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WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
where his eaucation was begun. After graduating from the Sullivan High School he entered the University of Illinois, at Urbana, in 1896. He took two years in the collegiate course and then entered the law department. He received his degree June 1, 1901. He was admitted to the Buchanan County bar by Judge A. M. Woodson the same year. He was elected to the lower house of the legislature in 1906 and again in 1908. He was a
their money's worth. His place at 1529 Frederick avenue is headquarters for the best wines and liquors and the choicest cigars and smoker's sup- plies.
GEORGE W. WALKER of 609 North Third street, is a native of Kentucky, in which state he was born January 20, 1854. He came to St. Joseph at the age of three years and has lived
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here ever since. He has for many years been connected with the St Joseph Railway, Light, Heat & Power Company. Mr. Walker was married to Miss Nellie A. Barnett, December 6, 1904.
DR. F. G. BEARD was born in Cowley County Kansas Dec. 11, 1889; moved to Oklahoma when he was sıx years old, where he spent the most
of his time on a cattle ranch owned burden of his responsibilities far be- yond the expectations of his most ardent admirers. It has been said of him by the mayor and city council that he is the most efficient city phy- sician that St. Joseph ever had. On May 1, 1915, his salary was increased one third. Dr. Beard is high in his praise of all the city officials for he says it is to them and his wife that he owes the success he has enjoyed.
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by his stepfather; he was married to Miss Frances McKee of Sheridan, Mo., May 27, 1911. Graduated from the medical department of the Valpraiso University at Chicago, Ill., in May, 1914; was appointed City Physician, Police Surgeon and Health Officer of St. Joseph, July, 1914, although he is the youngest physician ever appoint- ed to such office he has borne the
WILLIAMS & TYMON, watchmak- ers and jewelers, at 508 Edmond street, have been established in St. Joseph for about a quarter of a cen- tury. They have a trade that has been cemented to them by their effi- cient workmanship, square dealing and good service. In addition to ex- pert watch and jewelry repairing, a well-selected stock of down-to-date jewelry is carried at all times.
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DR. CHARLES G. GEIGER was born in Champaign County, Illinois, in 1865; he went to Kansas in 1869, where he grew up on a farm and at- tended the common schools. In 1886 he came to St. Joseph and graduated from the St. Joseph Medical College, took an honorary degree at the Ens- worth and then graduated with high honors from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and subse-
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FRED WHITTEN, 1720 Messanie street, prides himself that he has one of the best bars in the city, barring none. He knows his business well and uses his knowledge intelligently, with the result that his friends get the best, and it costs no more. He keeps his goods in first-class condition -an important feature in this line of business. Naturally his business is growing steadily.
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quently attended lectures in Vienna. Dr. Geiger held important chairs in the Ensworth College, and has mem- berships in several medical societies. About a year ago he began the manu- facture of surgical instruments of his own invention. This venture has been remarkably successful. His in- struments are used by some of the greatest surgeons in the United States. He was married to Miss Ethel Elizabeth Welty of St. Joseph April 5, 1910.
L. ANDERSON, ladies' tailor, at 713 Francis street, has a well-established reputation for honest goods and fair treatment. One of the cardinal prin- ciples upon which this business has been built is that every piece of work that leaves the place must be entirely satisfactory to the customer. In addi- tion to tailoring, a general dress mak- ing business is conducted by the en- terprising proprietor.
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CHARLES R. BERRY, assistant vice-president of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company, was born in Collins County, Texas, and came to St. Joseph in 1869. He attended the schools of the city and began his railroad career in 1879, with the Kan- sas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs road. His first position was that of telegraph operator. In 1881 he was operator for the St. Joseph & Des
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THE WESTERN PRINTING COM- PANY at 401 Francis street is one of those long-established concerns that bids for the patronage of the public on quality of product and fair dealing. George Maxfield, the proprietor, has been known to the trade in St. Joseph for thirty years. He was with Lon Hardman for a time, and went into business for himself twelve years ago. Few men anywhere enjoy a better rep-
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Moines, a narrow gauge line, with which he remained until 1883. He then went with the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, in the traffic depart- ment. He was with that road until January 1, 1888, when he changed to the Chicago Great Western, taking the position of general agent. He was later assistant general freight agent and a few years ago was made assist- ant vice-president.
utation for honest dealing and few have the confidence of those who know them to a greater degree than George Maxfield.
