Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 4Charles Frederic Goss S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 - Cincinnati (Ohio) |
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ability active afterward America Association attended avenue Bank became born in Cincinnati brother building Business Men's Club Charles church Cincinnati Law Cincinnati Law School cinnati circles Clermont county commercial Company connected continued Covington daughter death died director duties early elected employ engaged entered enterprise established father firm fraternity George Germany graduated Hamilton county Henry high school Hoffheimer holds membership honor hundred identified Indiana industry Insurance interests James John Kentucky Knights of Pythias known later living located Lodge Madisonville manager manufacture Marfield marriage to Miss married Mary Masonic native Ohio organization parents political position practice profession progress prominent promoted public schools republican party schools of Cincinnati Scottish Rite secretary served Spring Grove cemetery street success tion trade treasurer Union united in marriage University of Cincinnati vice president wife William Woodward high school York young
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Page 244 - 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.
Page 310 - You hear that boy laughing? — You think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop to his call, And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all.
Page 819 - That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 605 - It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it; and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Page 921 - The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen.
Page 507 - ... Cross was born in Weare, July 5, 1817. On his father's side he is a descendant of parents and grandparents of Bradford, Mass., and on his mother's side from parents and grandparents of Pembroke. He was graduated from Dartmouth college in 1841, and admitted to the bar in Hillsborough county in 1844. From that time to the present he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession in Manchester. He was a member of the house of representatives from Manchester in 1848, 1849, 1856, and 1876,...
Page 819 - First. That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to...
Page 493 - He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily, and is determined, in...
Page 230 - He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he...
Page 51 - Republican in his political proclivities; was identified with the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and accorded a liberal support to the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his widow has long been a devoted member.