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Automobile Club and the Tippecanoe Club. His residence is located at No. 414 Pearl Street. Cleveland, Ohio.
Joseph D. Kueny,
The city of Cincinnati is justly celebrated by reason of the magnificent cafes within its environs. It is questionable if in any other city in the United States, of the size of the Queen City, can be found similar places as sumptu- ously furnished, as artistic in design and as expensive in erection, as the palatial resorts located here. Among them all, the one which every stranger who visits the city should make it a point to visit, is the Majestic Cafe, owned, designed and directed by Mr. Joseph D. Kueny. Mr. Kueny has had a lifelong experience as a caterer, and is an authority on all matters per- taining to the epicurean art. For many years he was the chef of the celebrated Stag Hotel, JOSEPH D. KUENY and, in the spring of 1900, took charge, in con- nection with Mr. Baylis, of the club-house in the magnificent Cincinnati Zoological Gardens, which soon became famous on account of its excellent cuisine. After the death of Mr. Baylis, Mr. Kueny became sole proprietor, and he directed the affairs of that club-house until he opened the magnificent Majestic, situated in the very heart of the city, at No. 524 Vine Street. The opening of this place marked an epoch in the restaurant and cafe business of Cincin- nati. From the opening day, the Majestic has had a remarkable success. Its dining-rooms are finished in the most expensive style, and the appointments are complete in every detail. Mr. Kueny is a son of Alsace-Loraine, where he received his early education. Later, removing to the metropolis of France, he was instructed in his art by the world-renowned chefs of that famous city of epicures. Mr. Kueny is extremely popular, and is well known in fraternal and social organizations.
Leonard J. Sweet,
Of Elyria, Ohio, conductor of Sweet's Orchestra, is a musician well known in the Western Reserve of Ohio. He is a native of Ohio, born, bred and educated in the Buckeye State. When a boy, Mr.' Sweet developed a talent for music, which influenced his parents to give their son the advantages of a good musical education. He therefore was instructed
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by the best teachers obtainable. After finishing his studies, Mr. Sweet became engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, playing and teaching. He is now the conductor of Sweet's Orchestra, a musical organization which is well liked and in great demand in Lorain County. Mr. Sweet is also the owner of two extensive music stores, located in Elyria and Oberlin, Ohio. He is a musician of high attainments, a splendid conductor, and, personally, a man of affable manners and good common sense. He is the composer of a number of marches, etc. Mr. Sweet is married, and lives with his family in Elyria, Ohio.
William Clyde McCracken,
Chief Engineer and Superintendent of Buildings at the Ohio State University, at Columbus, Ohio, was born on the 18th of March, 1863, near Lodi, Medina County, Ohio. He is the son of William McCracken, a farmer and a native of Pennsylvania, and Rebecca Reed McCracken, a native of Ohio. The McCrackens came originally from the north of Ireland, near Belfast. William McCracken, his father, enlisted in the Union army at the breaking out of the Civil War, and was regi- mental teamster of Company D, One Hundred and Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He died at Youngspoint, Louisiana, in 1863. Mr. William C. McCracken was raised and edu- cated at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Xenia, Ohio, and at the age of seventeen years he started out in the world to make his own living. He filled the position of fireman and assistant engineer at the insti- tution in which he was educated. Upon leav- WILLIAM CLYDE MCCRACKEN ing the institution permanently, he worked as fireman on the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad and later in the tank service of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad. For many years he has occupied the responsible position of Chief Engineer and Superintendent of Buildings at the Ohio State University, and has charge of the department of heat, power and light, as well as superintendent of the janitor and night watchmen service. In politics, Mr. McCracken is a Republican. On the 8th of October, 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Street. One daughter, Martha McCracken, is the issue of their union. Mr. McCracken is a member and President of the Board of Trustees of the North Congrega- tional Church of Columbus, Ohio. He is a member of the Engineers' Club, of Columbus, the National Association of Stationary Engineers, and the Ohio Society of Mechanical, Electrical and Steam Engineers.
