History of St. Paul and Vicinity: A Chronicle of Progress and a Narrative Account of the Industries, Institutions, and People of the City and Its Tributary Territory, Volume 3

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Lewis Publishing Company, 1912 - Saint Paul (Minn.) - 1203 pages
 

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Page 857 - Council of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America ; 8.
Page 1103 - It was new land and he at once set to work to clear it and plant crops. He labored diligently at his task for two years, when he gave up the idea of being a farmer, and removed to Pontiac, Oakland Co.
Page 890 - ... honor forbade any dalliance with temptation. So his nay was nay — delivered with a tone and gesture there was no denying. His hour was not yet come. There was, however, no long delay. He became, from year to year, the most prominent politician and orator in the country. Passionately devoted to the principles of his party, he was always ready to do anything, to go anywhere, to proclaim its ideas and to support its candidates. His face and his voice became familiar to millions of our people;...
Page 1189 - In 1841, with his brother Joseph, he went to the lead mines of Galena, where he worked several years. During this period he learned practical surveying, which he afterward engaged in at intervals.
Page 840 - America and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the...
Page 843 - If those who claim that fortune has favored certain individuals above others will but investigate the cause of success and failure, it will be found that the former is largely due to the improvement of opportunity, the latter to the neglect of it. Fortunate environments encompass nearly every man at some stage of his career, but the strong man and the successful man is he who realizes that the proper moment has come, that the present and not the future holds his opportunity. The man who makes use...
Page 1183 - ... in patriotism. As that coach rolled away toward Springfield, the dust from its wheels, lighted by the morning sunbeams, became a golden aureole through which we saw many things in new colors. The world was never quite the same again. Thus General Shields vanished from our sight as in a cloud of splendor. Thus his restless spirit passed through life, — through a picturesque, versatile, and always honorable career. Thus he lives and will live in history, a faithful servant of the people, a fearless...
Page 1068 - Rite, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Page 1186 - I have received your telegram. I will not support the resolution. It is against your real welfare. It is also a blow at the security, peace, and rights of millions who never harmed you or your associates. My duty to the "Constitution and the laws forbids me to sustain a resolution to legalize lawlessness. The same duty rests upon you and your associates. The power to regulate commerce among the several states is vested by the Constitution in Congress. Your associates have usurped that power at Hammond...
Page 887 - County Medical Society, the Minnesota State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He wrote a book on "The Sexual Life" which received strong praise from educational and medical journals and from professional persons.

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