THE CHAPMAN PRINTING COM- PANY, 411 Francis street, is one of the pronounced successes of the city. It has stood the test of many years and seems to grow better as time passes. The company makes a specialty of
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best quality office stationery and sup- plies. In addition, a general printing business is conducted along modern, up-to-date lines, and the Chapman quality is known to discriminating pa- trons beyond the confines of the city of St. Joseph. L. C. Chapman has been in business here for twenty-three years, and has a thorough knowledge of the needs and requirements of his customers. F. E. Wise, the junior
born. He came to St. Joseph Decem- ber 20, 1889, and at once engaged in the piano business, giving his atten- tion both to the wholesale and retail branches of the business. He has continued in this field of activity to .the present time. At the primary election last year he was a candidate for the office of county clerk. Mr. Martin is one of those progressive citizens of which no city has too many.
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member, has been connected with the company for four years, and is one of the most enterprising men engaged in the printing business in St. Joseph.
RUFUS H. MARTIN, music dealer, is a native of Caldwell County, North Carolina, where he was born August 31, 1863. His education was from the schools of the county in which he was
THE ELITE RESTAURANT, 103 Francis street, has been newly fur- nished throughout, and its appearance greatly helped thereby. It is one of ? the reliable places in the city because the proprietor, G. L. Burroughs, in- sists that none but the best service will do for his customers. He serves meals at all hours and gives every patron his money's worth.
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JOSEPH I. McDONALD, lawyer, 903 Corby-Forsee Building, was born in Concordia, Kan., Jan. 27, 1890. He came to St. Joseph with his parents at the age of 5 years and was edu- cated in the Catholic schools of the city. He graduated from the Broth- ers College in 1905. He then attended St. Marys College, St. Marys, Kan., where he completed the academic course. Then he entered the law de- partment of the St. Louis University,
THE PARISIAN DRY CLEANING COMPANY at Fourth and Francis streets, is a leader in dry cleaning; in fact, it is the only concern of the kind in the city. Its product has a distinction that cannot be attained by imitators, and for this reason it en- joys the patronage of the people who will be satisfied with nothing short of the best. This company has been in business for a good many years
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graduating in 1911. After practicing a year in St. Louis he returned to St. Joseph in 1912. He was appointed police commissioner April 28, 1914, to fill the unexpired term of E. L. Hart, resigned. He was again ap- pointed April 28, 1915, for a term of three years. He is a member of the Elks and Knights of Columbus. His father is W. P. McDonald, vice-presi- dent of the Noyes-Norman Shoe Com- pany.
and seems to grow in favor with its customers as time passes.
THE INDEPENDENT FRUIT AND PRODUCE COMPANY, 204 Edmond street, is one of those reliable, de- pendable concerns which appeals to the buyer because of the uniform courtesy with which all customers are served. The management is careful that everything that leaves the house
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is first class and that it is carefully handled. This accounts for the excep- tional business success of the Inde- pendent.
DR. CHARLES C. DUTTON, den- tist, at 412 Felix street, was born in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, November 22, 1872. He attended the schools of his native city and in 1896 entered the Iowa Wesleyan of Mt. Pleasant, where
as professional ability and is rated as one of St. Joseph's most substantial citizens. He was married in the fall of 1899 to Miss Blanche M. Payne, a daughter of the Hon. C. W. Payne. To them has been born one child, Margaret, age six years. Mrs. Dutton died December 13, 1914.
FOGARTY, KNEIB & CO., 1404 South Twelfth street, have a well es-
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he studied three years. In 1893 he went to the Iowa State University at Iowa City and took a two-year course in dentistry. He completed his edu- cation in his profession at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery in 1896. Dr. Dutton practiced in Chicago until 1899 and in the autumn of that year came to St. Joseph. He has been practicing here continuously since that time. Dr. Dutton has demon- strated that he has business as well
tablished business in feed and fuel. It has been brought to its present high state of development by the sterling business principles that have been strictly applied from the outset. There is no article in their line that cannot be supplied on short notice, and at prices that are always pleas- ing. The service, too, is worthy the consideration of purchasers.