Joseph E. McCarter,
Formerly the Chief Executive of the city of Middletown, Ohio, was born on the 26th of August, 1873, in Maryland. His father was a well-known manufacturer of paper, and was identified in the paper interests of his State. Mr. McCarter received his early education in the public schools of Maryland and, when seventeen years of age he moved from that State,
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together with his father, came to Middletown and accepted a position with the Tytus- Gardner Paper Manufacturing Company, where he remained for a number of years. For many years Mr. McCarter has been interested in the political affairs of the community in which he resides, and has served the people in different capacities. For one term he was a member of the City Council of Middletown, where he made an enviable record for probity, executive ability and aggressiveness. Recognizing the worth of Mr. McCarter, his name was presented to the people for the highest municipal honor in their gift, and he was elected Mayor of the city in 1901. He served one term with distinction, at the expiration of which he retired from office. Socially, Mr. McCarter is a Mason and a Forester. He resides at Middletown, Ohio.
Charles H. Thompson,
Supervisor of Music in the public schools of Toledo, Ohio, and choirmaster in the cele- brated Trinity Church of that city, is an Englishman by birth, having been born in the city of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1848. His education was received in the St. Peter's and Leeds grammar schools, where he was under the tutelage of Dr. Barry, celebrated in after years as the Lord Bishop of Capetown. In his early youth he displayed an unusual talent for music and was solo chorister at the Leeds Parish Church, where he attracted the atten- tion of the music-loving people of his home city. His first musical training was obtained under R. S. Burton and Rev. Dr. Dykes, afterwards studying under Mme. Sarah Dobson and Lady Lennox. In the fall of 1872, Mr. Thompson came to the United States, where he was married two years later to Miss Emma Wilson, daughter of George Wilson, a resident of Toledo. At this time Mr. Thompson was choirmaster of St. Paul's Church in Detroit. Acting under the advice of the late Theodore Thomas, he removed from that city, settling in Boston, and in that musical center he prepared himself for the operatic stage. There his career as an opera singer commenced, and for one year he was the leading tenor in the Boston Opera Company. In 1877 he removed to New York City, accepting the position of tenor soloist in the Church of the Ascension, a magnificent edifice on Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street. In the fall of the following year Mr. Thompson was engaged as tenor for the choir of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, New York, resigning from that position in 1886, when he became one of the leading tenors in the American National Opera Company, under the direction of Theodore Thomas. Associated with him in that well-known organization of musical artists were Mme. Fursch-Madi, Emma Yuch, Max Heinrich, Myron Whitney, and others of equal fame. Mr. Thompson sang parts in Antonin Dvorak's "Spectre Bride" and "Stabat Mater," appearing in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York City; also in "Mors et Vita" and "Redemption" of Gounod, in Phil- adelphia, Montreal and Toronto. For many years he took part in the Eastern Festival Circuit, and became famous as an oratorio tenor, singing under Thomas, Zerrahn and Dr. Leopold Damrosch. On the 26th of December, 1883, he made his debut in the New York Academy of Music with the New York Oratorio Society, under Dr. Damrosch, in Handl's "Messiah," in company with Mme. Trebelli and Max Heinrich. From 1888 to 1892 Mr. Thompson was choirmaster of St. John's P. E. Church in Brooklyn, New York. During the years 1892 and 1893 he was solo tenor in Trinity Chapel, New York City. From the latter date up to the Ist of January, 1897, he was choirmaster of St. Michael and All Angels Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Then being called to Toledo, he accepted the position as choirmaster in Trinity Church. On the 13th of June, 1898, he was appointed Superin- tendent of Music in the public schools of the same city, a position which he has most ably filled, and in which his long training and experience were of incalculable value. Besides
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occupying this position, lie also is engaged in teaching, and in that field of work has gained a splendid reputation for efficiency. He has followed the profession of teaching since 1886, and under his able direction the most splendid results have followed. During the time of his stay in the city of Toledo he has taken an active part in all the musical affairs of his com- munity. His residence and studios are located at No. 1914 East Norwood Street, Toledo, Ohio.
