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Dr. Podlasky is now on the teaching staff of the Marquette University Medical College, heing at the head of the X-ray department. He is also director of the X- ray department of Mount Sinai Hospital and he belongs to the Milwaukee Medical Society and to the American Roentgen Ray Society. He is interested in everything that has to do with advancement in his profession and particularly in the field in which he now specializes. He is recognized as a man of ability in X-ray work and his growing powers are bringing him steadily to the front. He is well known through his authorship, having written various articles for leading medical magazines.
On the 30th of March, 1914, Dr. Podlasky was married to Miss Rose Bornstein of Milwaukee, representative of one of the old families of the city. They are now parents
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of a daughter, Judith Miriam, who was born October 17, 1915. Dr. Podlasky holds to the Hebrew faith-that of his fathers-and fraternally he is a Master Mason. He is fond of boxing and of athletics and all manly sports and finds his recreation along those lines. He fully recognizes and meets the responsibilities of his professional work and well merits the success that has come to him.
CLYDE HAROLD FULLER.
Clyde Harold Fuller, secretary of the First Wisconsin Trust Company since the 1st of January, 1921, and thus active in control of one of the most important business interests of this character in the state, was born in Palatka, Florida, February 8, 1894, and is a son of Oliver Clyde and Kate Fitzhugh (Caswell) Fuller. He received his education largely under private instruction and spent one year-1913-as a student in Princeton University. In .April, 1916, he became connected with the First Wisconsin Trust Company as its treasurer and on the Ist of January, 1921, was elected to his present office-that of secretary.
On the 14th of February, 1917, Mr. Fuller was married to Miss Mattie Crandall, of Milwaukee, and they have two children: Oliver Clyde and Penelope Ann. The family residence is at 474 Kenilworth place in Milwaukee, and the church relationship of the family is indicative of their Episcopalian faith. Politically Mr. Fuller is a republican. He also has an interesting military chapter in his life record, for he served on the Mexican border with the First Wisconsin Cavalry in 1915 and also served as a first lieutenant of the One Hundred and Seventh Engineers in the World war, being on active duty for six months in France and connected with the purchasing department of the United States army for six months in Italy. He is well known in the club circles of the city, having membership in the Milwaukee Country Club, the Town Club, the Milwaukee Athletic Club and the Milwaukee Club.
FRANK J. SHAIDNAGLE.
Milwaukee well deserves the high reputation which she enjoys by reason of the excellence of her mercantile establishments, and one of the most attractive of these is The Silk Shop, owned by The Bonesho-Shaidnagle Company, of which Frank J. Shaidnagle is the secretary and treasurer. Actuated by a most progressive spirit, he has contributed in substantial measure to the success of this undertaking and the business of the house is now one of gratifying proportions. Mr. Shaidnagle is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Massillon, August 3, 1868. His father, Harmon Shaidnagle, was born in Bavaria and came to the United States at the age of fourteen years in company with his father, David Shaidnagle, the mother having previously passed away. They settled in Massillon, Ohio, and there Harmon Shaidnagle reached adult age and afterward became prominent in public affairs. For six years he served as city treasurer and otherwise aided in promoting the public policy and in advancing general interests. He was also highly successful in his business affairs, becoming one of the foremost hardware dealers in the state. He married Frances Von Waechter, a daughter of John Von Waechter of Bavarian descent. Her birth occurred in Bavaria and in early life she was brought to the new world. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Shaidnagle have now passed away, the former dying in 1897, at the age of fifty-four years, while his widow survived until 1915.
