History of Dakota Territory, Volume 5S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1915 - Dakota Territory |
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active afterward agricultural pursuits attended school attorney Bank became belongs birth occurred Bon Homme county born Brookings county brother cashier Charles Chicago citizens Clay county College Company connected continued cultivation Custer Custer county Dakota territory daughter devoted died district early elected emigrated entered farmer father four Fraternally George graduated Grant county high school home farm homestead honorable Hot Springs Illinois interests Iowa John Lake county land later living retired located lodge marriage to Miss married Mary Masonic Minnehaha county Minnesota Modern Woodmen mother native Nebraska Odd Fellows Ohio parents passed pioneer political allegiance practice progressive prominent public schools purchased ranch real-estate religious faith remained removed republican party resident Roberts county served settled settlers Sioux Falls sixty acres South Dakota Spink county success took town township united in marriage wife William Wisconsin Yankton Yankton county York
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Page 6 - Statesman, yet friend to truth ; of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who ga'in'd no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, And prais'd, unenvied, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 107 - LINOX exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, but the honors and emoluments of office have no attraction for him.
Page 434 - ... sundries, and his trade has reached gratifying proportions, bringing him a substantial annual income. Mr. Long exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, with which he has been connected since attaining his majority.
Page 51 - He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, but has never sought or desired office, preferring to give his time and attention to his business affairs, in which he is meeting with creditable and well-deserved success.
Page 658 - He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he...
Page 800 - The hope that led him to leave his native land and seek a home in America has been more than realized. He found the opportunities he sought — which, by the way are always open to the ambitious, energetic man — and making the best of these he has steadily worked his way upward.
Page 48 - He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of business and in his dealings is known for his prompt and honorable methods, which have won him the deserved and unbounded confidence of his fellowmen.
Page 215 - In political matters he exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, and has taken an active interest in public affairs.
Page 161 - Rite ; and has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Page 92 - In no instance has his reading ever been confined to the limitations of the question at issue ; it has gone beyond and compassed every contingency and provided not alone for the expected but for the unexpected, which happens in the courts quite as frequently as out of them.