Otto Luedeking,
The leading haberdasher of Cincinnati, a man of most original ideas and one who has made his name synonymous for all that is fashionable and up-to-date in gentlemen's furnishings in this part of Ohio, is a native of Germany, being born in Detmold, in the year of 1864, the son of Friedrich Luedeking, a teacher. When but fourteen years of age, Mr. Luedeking emigrated to America, settling in the city of Cincinnati, where he finally drifted into the business in which he has made a marked success. He first opened a small place on Vine Street, which he kept for a number of years, daily increasing his business until he was compelled to open other stores. His places of business, located at 1207 Vine Street, corner of Sixth and Vine Streets, and 507 Vine Street, Cincinnati, are all splendid examples of the haberdasher's art. In his stores can be found the finest products of the OTTO LUEDEKING great furnishing houses of this country and Europe, and by reason of the comparatively small cost for which they are sold, Mr. Lued- eking does a thriving and very lucrative business. There is no novelty placed upon the markets of the great metropolises of this country and the Old World that does not find a ready and almost immediate display in the beautiful windows of that gentleman's different stores. His shops are now considered to be among the sights of Cincinnati. Mr. Luedeking is a large manufacturer of custom-made shirts and neckwear of all descriptions. Personally, Mr. Luedeking is a man of affable manners, and well liked in the community in which he lives. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the North Cincinnati Turnverein.
Anthony Pinger,
Deceased, of Columbus, Ohio, was a man who well deserved to be classed among the progressive people of the State of Ohio. He was born in 1816 in Germany, and died in 1881 in Columbus, Ohio, the city of his adoption, where he had lived for many years and built up a substantial and lucrative business. Mr. Pinger was a carefully educated man, having received a classical as well as thorough musical training in his native land. It was his intention to devote his life to the musical profession, but his early marriage to Miss Sarah Botten'erg, the daughter of a minister, changed his plans for the future materially. Through his wife he came into the possession of a farm, which he cultivated for some
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time. In 1860 he gave up farm life, and after a year's travel through the United States he entered into business in the city of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Pinger was a man of the most pronounced religious views, gentle in nature, honest in his dealings, and kind to every one he met in his pursuits. He not only talked Christianity, but also proved his sincerity by his acts. But his religion was not the Christianity of creeds, and in this he was far in advance of so many others, for Catholics as well as Protestants benefited by his philanthropy and gen- erosity. He never refused to aid any worthy cause, and he very often was instrumental in helping to establish edifices. He retired from his business in 1880, one year previous to his death. It was in his daily life and contact with his employees that the most good resulted through him. Drunkards were uplifted to reform, widows encouraged to greater efforts and orphans found a ready shelter in his simple home, which abounded in comforts, but lacked every pretense to luxury, in spite of his con- siderable wealth. His last years were spent with his family, and he found great pleasure in the literature, art and music of his times and in the sweet anticipation of the New Jerusalem whither he was journeying. The following verses which he wrote are characteristic of the man : "Have faith in God through all thy days, Sincere devotion pay to him ; Humble thyself His works to praise, This unto thee sweet peace will bring. With few things feel content and blessed, Deal righteously and let thy speech be true, Thus shalt thou find eternal rest, ANTHONY PINGER
And all thy world with joy imbue."
Mr. Pinger proved by his exemplary business career that it is not only right, but prof- itable also to walk in the footsteps of the lowly Nazarene, Who was ever his ideal. Being reviled, he reviled not again ; being robbed, he gave gifts and kindly treatment to his despoil- ers. When scorned he replied in a friendly and forgiving manner. While a member of the Board of Education of Columbus, Mr. Pinger advocated clemency toward a teacher, who, though successful, was under ban for extreme cruelty to pupils. The Board sent Mr. Pinger to admonish said teacher, and when with humble mien, he told her how each morning he prayed at the family altar for God to protect his little ones, the cruel teacher was made gentle, wept, and afterwards became one of the kindest and best educators in Columbus. Mr. Pinger's three mottoes were: "Serve God," "Guard your health," and "Attend to your own affairs." Mr. Pinger was an ideal citizen, a loving father, a true friend, and always ready to serve his fellow citizens in any capacity he was called upon. His death caused pronounced sorrow in all the classes of the Capital City's population.
