Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous Growth, Volumen4S.J. Clark Publishing Company, 1912 |
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Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous ..., Volumen3 Josiah Seymour Currey Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
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ability active affairs afterward American Association attended avenue became born building cago Charles Chicago church citizen Club College commercial Company Connecticut connection continued Cook county Cuneo daugh daughter death devoted died director dollars early elected engaged entered enterprise established Evanston farm father field firm friends George graduated Henry holds membership honor hundred Illinois institution interests James John known labors Lake Lambert Tree later living manager marriage married to Miss Marshall Field Mary Massachusetts merchant Michigan National Bank native never Ohio organized Orrington Osteopathy parents Park Paul Cornell Pennsylvania political position practice progress prominent public schools Railroad railway real-estate remained removed republican party retired Royal League served Society street success tion trade Union League united in marriage vice president wife William William H Wisconsin World's Columbian Exposition York York city
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Página 5 - Brice was educated in the common schools of his native town, and at the age of thirteen entered the preparatory department of Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, and the following year entered the freshman class.
Página 33 - His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party and he has frequently been a delegate to county and state conventions.
Página 614 - Department of Agriculture has expended during the last ten years over forty-six millions of dollars. But not a wheel of the official machinery at Washington was ever set in motion for the alleviation or cure of diseases of the heart or kidneys, which will carry off over six millions of our entire population. Eight millions will perish of pneumonia, and the entire event is accepted by the American people with a resignation equal to that of the Hindoo, who, in the midst of indescribable filth, calmly...
Página 524 - Council for Professional Development, the recognized accrediting body of the engineering profession, composed of representatives of the American Society of Civil Engineers...
Página 614 - We look with horror on the black plague of the middle ages. The black waste was but a passing cloud compared with the white waste visitation. Of the people living today over eight millions will die of tuberculosis, and the federal government does not raise a hand to help them.
Página 615 - Finally, let us remember that the conservation of our natural resources, though the gravest problem of to-day, is yet but part of another and greater problem to which this nation is not yet awake, but to which it will awake in time, and with which it must hereafter grapple if it is to live — the problem of national efficiency, the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.
Página 174 - Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.
Página 346 - Some years since he retired from active practice, but few lawyers have made a more lasting impression upon the bar of the state, both for legal ability of a high order and for the individuality of a personal character, which impresses itself upon a community.
Página 15 - He is a native of New York state, having been born in Essex county, in 1853, and is the youngest of seven sons of George W.
Página 189 - His standing in the profession is indicated by the fact that he was honored with the presidency of the...