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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Railway Review's "Railway Review" (1916)- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : "The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago" (1905)
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Investor Publishing Company's "United States Investor" (1906)
- ↑ Railway Review (Public domain ed.). Railway Review. 1916. pp. 84–.
- ↑ The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago (Public domain ed.). Marquis. 1905. pp. 559–.
- ↑ United States Investor (Public domain ed.). Investor Publishing Company. 1906. pp. 1763–.