler of St. Jo- seph Lodge No. 40 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
company does a general fruit and pro- duce business and, having been founded on sound business principles, has prospered and grown until it is now one of the leading concerns of the kind in the city. The company also is engaged in the apple growing and shipping business, being the larg- est operator of this kind in the Mis- souri valley. Secretary Wilson once said that the greatest benefactor is the man who makes two blades of
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grass grow where one grew before. He might have added that in the same class should be placed the man who makes two apples grow where one grew before and if he had he should have placed Hunt Brothers at the top of the honor roll, for they have proven their ability to increase the yield of apple orchards. Realizing the value of spraying to the apple growing in- dustry the company has encouraged that enterprise among other growers
leyan College of Cameron. In the fall of 1909 he entered the Ensworth Medical College, in St. Joseph and completed his course in 1913. He was intern in the hospital for one year after graduation and then began practicing in St. Joseph. He is one of the coming practitioners of the city and is enjoying a good business. Fraternally Dr. Conrad is a Mason. He was married to Miss Ruth Wait, of Rock Island, Ill., June 12, 1915.
DR. HARRY S. CONRAD
and can justly claim to be the most ardent and enthusiastic advocates of this means of destroying insects and germs.
DR. HARRY S. CONRAD, physician and surgeon, with offices in the Ballin- ger Building, was born in Maryville, Mo., June 25, 1886. He attended the schools of Maryville, and was gradu- ated from the High School there, the State Normal and the Missouri Wes-
C. W. REID'S REPAIR SHOP, at 311 South Eighth street, is where everybody goes when they need the services of an expert locksmith. He will make a key for any kind of lock in the world, but that is not all. He does a general repairing business be- sides. He is an excellent workman and his prices are never exorbitant. His many years' experience are a val- uable asset to his business.
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DR. FRANKLIN G. WEARY, whose office is at 50241/2 King Hill avenue was born in Stephanson County, Ill., March 20, 1862. He was educated in the schools of his birthplace and came to St. Joseph with his parents in 1874, locating near Bethany in Harrison County. In 1880 he entered the Bennett Medical College at Chi- cago and was graduated in 1883. He first located in Humenston, Iowa,
grocery business in St. Joseph, at Second and Isidore streets, where, on December 8, 1868, he opened a gen- eral store.
Today the business is an incorpor- ated concern, employing sixty people, and doing a wholesale as well as retail business at 701-3 Edmond street and 113-15-17-18-19-21-23-25 South Seventh streets.
The firm occupied successively loca- tions at Fourth and Charles, 213-15
DR. FRANKLIN G. WEARY
where he began his professional career. In 1887 he returned to Har- rison County and practiced in Eagle-
ville until 1899, when he came to St. Joseph. He has been ministering to the needs of the sick in South St. Jo- seph for sixteen years and has a repu- tation second to none in the city.
S. S. ALLEN
Nearly half a century has elapsed since S. S. Allen embarked in the
South Fourth and on South Sixth streets, but has been at its present place of business for twenty years. A house system of telephones is in use, and eighteen delivery wagons handle the daily retail business. Staple gro- ceries are bought in carload lots, the house maintains its own bakery for pastries and bread, runs an extensive meat market in connection and does its own coffee roasting.
The incorporation of the business
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dates from March 20, 1903, the offi- cials at this time being S. S. Allen, president and treasurer; J. Q. Mor- row, vice-president and manager, and Charles Dillon, secretary.
S. S. Allen, founder of the house, is a Kentuckian by birth, where, in Jan- uary, 1835, he was born. Missouri became his adopted home in 1841, and he has lived in St. Joseph sixty-one years. On January 1, 1861, he was united in marriage with Emmeline
He was married to Fanny Arm- strong here on September 4, 1895.
Mr. Morrow has been identified with the Allen store during the past thirty years.
CHARLES BISHOFF, proprietor of the stamp and stencil works at 408 Felix street, comes from that sturdy. German stock that has done much to assist in the development of the west- ern country. He was born in Baden,
CHARLES BISHOFF
Dillon. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are enjoy- ing a hale old age, having celebrated their golden wedding anniversary sev- eral years ago. Mr. Allen retired from active management of the great busi- ness he built up, some fifteen years ago.