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DR. LEROY BECK, at 301-302 Lin- coln Building, was born in Waverly, Iowa, Nov. 16, 1873. He was edu- cated in his native city. In 1891 he entered Highland Park College of Des Moines, Iowa, and was graduated therefrom in 1894. In 1903 he came to St. Joseph and entered the Ens- worth Medical College, from which institution he received a diploma in 1907. After graduation he took the
Beck is a Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Woodman.
THE CRYSTAL BAR AND CAFE, M. G. Curry and Son, proprietors, cor- ner of Fourth and Edmond streets, has proven its popularity through many years of successful manage- ment. It is one of the places in the city where a man feels at home, and to which he likes to return. The
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chair of anatomy, which he held un- til the Ensworth College went out of business. He began the practice of medicine in St. Joseph in 1907. He was appointed surgeon for the Swift Packing plant, which position he now holds, a short time later, and in 1913, was appointed surgeon for the St. Jo- seph Stock Yards Company. He was married to Miss Minnie Kathka, of St. Joseph August 31, 1907. They have one child, a son. Fraternally Dr.
management claims to provide the best popular-priced lunch in the city. A specialty is made of fish dinners, for which the place has attained quite a reputation.
MILLER & BERKLEY, dry clean- ers and costumers, 314 Francis street, have always stood out as the expo- nents of honest dealing and good val- ues for the customer's money. It is
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this policy that has built up their business until now they have one of the best institutions of the kind in the city. They know what their patrons need and are always ready to supply it. They also do pressing and repair- ing and assure every customer of en- tire satisfaction.
GEORGE W. WINNEMORE, pro- prietor of the bakery at 817 Francis street, was born in Ottawa, Ill., March
erly be classed among the successful business men of St. Joseph and his success is due solely to his own ef- forts. He was married to Miss Kate Redmond, of Muscatine, Iowa, Octo- ber. 27, 1885. They have one daugh- ter, Anna, living and a son dead. Mr. Winnemore's fraternal membership is with the Knights of Pythias.
MARSHALL & DUNN, grocers, at
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20, 1858. When he was three years old his parents moved to Muscatine, in which city he was educated, and where he also learned the trade of baker. He came to St. Joseph in Feb- ruary, 1889, and worked as a carpen- ter for Hugh H. King for nine years. In 1898 he started his present busi- ness, which has proven a pronounced success. Mr. Winnemore may prop-
the corner of Ninth street and Fred- erick avenue, may very properly claim to be "old timers" in the grocery busi- ness. They have been established many years and their record is one of which any firm might boast. They have given their customers good val- ues and unexcelled service and that is why their business has increased steadily year after year.
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FRED A. H. GARLICHS was born October 1, 1866, in St. Joseph, Mo. He received his education in the grammar schools, high school, the Christian Brothers College and Ritner's Com- mercial College of this city.
In 1881 he went to Chicago, enter- ng the John A. Tolman Wholesale Grocer Co., where he worked three years in the credit department, from
seph, with the idea of starting a building and loan association. The Midland Building Association, organ- ized April 1, 1890, was the result of this effort.
Taking up fire insurance as an ad- junct to the building and loan associa- tion, he soon built up one of the larg- est fire insurance businesses in the city of St. Joseph, and has represented forty companies since that time.
Mr. Garlichs acquired by purchase
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ere going into the Union Trust Com- ny Bank, corner Dearborn and adison streets, where he remained ve years, filling various positions, om clearings clerk to general book- eper.
While working at the bank he stud- ·d auditing and checking of commer- al accounts, being auditor of three cal building and loan associations in hicago, doing the work at night.
In 1889 he left Chicago for St. Jo-
the agencies of Clagget & Fowler, Wienman & Christ, C. J. Wisser, Jag. Hull & Co., R. R. Calkins, and Clark & Harmon.
In 1893 Mr. Garlichs took charge of the safe deposit vault, also took the management of the Safe Deposit Building, and the Commercial Block. This removed the office from the First National Bank to Sixth and Ed- mond streets, where it has remained ever since.
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EDWIN MASON SWARTZ
EDWIN MASON SWARTZ was born at Greenville, Ohio, April 1, 1865.
His parents' names were Mahlon T.
Swartz and Sarah Hoofnagle. His mother was born in Westmoreland
County, Virginia, in the Lee neighbor hood, near the birthplace of Washing ton.
