. History of German immigration in the United States and successful German-Americans and their descendants . AUGUST GOERTZ. 95. ADOLPH ROTHBARTH. 96 SUCCESSFUL GERMAN-AMERICANS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS 97 superiors and resigned. The faithful chief ofhis staff considered it his duty to follow hiscommander. Mr. Greenhut returned to his firstlove and occupied himself with the invention ofa number of mechanical devices. Many of themwere valuable and successful, especially an auto-matic twine-binder for reaping machines, whichwas adopted by the McCormick Reaper Co., andis still in use. But this field
. History of German immigration in the United States and successful German-Americans and their descendants . AUGUST GOERTZ. 95. ADOLPH ROTHBARTH. 96 SUCCESSFUL GERMAN-AMERICANS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS 97 superiors and resigned. The faithful chief ofhis staff considered it his duty to follow hiscommander. Mr. Greenhut returned to his firstlove and occupied himself with the invention ofa number of mechanical devices. Many of themwere valuable and successful, especially an auto-matic twine-binder for reaping machines, whichwas adopted by the McCormick Reaper Co., andis still in use. But this field was too small forthe enterprising and restless young man ; he didhis duty as a citizen and took part in the effortsto improve the administration of the city ofChicago. An appointment to the important of-fice of deputy county clerk for Cook Countywas the well merited reward. However, the fer-tile mind turned to larger fields. In 1869 he en-gaged in the distilling business and conducted itwith unprecedented success until 1895. Assistedby his practical experience, he saw at once wheresavings and improvements could be introdu
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