J. Q. Morrow, who directs the activi- ties of the house now, has been man- ager since Mr. Allen's retirement. He was born in Bath, Ill., in 1871, and came to Missouri in 1885.
July 25, 1836. He came to America in 1857 and located in New York City where he learned the business of en- graver. He came to St. Joseph in 1865 and set up as a jewelry en- graver. He did the work for all of the jewelry houses here for twenty- five years. He started in the rubber stamp business in 1870. He was mar- ried to Miss Carrie Pather of Quincy, Ill., in 1865. Mr. Bishoff has a family of five children.
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DR. SIDNEY LAWSON, located at King Hill and Missouri avenues, is a native of Missouri and was born at DeaKlb, October 22, 1882. He was educated at the Gaylord Institute at Platte City, and the State Normal at Chillicothe. He matriculated in the Kentucky University in 1904, where he remained for two years. In 1906 he began the study of medicine in the Ensworth Medical College of St. Jo-
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FRANK DOWLING'S saloon at Eighth and Charles streets is not a new comer in the community. It has been there a long time, and if the present good service and good goods are maintained it will be there for many years to come. It is one of the places where all customers receive the same treatment, and it is believed that it is upon this one feature that the success of the business has been built.
DR. SIDNEY LAWSON
seph, and received his degree in 1908. After graduating he began the prac- tice of his profession at DeSoto, Kas., where he remained four years, when he moved to Springfield, Mo., and practiced two years. He came to St. Joseph March 1, 1915, and opened his present office. He was married to Miss Grace
Richardson of West Plains, Mo., in 1910. They have one son. Fraternally Dr. Lawson is an Odd Fellow.
F. C. Bolliger at 1834 Frederick ave- nue, is one of the best business men in St. Joseph. His horse-shoeing shop is the center for those who want the best to be had and want it promptly. He realizes that service as well as workmanship is essential to success, and he acts upon his knowledge in this respect. There are few men in this line anywhere who can claim superiority to Mr. Bolliger.
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DR. P. I. LEONARD devotes his practice exclusively to the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, practiced general medicine and sur- gery for six years in this city, and studied his specialty in Europe in 1890 and 1891. In 1906 he was elected councilman for the eighth ward, and became the president of the board of
Frederick Boulevard, and his office is at 710 Felix street.
T. I. BOGGS, proprietor of the St. Joseph Fence Company at 1021 Mitch- ell avenue, is one of the substantial business men of the southern part of the city. He has been making fences for a number of years and knows all the details of the business thoroughly. His reputation for integrity and hon-
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health for 1906-7-8. Dr. Leonard was married in 1897 to Miss Annie L. Good and they have an only son, P. I. Jr., who is now thirteen years old. The doctor is a member of the Buchanan County, State and the American Medical Association. He was presi- dent of the Buchanan County Medical Society in 1905. He taught ophthal- mology and oto-laryngology at the Ensworth Medical College for twenty years. Dr. Leonard lives at 3006
est dealing is unsurpassed in St. Jo- seph, and every piece of fencing turned out of his factory is the best that skill can make.
GEHR'S SHEET METAL WORKS has been at 1019 South Tenth street for a number of years. The business is well established and is conducted along modern lines. Good workman- ship is the motto of this concern and
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the prices are always made reason- able. A specialty is made of furnace installation, tin and galvanized iron work. No mistake has ever been made in patronizing the Gehr Sheet Metal Works. Mr. G. H. Gehrs is the manager.
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN, attorney at law, 123 Donnell Court was born in Oakland, Ill., June 25, 1876. While quite young he moved to Sullivan, Ill.,
member of the committee which re- vised the Missouri Statutes. In 1911 he was appointed assistant prosecut- ing attorney, and served four years. He was married to Miss Marie Eden of Sullivan, Ill., and they have three children, all boys.
E. GIBSON is one of the prosperous and enterprising business men of Frederick avenue. He prospers be- cause he invariably gives his patrons
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