His paternal grandmother was Zeller, related to the great philos(
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pher and preacher, Prof. Eduard Zel- ler, of Wurtemburg, Germany. He is related through his mother with the Mason family of Virginia.
Mr. Swartz read law at Kansas City and has practiced at Kansas City, Chillicothe, St. Louis and St. Joseph, Mo.
He is a friend of the laborer and a tribune of the people. He has always fought on the side of the people
13, 1871. He came to Buchanan County with his parents when but two years old. They located on the Ash- land Road, near the county line. He was educated in the schools of Bu- chanan County. He is the son of J. C. Bigham, a retired farmer. He came to St. Joseph in 1898 and worked for the Standard Oil Company five years. He engaged in his present business in 1903. He was married to Miss Maude McIntyre of St. Joseph.
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against corporate influences on all public questions.
Mr. Swartz is a leading Democrat and politician and is considered one of the able lawyers of St. Joseph.
Mr. Swartz has one son, Edwin M. Swartz. Jr., born October 28, 1902, at 2848 Lafayette avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
BIRD B. BIGHAM, real estate dealer at 116 North Eighth street, was CO
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JOHN F. NICHOLAS is a native of the state of Illinois. He dates his induction into the world back to No- vember 17, 1873. He was educated in the schools of his native state and came to Missouri in 1898. He first stopped in Lathrop, where he began learning the drug business in the store of N. E. Owen. He removed to Cameron in 1906, where he engaged in the drug business. He prospered
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there and became one of the leading citizens of the town. But in 1913 he had what he considered a good chance to dispose of his holdings, and he took advantage of the opportunity. Later he came to St. Joseph. Mr. Nicholas is a registered pharmacist, and stands high in his profession. His place of business is at 301 Middleton street, and is one of the most pre- sentable stores in the city. The build- ing is invariably neat and tidy, and
in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Mo., Sept. 3, 1885. At the age of 9 he went with his parents to Independence, Kan., where he was educated. In 1904 he entered the Western Dental Col- lege at Kansas City, Mo., and was graduated from this school in 1907. Dr. Hutchason opened an office for the practice of his profession in St. Joseph in 1911, and has been success- ful almost from the start. He is a Mason and an Elk.
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the stock is fresh and clean. In addi- tion to a nice line of drugs, he car- ries the usual complement of toilet articles and sundries to be found in a first-class drug store. He was mar- ried in Lathrop, Feb. 18, 1898, to Miss Ethel J. Parshall. Mr. and Mrs. Nich- olas have an interesting family of four children, three boys and one girl.
DR. CLARENCE E. HUTCHASON, dentist, 7101/2 Felix street, was born
WILLIAM LEE MARKS, druggist, 2610 St. Joseph avenue, was born near Canton, Mo., in 1858, the son of John W. and Elizabeth (Blackburn) Marks. His father was a carpenter and farm- er. Our subject studied under Dr. Marchand near Monticello, Mo., and first established himself in business at Avillo, Kan., in 1886, where his stock was destroyed by a cyclone. In 1891 he located in St. Joseph, and by
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close and successful business methods has built up a patronage of which many of the older druggists would be proud. In 1886 he was married to Miss Ella Owens, born at Maysville, Ky. They have four daughters living, Maggie, Mary, Josie and Ruby. A son died. Mr. Marks is a Democrat, a Bap- tist and belongs to the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen.
RALPH ELMER SQUIRES, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., is a na- tive of Wisconsin, in which state he
endowment for the same of $45,000. He came to St. Joseph in April, 1912 to open the new St. Joseph building and to organize the new work here. He was married to Miss Alice Howe of Brooklyn, Minn., in 1902. They have two children, a son and a daugh- ter. Fraternally Mr. Squires is a Mason and his church affiliation is with the Baptist denomination.
JAMES W. LEHR, contractor and builder, is a native of Indiana, where he was born Dec. 2 21, 1855. His
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was born September 8, 1876. He was educated in the school of St. Paul and was graduated from the University of Minnesota with the class of 1902. In the fall of that year he began his Y M. C. A. work as an assistant secre- tary. From Minneapolis he was trans- ferred to Winona where he was gen- eral secretary and where he was in- strumental in inaugurating a move- ment that resulted in the erection of a $65,000 building and in securing an
father, Samuel, was a contractor, and after attending school our subject learned the carpenter's trade. He came west in 1880 and located at Bethany, Mo., where he remained till 1886, when he came to St. Joseph. He has done a great deal of work here and has a first-class reputation in his line. He was married March 1, 1880, in McPherson, Kan., to Miss Helen L. Sharp, who has borne him two child- ren, a boy and a girl.