Frank J. Shaidnagle is indebted to the parochial and public schools of his native city for the educational opportunities which he enjoyed in early youth. He there pur- sued his studies until he had completed his public school course and later he had the advantage of thorough training in Mount Union College at Alliance, Ohio. When his school days were over he became the associate of his father in business and was thus active for four years. Later he became interested in the dry goods business in Massillon, where he remained until 1894, when he removed to Milwaukee and entered the employ of Gimbel Brothers, with whom he continued for three years in the silk department. Subsequently he spent an equal period with the T. A. Chapman Company in the silk department but was actuated by a laudable ambition to engage in business on his own account and in 1901 reached the fulfillment of his hopes in this particular by organizing the present business. It was incorporated at that time under the style of The Bonesho- Shaidnagle Company and from the beginning the business has been maintained at the present location-85 Wisconsin street. The store is known as The Silk Shop and is a popular resort with the shoppers of Milwaukee. They handle silks and dress goods, carrying a very extensive and pleasing line which they sell at retail, catering to the high-class trade of the city. Their establishment has in stock all that the best markets
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of the world afford and they maintain a high standard in the quality of goods carried and in the treatment accorded patrons.
On the 3d of October, 1896, Mr. Shaidnagle was married to Miss Amelia Catherine Brennan, a daughter of James Brennan, a native of Ireland, who resided in Cleveland, Ohio, at the time of the birth of his daughter Amelia. Her mother bore the maiden name of Olivia Meyer and was a daughter of Seraphim Meyer, judge of the court of common pleas at Canton, Ohio, and an officer among the Ohio troops during the Civil war. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Shaidnagle has been born a daughter, Helen Frances, who is a senior at the University of Wisconsin and will graduate with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
In politics Mr. Shaidnagle maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures rather than party. In religious faith he is a Catholic, attending the Holy Rosary church, and he. belongs to the Knights of Columbus. He also has membership in the Association of Commerce and the Milwaukee Athletic Club. He is a lover of music, enjoys motoring and touring, frequently takes a trip into the open with his rod and finds pleasure not only in fishing but in all outdoor sports. These constitute a needed source of recreation, getting him out from the close confinement of the store where his interests and activities center. He has made for himself a most creditable position in the mercantile circles of Milwaukee and his establishment is a credit to the city.
HON. MICHAEL S. SHERIDAN.
Hon. Michael S. Sheridan, three times elected to the bench of the county court, has left the impress of his professional ability upon the judicial history of the state, and his name now appears high on the list of leading judges of Wisconsin. He came to Mil- waukee from New England, having been born in South Coventry, Connecticut, Decem- ber 27, 1869. His parents were natives of the Emerald Isle. They came to America and settled in Connecticut in 1856.
Judge Sheridan received his early education in one of the district schools in his native town. At an early age be became a weaver in one of the woolen mills and at the age of nineteen started to learn the machinist trade. He came to Milwaukee in 1893 as a machinist in the employ of the United States Envelope Company. Within a short time thereafter he was placed in the entire charge of the mechanical operation of that plant. After his marriage and while a resident of Milwaukee, he took up the study of law in the evening in the old Milwaukee Law School and was admitted to practice in August, 1902, having successfully passed the bar examination after two years study. At the time he took the bar examination but four of thirty-seven applicants succeeded in passing. Judge Sheridan started the practice of his profession on the south side and was elected justice of the peace shortly afterward and continued in that position until elected to the county hench in 1910. He has been reelected several times and is still judge of the county court of Milwaukee county, first division.
On the 23d day of October, 1897, Judge Sheridan was married to Miss Mary A. Fox of South Windham, Connecticut, and they have become the parents of four children: Raymond, Robert L., J. Emmet and Thomas F. The family residence is at 360 Four- teenth avenue. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church.
The Judge well deserves the honor and success that has come to him, for his entire career has been well directed by a laudable ambition and characterized by an unfalter- ing industry. He is a hard worker on the bench and one who never allows personal opinions or prejudices to in any way influence him in his decisions.
SAMUEL DE NOSAQUO, M. D.
