. Notable men of Illinois & their state . WOOLNER, SAMUEL, distiller, of Peoria, was born in Louisville, Ky., July 4, 1866, the son of Adolph andAntonia (Black) Woolner. Mr. Woolner moved to Peoria, 111., when a boy and attended the Peoria high school,later attending Cornell University. He Is president of the Woolner Distillery company, of Peoria. is vice-president of tlie National Wholesale Liquor Dealers association. He has taiven an activepart in politics and has been chairman of tlie Peoria county democratic central committee and a delegate tothe democratic national convention.
. Notable men of Illinois & their state . WOOLNER, SAMUEL, distiller, of Peoria, was born in Louisville, Ky., July 4, 1866, the son of Adolph andAntonia (Black) Woolner. Mr. Woolner moved to Peoria, 111., when a boy and attended the Peoria high school,later attending Cornell University. He Is president of the Woolner Distillery company, of Peoria. is vice-president of tlie National Wholesale Liquor Dealers association. He has taiven an activepart in politics and has been chairman of tlie Peoria county democratic central committee and a delegate tothe democratic national convention. He Is a member of Creve Cour and Country clubs of Peoria and of theIllinois Athletic club of Chicago. Address, Woolner Distillery Co., Peoria, III. 362. HARRIS, JOSEPH, pres. Automatic Electric Co., Cliicago; b. Cliicago, June 19, 1834: s. Soloman and Hannali(Summerfleld) Harris; ed. Dearborn and Jones grammar schls. and West Division high school, Chicago; oneof pioneers in developing the independent telephone service and was the first to promote the automatic tele-phone as a commercial utility; was Instrumental in organizing the Automatic Electric Co., in 1901, of which hassince been consecutively vice-pres. and pres.; has changed the telephone system ol Cuba trom the manual to theautomatic system; also that of Honolulu, H. T., and many centers in the U. S.; now engaged in installing theautomatic telephone system in Chicago; mem. Chicago Hist. Soc. and Art Inst, of Chicago; clubs. Mid-Day,Chicago Automobile, I. A. C, South Shore, also Republican and New York Athletic clubs ol New York; office,1001 W. Van Buren St. 363
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