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DR. WILLIAM J. HUNT, rooms 1212-1215 Corby-Forsee Building, is a Missourian. He was born in St. Jo- seph January 19, 1891. He was first educated in the schools of the city and then entered the Ensworth Medi- cal College in 1908. He received his diploma in 1912, at the age of 21 years. He first opened an office in St. Joseph for the practice of his profession and in 1913 was appointed
AGNES C. GLEITZ is a native of Germany, in which country she was born December 14, 1854. She was edu- cated in her native country In 1868 she came to America, locating in Evansville, Ind., where she was mar- ried to Louis Engel in 1869, where two children were born, Louis and Emma. In company with her husband she returned to Germany in 1972 and remained there for seven years. Two
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assistant pathologist at State Hospi- tal for Insane No. 2. He remained there one year and returned to the city and established an office in the Logan Building. In January, 1915, he was appointed county physician, which position he still holds. He was married to Miss Marguerite Bryan of St. Joseph, September 15, 1914. Dr. Hunt is an Elk and also holds mem- bership in the state and county medi- cal associations as well as the Amer- ican Medical Association.
boys were born in Germany. Otto and Hugo. In 1879 they returned to America and located in Leavenworth, Kans. The family came to St Josepli in 1880. Mr. Engel died in chis city in 1883. In 1886 the subject of this sketch was married to H. F. Gleitz. She took charge of the Occidental Hotel at Main and Jule streets the same year, which hostelry she con- ducted for ten years. She then took charge of the Greentree Hotel, and remained there until 1907, when she
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became the proprietor of the Windsor Hotel at Eighth and Olive streets. She is still in active charge there and has built up a very satisfactory business. Six children were born of her first marriage-five sons, Louis, Hugo, Otto, Phillip and John, and one daugh- ter, Emma, who was married to Fred Mast, son of Christ Mass. To the second marriage were born two chil- dren, Elmer and Antoinette, the latter being now an actress. Mrs. Gleitz
he has been practicing medicine and surgery in this city. He is a mem- ber of the Buchanan County State and American Medical Association; also of the Academy of Surgery of St. Joseph, Mo.
DAVID H. HATFIELD, former con- stable of Washington Township, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1847. He attended school in Ohio, and Sept. 3, 1861, enlisted in the 31st Ohio
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speaks four languages-German, Eng- lish, French and Flemish.
DR. J. S. FORSEN was born in Clinton County, May 15, 1885 and re- ceived his early education at the Gower high school and the Kansas City central. He entered Ensworth Medical College in 1906 and graduated in 1910. He was an entern at the St. Joseph Hospital for 2 years and since
Infantry, serving until July 20, 1865. He was in twenty-one general engage- ments, among them the battle of Chickamauga. He came to St. Joseph March 17, 1872, and was in the livery and horse dealing business until 1890. He then acted as special police till 1897. In the fall of 1898 he was elect- ed constable on the Republican ticket. He was married to Miss Susan Epper- son Oct. 3, 1873, and they have three children, two sons and a daughter.
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FRANK W. STOUT, druggist, at 1308 South Sixth street, is an Iowan. He was born in Corydon, July 12, 1870. At the age of five years he moved with his parents to Putnam County, Mo., where he received a common school education. In 1883 he went to Chicago, where he remained two years. In 1887 he entered the drug store of E. M. Morrison, at Unionville.
MARAN S. HORN, transfer man, claims Missouri as the state of his nativity. He was born in Jackson County, March 4, 1864. He came to St. Joseph in 1904 and engaged in then transfer business. He is one of the substantial business men of the city! and his success has been due to his determination to give his patrons at all times the best of service at reas. onable rates.
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Mo., where he learned the business. In 1891 he went to Muskogee, Okla., where he remained a year and then located in Sikeston, Mo. for a year. He came to St. Joseph in 1893 and es- tablished the business he is now con- ducting. He was married to Miss Mary Hildebrandt of St. Joseph in 1895. Two children, a son and a daughter, have been born to them. Fraternally Mr. Stout is a Mason and an Elk.
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