C. S. Muscroft, M. D.,
A well-known physician and surgeon of Cincinnati, Ohio, was born on the 17th of August, 1852, in that city. He is the son of Dr. C. S. Muscroft, Sr., a native of England,
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and Harriet M., nee Palmer, a native of Indiana. His father came to America when about eight years of age, and was reared and educated in Cincinnati. He studied medicine at the Miami Medical College, but at the outbreak of the Civil War he left that institution and went to the front with the famous Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as regimental sur- geon, serving under General Thomas. Upon his return from the war he practiced in Cincin- nati with much success until his death. His son, C. S. Muscroft, followed in the footsteps of his father, and entered the Miami Medical College, from which institution he graduated in 1875 and immediately began the practice of his profession. In 1878 he was appointed quarantine physician and served as such during the prevalence of yellow fever in 1878 and 1879. In 1880 he was appointed Police Surgeon of Cincinnati, and in 1882 was elected Coroner for the city of Cincinnati on the Democratic ticket. He has served as a member of the staff of St. Mary's Hospital for fifteen years, and was surgeon for the C. & O., Big Four and Cincinnati Street Railway Company. He is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine and the Ohio State Medical Society and the B. P. O. E. He was married on the 2d of March, 1882, to Stella Collins, by whom he is the father of three children, two sons and one daughter.
Andrew Rogers James,
Architect in the office of the Chief Engineer of the new Waterworks of Cincinnati, Ohio, was born on the 3d of December, 1862, in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. His father, Dr. Charles H. James, was a well-known dentist of that city. Mr. James was educated in the schools of his native city, and upon his com- pletion of studies in the public schools at the age of nineteen entered the architectural office of S. E. DesJardins, where he remained for a period of three years. From there he became connected with the office of Samuel Hannaford for one year, and for two years with William Martin Akin. After leaving this office, he established his own business, in which he was successfully engaged until the position which he now fills was offered to him in 1901. Mr. James during his career as an architect has built many municipal structures, among them being school-houses and fire-engine houses, as ANDREW ROGERS JAMES well as private residences, and many buildings on the old fair grounds at Carthage, Ohio. He is married since 1886, and is the father of a son and a daughter. Socially, Mr. James is a member of the Masonic fraternity and K. of P. He resides on Park Avenue, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio.
W. L. Russell,
Of Lima, Ohio, is a man who by his initiative has become a leading factor in the oil fields of Ohio. He is a successful oil operator, and is President of the National Consoli- dated Oil Company, and also is the head of the United States Petroleum Company, at Lima.
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Mr. Russell came to Lima a number of years ago, and almost immediately became a lead- ing figure in the commercial life of that thriving city. He is identified with a large number of important business enterprises, and is looked upon in the commercial world as a most progressive and able man of affairs. In politics he is a supporter of Republican prin- ciples, and has taken an active part in the political life of his community. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention held in 1904 in Chicago, which nominated Theodore Roosevelt as the standard bearer of his party. Mr. Russell is a public spirited man. He is married, and lives with his family in a splendid mansion, No. 649 West Market Street, Lima. His offices are located in the Opera House Block, that city.
Thomas P. Egan,
President of the J. A. Fay & Egan Co., celebrated manufacturers of wood-working machinery, was born in Ireland in 1847. When quite young his parents emigrated to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario. He graduated at the High School there, and having a decided preference for mechanics, determined to enter a field suited to his inclinations. He selected Cincinnati, Ohio, as a point likely to afford him good opportunities, and entered the employ of the wood-working machinery firm of Step- toe, McFarlan & Co., where he learned the practical part of that business. His talents were quickly recognized, and he was taken into the office of the firm, and afterward trav- eled for them on the road. In 1874 he started in the business for himself, and with two partners began manufacturing wood-working machinery on a small scale. The business. through continued improvements in design and mechanical advantages made by Mr. Egan THOMAS P. EGAN and his associates, grew to such an extent that in 1881 the firm incorporated as The Egan Co., of which he was elected President. In 1893 his business, still further enlarged, joined forces with the old firm of J. A. Fay & Co., in the same line of business, and who were then the most extensive in the United States, incorporating under the name of J. A. Fay & Egan Co., and it has gradually become the largest individual firm in the world engaged in the exclusive manufacture of wood-working machinery. These two firms, now united, have won the highest honors wherever their machines have been exhibited, from the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London in 1851 to the Paris Exposition in 1900, where they were awarded the "Grand Prix," and Mr. Egan was decorated a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and also at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904, where they were given the "Highest Award."
