The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-11-30

luth thirty, odd, years ago. Sounds
rather good, Ell?
The Suns boom booklet has
portrait and biography OF Hon.
Alonzo J. Whiteman, who was one
of the leading pebbles on the beach
away back in 1887. This eulogistic
and flattering biography ran as fol-
lows, viz:
"Hon. Alonzo J. Whiteman, the
present state senator from the city
of Duluth, was born in Dansville,
Livingston Co., N. Y, June 10,
1860, and is, therefore, not yet
twenty-seven years of age. He en-
tered Hamilton college at Clinton,
n Y, at the age of sixteen, gradu-
ating with honors years later. He
then, at, the age of twenty, entered
Columbia Law school in the city of
New York, where he pursued his
studies for one year.
"Mr. Whiteman came to Duluth in
August, 1881, and entered the bank
ing house of Bell & Eyster, where he
was paying teller for nearly a year,
when he commenced business for
himself.\ For more than five years
he has been a dealer in pine lands
and has probaly done larger bust
ness in that line than anyone in Du-
luth. He also has had charge of
pine interests in this state for his
father and other eastern capitalists.
Gin 1884, Mr.. Whiteman was the
democratic nominee for representa-
tive from this district and was the
first democrat who ever carried st.
Louis county for legislative office.
defeating his opponent, Mr.. Knox, by
a majority of 200 in the county and
500 in the city.
"Mr. Whiteman is the vice-presi-
dent of the Kitchi Gammi club and
has strong following of republicans
as we'll as democrats. In the last
legislature he made an excellent rec
ord, taking an active and prominent
claiming the attention of the body of
which he is so young a member. He
was member of the following COM
mittees: Elections, Grain and Ware
house inspection, Public Lands and
Railroads. He also served on the
special election of Booms and Logs.
"Mr. Whiteman is distinctly the
representative of the young and pro-
gressive element of his party and
section and, as such, gives promise
of life of usefulness and honor"
That sketch was written before
Alonzo j. Whiteman acquired a ma
tional reputation as a bold and sue
cessful bank swindler by means of
bogus checks and drafts and before
he did time in the penitentiary as
result of being caught after a long
and bold career. ut Might Have
Been" is a fitting obituary for Alonzo
J. Whiteman.
The frontispiece of the Suns boom
booklet of 1887 is a. portrait of the
late John B. Sutphin, then mayor of
Duluth. A prominent portrait on
another page is that of Matthew B.
Harrison. A sketch accompanying
the portrait says, viz:
prominent among the young men
who have come to the front in Min
nesota in the last year is Matthew B.
Harrison. Mr.. Harrison was born in
Petersburg, Va, and losing all his
property by the vicissiutdes of the
civil war he worked his way UP in
life and educated himself. Moving
to Minnesota to practice law, he saw
that great fortunes were being
| amassed around him in real estate
in St. Paul. He went into the tusi
ness there but, in few months &C.
quaintance with the state, he be-
came convinced that Duluth was the
coming city, and determined to To-
cate there. He built up the largest
real estate business in the ciyt. AS
evidence of this, records Of real /es-
tate transactions show that his sales
in January, 1887, amounted to $117,-
600, when the total of all sales was
$2S1,730. Mr.. Harrison is the larg-
est owner Of real estate in the city,
having controlling interests in about
Sl,SO0,O00 worth of property. He
is yougn man of 80, active, enter
prising and liberal, which, combined
| with sound judgment and a reputa-
! tion for square dealing, goes far in
establishing for him the reputation
OF having made more money in his
line than any man in the state"
About six years later, Mr.. Har-
rison died, widely known and sin
cerely mourned.
Duluthians were liberal and con-
sistent advertisers in those days.
Anything that boosted Duluth re-
cefved liberal patronage. Social
standing or the dictum of the Com
mercial Club did not decide the
merits of a publicity undertaking.
This boom booklet of the Duluth
Sunday Morning Sun is fairly over
flowing with advertising, much of it
by firms no longer in existence or
men no longer living. Briefly out
lined, advertisements ran as follows,
| viz:
Thomas Dowse & Co., Real Es-
tate, Pine and Iron Land Agency.
Established in 1870. Acquaintance
and Experience Have Profitable
Value.
Richardson, Day & Co., 408 West
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