This is preeminently an age of specialization. The tendency is found in all lines of business, for it is recognized that when men devote their attention to a single phase of work they attain a point of efficiency therein which could not otherwise be secured. Dr. Samuel De Nosaquo, following this general tendency, has specialized as a gynecolo- gist and obstetrician in his practice and his capability and success are widely acknowl- edged. Dr. De Nosaquo is a native of Russia, born October 20, 1879. He came alone to the United States, making his way to Milwaukee in 1892, when a youth of but thirteen years. He had relatives living in this city and thus it was that he made his way to the new world. Here he continued his education as a pupil in the Milwaukee public schools and later he studied in the Milwaukee University School. At the same time he provided for his living by conducting a drug store, thus meeting the expenses of his schooling as well. He determined upon a professional career and with this end in view became a student in the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons and con- Vol. 111-44
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linued his studies in the successor of that institution, the Marquette University Medi- cal School, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1913. As early as 1902 he had become a licensed pharmacist and it was his interest in drugs and their properties that eventually led him to quality for medical practice. Since 1913 he has continuously followed his profession and his ability is attested in his growing practice, which is now extensive and of an important character. He pursued postgraduate work in the Chicago Lying-In Hospital in 1913 and he has always specialized in obstetrics. He is serving on the staff of the Mount Sinai Hospital and he belongs to the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, thus keeping in touch with the advanced thought, methods, ideals and pur- poses of the profession.
On the 26th of January, 1902, Dr. De Nosaquo was married to Miss Carrie Braun of Milwaukee, who was born and reared here. They have one son; Norman Victor, whose birth occurred February 25, 1904, and who is now a student in the University of Wisconsin.
Fraternally Dr. De Nosaquo is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and with the Knights of Pythias. He is of the Hebrew faith and belongs to the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. He is fond of fishing and has a summer cottage at Lake Upper Nemahhin, Wisconsin. To this place he repairs when grown weary of the arduous duties of his profession and in his rest and recreation there he finds in- spiration and courage for subsequent labors. He has become highly efficient and skilled in his special branch of the profession and as a gynecologist and obstetrician enjoys a most enviable reputation.
HERMAN WAHL FALK.
Herman Wahl Falk is a prominent figure in industrial circles of Milwaukee as the president of The Falk Corporation and the Falk Investment Company. He is numbered among the native sons of Milwaukee and is a representative of a family that has been identified with business and civic affairs of the city for almost three- fourth's of a century. He was born on the 29th of November, 1867, a son of Franz and Louise (Wahl) Falk. He attended the Milwaukee public schools and later became a student in the Allen Military Academy of Chicago, Illinois.
In 1889 Mr. Falk entered business circles and was an associale in the Franz Falk Brewing Company until the Pabst Company absorbed the combined interests in 1892. A year later he embarked upon an independent business career as a manufacturer and in 1895 organized the Falk Manufacturing Company, which was afterward changed to The Falk Company and later to The Falk Corporation, which is now one of the largest concerns engaged in the manufacture of steel products in the entire northwest. Mr. Falk has remained at the head of the enterprise since its organization more than a quarter of a century ago. As steel founders, manufacturers of herringbone gears and gear drives, both mill and marine, as well as other heavy machinery, they have de- veloped a business of extensive and profitable proportions, shipping a high-class manu- factured product over the entire continent and to foreign lands. In the successful direction of the company, Mr. Falk has displayed excellent execulive ability, sound judgment and unfaltering enterprise. He possesses, moreover, such skill in mechanical contrivance and invention as enables him to direct the lahors of those in his service. The plant is located in the Menominee valley, at the foot of Thirtieth street. Mr. Falk was for two years a director of the Allis-Chalmers Company, is now a director in the First Wisconsin National Bank, The First Wisconsin Trust Company, The First Wis- consin Company, The Heil Company and the Wisconsin Securities Company and has long ranked with the leading representative business men of his native city.
On the 6th of January, 1897, Mr. Falk was united in marriage to Miss Eva Wilson Wahl, a daughter of Louis and Phoebe Grace (Wilson) Wahl of Chicago. Their home is at No. 404 Terrace avenue in Milwaukee and their position in social circles is an enviable one. Mr. Falk is a popular member of the Milwaukee Club, the Town Club, the Milwaukee Country Club and the Athletic Club, while fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His entire life has been spent in Milwaukee.