Mr. Egan is perfectly conversant with every detail of his business, and has also a thorough knowledge of trade and commerce, both at home and abroad. A number of his articles, written upon current business conditions, have had a wide circulation. Mr. Egan has traveled extensively, and is a keen observer. He appreciates the importance of foreign trade, and has established about sixty agencies throughout the world for the sale of his
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machinery. He was the organizer and first President of the National Association of Manu- facturers of the United States, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and, in Cincinnati, of the Commercial Club, the Manufacturers' Club, Queen City Club, Country Club and the Optimist Club, and is also a bank director in the First National Bank. While identifying himself with many social organizations, Mr. Egan has the "home and fireside" inclination, joining different clubs simply as an exemplification of his broad ideas of helping to promote all avenues available to push forward the interests of the Queen City, both socially and in business.
Mr. Egan married a distinguished and higly educated daughter of Rev. Dr. Haase, a minister of considerable ability, of Chillicothe, Ohio. Three sons and four daughters have blessed this union, two of his sons, Clifford and Frederick, now assisting him in his business. The family home, "Edgecliff Point," is one of the show places of Cincinnati, and one of the most clegant in the State of Ohio, being on the banks of the Ohio, four hundred feet above the river. Mr. Egan is a Republican in politics, was a personal friend of Mr. William Mckinley, and was a Presidential Elector, casting the vote of Cincinnati for McKinley and Roosevelt.
W. J. Munster,
Expert accountant and bookkeeper, at Cin- cinnati, Ohio, has gained a name of National reputation in his profession. He is of German ancestry, and was born in the city of St. Louis, on the 19th of November, 1850, in which city he obtained a very careful education, passing through all the grades of the public schools. After leaving school he was prepared for a business career. Coming to Cincinnati, in 1873, Mr. Munster became associated with the Cincinnati Coffin Company, with which corporation he acted as Secretary for a period of ten years. Since that time he has followed his profession as an expert accountant, and has for his clients many corporations, business houses, as well as municipalities. During his practice he has had charge of many important cases, devolving upon him great responsibili- ties. He has a rare talent for unraveling the most tangled accounts, and has straightened out the affairs of many concerns who were W. J. MUNSTER hopelessly confused. He has a keen analytical nature, splendid executive ability, and a repu- tation for honesty and probity unchallenged. Mr. Munster is identified with the industrial progress of Cincinnati, and is an officer and stockholder in many manufacturing corporations of the Queen City. His offices are located in the Carlisle Building, corner of Fourth and Walnut Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Max S. Goldsmith,
Cincinnati manager of the Art Metal Construction Company, of Jamestown, New York, since its organization, with headquarters in the Union Trust Building, Cincinnati, Ohic,
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and a man well known in the business circles and political organizations of the Queen City, was born on the 30th of April, 1857, at Cincin- nati. His parents, Solomon and Amelia Gold- smith, were natives of Germany, the former coming from Hanover and the latter from Darmstadt, the father emigrating about 1852, and settling in the city of Cincinnati, where he later became known as a member of the silk firm of Mack, Stadler & Co. Mr. Max S. Goldsmith was educated in the public schools of his native city, at Hughes High School and at the Ohio Mechanics' Institute, where he received a technical education which later became of incalculable value to him. At the age of seventeen years, Mr. Goldsmith started into active business life, as a salesman for Bohm Bros. & Co., and later became associated with the Mosler Safe Company in the capacity of manager of the bank work department. He MAX S. GOLDSMITH remained with that concern for a period of sixteen years, when he resigned to take charge of the Cincinnati branch of the Art Metal Construction Company, of Jamestown, New York. He is interested also in several other mercantile and industrial enterprises. Extremely popular in business circles, as well as in social gatherings, Mr. Goldsmith has proven himself to be a man of exceptional business acumen, with a rare talent for executive work. With a prepossessing appearance he combines an affableness of manner, broad-mindedness and gentleness of disposition. A Democrat from the ground up, Mr. Goldsmith has taken an active part in political life, and he is the inventor of the voting machine named after him, which has been demonstrated by actual task to be of wonderful efficiency and accuracy. In recognition of his many services to his party, Mr. Goldsmith, in 1901, received the Democratic nomination for State Senator, but met defeat with the balance of his ticket. He is a member and ex-President of the famous Duck- worth Club of Cincinnati, a Mason and K. of P. On August 20th, 1879, the daughter of Gustave Mosler, Dora Mosler, became his wife. He re- sides on Walnut Hills, overlooking the magnifi- cent city in which he is so largely interested.
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