Prominent Jews of America; a collection of biographical sketches of Jews who have distinguished themselves in commercial, professional and religious endeavor . A few years ago he went intobusiness for himself in New York City and hasaccomplished a splendid success and unimpeachablereputation, due to his strict and honest businessmethods. Business does not devour all of Mr. Horowitzsattention, not even most of it. He is very activelyengaged in social and charitable work. He is aDirector and very active member of the HebrewInstitute, where he had also been an effective mem-ber on its building co
Prominent Jews of America; a collection of biographical sketches of Jews who have distinguished themselves in commercial, professional and religious endeavor . A few years ago he went intobusiness for himself in New York City and hasaccomplished a splendid success and unimpeachablereputation, due to his strict and honest businessmethods. Business does not devour all of Mr. Horowitzsattention, not even most of it. He is very activelyengaged in social and charitable work. He is aDirector and very active member of the HebrewInstitute, where he had also been an effective mem-ber on its building committee. He is a member ofthe Beth David Hospital, the Free Loan Association and other Jewish institutions all over the country. He also indulges to aconsiderable extent in practical private charity wherever he goes. On the third of June, 1917, Mr. Horowitz was married to Miss LillianSchainuck, the accomplished only daughter of Mr. Benjamin Schainuck, arenowned man of wealth in Pittston, Pa. And although Mrs. Horowitz isAmerican by birth and had graduated in high school with distinciton, she isthoroughly Jewish and as orthodox as her father and I Jill LOUIS HORN Mr. Louis Horn of Pittsburgh, Pa., is not only a highly successful mer-chant, but he is one of the most interesting personalities one is apt to meetin any relation in life. He is just fifty years of age, having first seen thelight of day in the city of New York on July 31, 1867. He is of Germanstock, his father, still living and eighty-five years of age, having settled hereafter he left Germany fifty-six years ago. Louis attended public school inNew York and started to work at the age of twelve. He at first took to theoccupation of selling newspapers in the streets, then went to peddling, and atthe age of twenty-three he went to live in Pittsburgh. At first he opened a retail dry goods store on Fifth avenue; graduallydeveloping, he went into the wholesale line, so that within ten years he hadadded different ar
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