Herringshaw's of Biography PROMINENT AMERICANS of 1926 興 Edited and compiled under the supervision of THOMAS WILLIAM HERRINGSHAW One thing is forever good- REPRESENTATION IS A CRITERION OF DISTINCTION Published Annually by the AMERICAN BLUE BOOK PUBLISHERS, CHICAGO, ILL. PRICE TEN DOLLARS. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year of 1926 by THOMAS WILLIAM HERRINGSHAW in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. T HE most attractive form of history is Biography, which perpetuates the memory of individuals, and while aptly illustrating the conduct of life conveys important lessons. History, it has been said, does not much regard fertile soil or material wealth; but the admirable men and women that a country produces-they are the glory of the country. That the achievements of such persons should have their public record is peculiarly proper, because a knowledge of men, whose substantial fame rests upon their attainments, character and success, must exert a wholesome influence upon the rising generation of American people. To preserve and perpetuate the important historical facts of personal and family history cannot fail to prove invaluable and a source of pride and interest to the nation and to the world. Indeed, there is inherent in us a desire that our descendants should know something of us-how we live, and where we spend our lives, for the poet truly says"To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die" In the preservation of such a record, all progressive men of life and thought should have a national pride. The main purpose of Herringshaw's American Blue Book of Biography is to present in one volume and in condensed form, a standard work of Biographical Reference, giving appropriate notices of all those who are identified in any capacity with the various phases of our national activity and progress. The American Blue Book gives in a single handy volume, in a concise and condensed form, without mystifying abbreviations, the biographic life stories of men who lead in American thought and action, and who direct the affairs, the industries and the. intellectual progress of this great commonwealth of ours. The work contains an alphabetical record of America's Business Men, Merchants, Manufacturers, Builders, Financiers, Lawyers, Jurists, Statesmen, Physicians, Surgeons, Clergymen, Educators and other Progressive Citizens who hold positions of trust and honor in their chosen vocations in the various lines of human effort. These representative citizens of character and influence, by their enterprise and thrift, by their activity and sagacity in business, and by their zeal in educational, social and public matters, have contributed vastly to the moral, spiritual and material prosperity of the community in which they live. |