| Show ono one of uie the foremost men in pennsylvania a fellow townsman and my personal 1 ats friend is josiah V thompson banker and millionaire million airo land owner of implicit mr thompsons Thomp sons career shows what tho the faith in sturdy never quitting american type can plumber TV lo do starting t out in life with nothing el but health honest purpose and ambition to eleven rise lie ho llna niale made a fortune that is conservatively vat rat ively estimated at fp most by WILLIAN mcculland of it lie has ws won iq by deals deala in ili coil fayette Fy tt pa P anti and coke lands of which lie ho is one of the higgett owners in ili thi the entire vori country his holdings in in Greene county bounty covering teris tens of thousand of acres llo lle is president of the kirst national hank bank of oil an institution that heads tile honor roll in our und in the ilia nation mr 11 tompson hubut a vico vice esel eschewing lewing ardent spirits and tobacco entirely lut but lie he has one very ver decided peculiarity arity his h ta for the lie number ber eleven being deeply ingrained in his hia soul perhaps lr haps it was because lie was lorn born on oil the eleventh day y of vo november ember the he eleventh month mont li but at all events he stick to tile the mystic numerals ile iio buys stocks in blocks of 1100 or and if you go to him to borrow a thousand dollars lie firca prefers ra to make it hundred the magnificent bank and soltico building of uniontown Union town which he erected erp eted has eleven stories anti filially fiti ally 1 when lie he took look A charming chim ning lady for liia ilis wito wife sonic years ago they went ou on a honeymoon trip that lasted kievel months |