JONAH WILLIAMS.
With the history of Milwaukee, Jonah Williams was closely associated, for he was long active in the business development of the community and his opinions, too, car- ried weight upon many questions of public concern. He was a native of Wales and in his early life was a sailor. While not a highly educated man, he possessed a strong
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mind and good judgment and during the forty-seven years of his residence in Milwaukee he commanded and enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens to an unusual degree.
In the year 1886 he established a small business as a painter and paperhanger in a little shop on Jackson street, between Wisconsin and Michigan streets, where the Y. W. C. A. now stands. That district, from Wisconsin street south to the river, was known as the third ward, the inhabitants being mostly Welsh and Irish. It was in this shop that Mr. Williams' eldest son, Walter, joined his father in the business and for some time they catered to little jobs of whitewashing, painting and paperhanging for people of very modest means. It was only a few years, however, before the business grew to the extent that a larger and more modern store and shop had to be secured, and in the year 1897 they removed to the corner of Milwaukee and Mason streets. It was at this place that the two other sons, William H. and Jonah, Jr., joined the firm and at this location Mr. Williams remained in the business until his death. The busi- ness has since been carried on successfully by his two remaining sons, Walter and William H. Williams. while the youngest son, Jonah, Jr., died a few years ago in California.
In his early experience, doing a lot of work for people in modest circumstances, Mr. Williams had obtained a knack of discouraging any unnecessary or expensive work and this he could do in a way that would not be offensive. One of his old-time friends relates that on one occasion he wanted his house painted and that it really needed two coats of paint. When Mr. Williams came to figure on the job, he said' the north side of the house, which was not exposed so much to the weather, would need only one coat, which would mean a saving of about twenty-five dollars. The friend was able to have the two coats put on his house only after considerable argument and after having made known to Mr. Williams tbat the cash was ready for him at the completion of the job. This conscientious method in his dealings gained for him many patrons, and he never failed to satisfy the most extravagant taste. He built a business among the largest of its kind in Milwaukee, a business of which any man might he proud and which was a credit to his name.
It was in his little shop on Jackson street, many years ago, that political ward meetings and caucuses were held. Mr. Williams always took active part in politics and civic affairs. He was a stalwart republican of the Spooner and Payne type and his loyalty as an American citizen was unbounded. He based his loyalty on the fact that he became a citizen through his own choice and took the oath of allegiance and loyalty upon his honor to the government. This he did and held as one of his most sacred duties, and his last act on the day of his death was to vote. The spirit of nobility and faithfulness which he displayed may well serve as an example for every American and well would it be for the country if all would emulate his unfaltering loyalty and duty to his adopted land.
Mr. Williams was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, also of the Old Settlers Club. the Milwaukee Atbletic Club and the Builders Exchange. As a Welshman he was faithful to his nationality and he became a charter member of the local St. David's Society and a member of the Welsh Presbyterian church. He took active part in all the doings of the Welsh people and was ready and willing at all times to help and to contribute to those in need. One who knew him for many years and honored him through more than a third of a century said of him: "His lifelong friend, the late William E. Powell (Gwylim Eryri), had dubbed him "Proffwyd" (Prophet ), and he was generally called by that name by all his friends. He was a good husband and father, and he left his family in comfortable circumstances. There was only one Jonah Williams-there never will be another. Milwaukee, the state and the nation is better because Jonah Williams lived."
WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS.
William H. Williams, vice president of the Jonah Williams & Sons Company. con- ducting an extensive paint business in Milwaukee, has always resided in this city, his birth here occurring on the 20th of January, 1877, his father being Jonah Williams, the founder of the business. The son obtained a public school education and afterward attended the Spencerian Business College. Later he started out to provide for his own support and was employed in the office of the auditor of the Wisconsin Central Railroad for a period of four years. There he won steady advancement until he was placed in charge of the claim department in the auditor's office, being thus employed until he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war as a member of a Wisconsin battery. He was on duty at Camp Douglas until October 8, 1898, when he was honorably dis- charged and returned to his home. He then became associated with his father in busi- ness and has since been identified with the paint industry which has always been in control of the family. ' He has been called to the position of vice president and as one
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of the executive officers is contributing in large measure to the success and prominence of the business.
Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Pfannenschmidt, and they be- came parents of one son, Stanley L. Williams, who is now in business with his father. For his second wife Mr. Williams chose Clara Pokorna of Milwaukee, and to them were born three children: William, Jesse and Clara.
Fraternally Mr. Williams is a Mason, identified with Independent Lodge, No. 80, A. F. & A. M .; Wisconsin Cbapter, R. A. M .; Kilbourn Council, R. & S. M .; and also with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and with Hugh McGrath Camp of the Spanish War Veterans. He likewise belongs to St. Andrew's Society and in his youth was a member of the boys' choir of St. Paul's church. He is identified with the Master Painters Association and takes great interest in all manly outdoor sports. He is fond of fishing and maintains a summer residence at Pewaukee lake. He is never too busy to be cordial, nor too cordial to be busy. Recognizing the trifold nature of man, he has paid due regard to the physical, intellectual and moral progress, never sacrificing one to the other to the extent that he would preserve an even balance in individual development.
WALTER JOHN WILLIAMS.
Walter John Williams, secretary and treasurer of the Jonah Williams & Sons Company of Milwaukee, was born in this city, May 19, 1873. His father, Jonah Williams, a native of Wales, was born in the city of Bangor in 1848 and came to the United States in 1869, when twenty-one years of age, making the trip alone. He first settled in Chi- cago and afterward removed to Milwaukee in 1871. He was a sailor on deep waters ill early life and later on the Great Lakes, but in 1873 he turned his attention to the paint business at Bay View, then in the third ward. For twenty-seven years he owned a store at the southeast corner of Mason and Milwaukee streets and under his guidance the business steadily grew and developed until in 1907 it was incorporated under the present name. The father was associated with the enterprise until his death, which occurred on the 2d of November, 1920. He married Jessie Thompson, a native of Scotland, and she is living in this city. Mr. Williams was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and enjoyed the high regard of all with whom he was associated in every relation of life. He continued a resident of Milwaukee for almost forty years, and the sterling worth of his character is attested by all with whom he was associated.
His son, Walter John Williams, was educated in the public schools and in Wil- mot's Business College. He then went to work for his father and grew up in the business, acquainting himself with every phase and department of the trade. At length he was admitted to a partnership and since the incorporation has become the secretary and treasurer of the Jonah Williams & Sons Company.
In politics he has always maintained an independent course, never seeking office or prominence in the political field. His religious faith is that of the Episcopalian church, and fraternally he is a well known thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to Wisconsin Lodge No. 73, A. F. & A. M .; Wisconsin Chapter, R. A. M .; Wisconsin Commandery, K. T .; and Tripoli Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Milwaukee. He has membership in the Mil- waukee Athletic Club and in the Master Painters Association. He is fond of outdoor life and sports and particularly of fishing, and it is this way that he seeks his recreation when the pressure of business warns him that he needs a change.
AUGUST UIHLEIN.
No individual can imagine what would be the history of Milwaukee had not August Uihlein become a factor in its development and a dominant figure in its business circles and this memorial therefore pays tribute to the business ability and power of a man who developed one of the largest commercial interests of the city and who in many ways guided and directed the business and commercial growth and development of Milwaukee. It was not only as a brewer but in many other ways that he was closely associated with those activities which have made Milwaukee the present metropolis of the state.
He was born at Wertheim-on-the-Main, in Baden, Germany, August 25, 1842, a son of Joseph Benedict and Katherine (Krug) Uihlein, the former the proprietor of the Hotel Krone at Wertheim. He was only eight years of age when he first arrived in Milwaukee in the year 1850, being brought to this country by his grandfather Krugg. He was the eldest of a family of seven sons. He reached Milwaukee after an exciting
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