. Notable men of Illinois & their state. osen, Poland, Feb. 4, 1867; s. William and Euphe-mia (Balcer) Smulsl<i; ed. pub. schools in U. S. and Germany; 3 yrs. in govt. mil. high schl. in Gemany; 2 yrs. InSt. Jeromes Coll., Berlin, Can.; 1 yr. in law dept. of Northwestern Univ.; 5 years in the newspaper and publishingbusiness with his father, who established, 1869, the first Polish newspaper in the U. S.; taught 1 yr^at St. Stanis-laus schl., Chicago; adm. to bar, 1890; mem. law firm of David, Smulski & McGaftey, several years to 1905;1906 organized the Northwestern Trust & Savings Bank, of
. Notable men of Illinois & their state. osen, Poland, Feb. 4, 1867; s. William and Euphe-mia (Balcer) Smulsl<i; ed. pub. schools in U. S. and Germany; 3 yrs. in govt. mil. high schl. in Gemany; 2 yrs. InSt. Jeromes Coll., Berlin, Can.; 1 yr. in law dept. of Northwestern Univ.; 5 years in the newspaper and publishingbusiness with his father, who established, 1869, the first Polish newspaper in the U. S.; taught 1 yr^at St. Stanis-laus schl., Chicago; adm. to bar, 1890; mem. law firm of David, Smulski & McGaftey, several years to 1905;1906 organized the Northwestern Trust & Savings Bank, of which has since been pres.; also pres. Pulaski LumberCo.; alderman from 16th ward 2 terms and from 17th ward 1 term, 1898-1903; city atty., 1903-5; state 111., 1905-7; candidate for repub. nomination for mayor primary election, Feb., 1911; mem. board of WestPark commrs. (was pres. of board); treasurer Chi. Assn. of Commerce and chairman of finance comm.: , C. A. A., South Shore; office, 1152 Milwaukee Av. 238. THORNTON. CHARLES S., lawyer. Chicago, was born in Boston in , educated in tlie public schools of graduated from Harvard College, and admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1873. He has been engaged for morethan thirty-eight years m active practice in Chicago, principally In the line of real estate litigation and the lawof private and municipal corporations, in which he is acknowledged as an authority. He became corporationcouasel of the town of Lake in 1889. and corporation counsel of the city of Chicago in 1897, was president ofnis local board of education in 1888. and later served as a member of the several boards of education of Illinois,Cook county, and Chicago. He was the author of the first Illinois teachers pension bill, and actively influencedIts passage. Mr. Thornton is a democrat, and a member of the Odd Fellows, Masons, and Knights of Pythias;residence. Auburn Park; office, 79 E. Adams St. 239
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