In Memoriam Calvin Wells: Born, Byron, Genesee Co., New York, December 26, 1827, Died, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1909 |
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... friends came from distant points to attend his funeral . The services took place at 3 o'clock Thursday , August 5 , in the Third Presbyterian Church , with which Mr. Wells had been so long and closely associated . We take the following ...
... friends came from distant points to attend his funeral . The services took place at 3 o'clock Thursday , August 5 , in the Third Presbyterian Church , with which Mr. Wells had been so long and closely associated . We take the following ...
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... was connected or by personal friends . As the eight active pall - bearers carried the casket through the entrance to the church , Organist Vincent B. Wheeler in a subdued strain played Chopin's funeral march , CALVIN WELLS 9.
... was connected or by personal friends . As the eight active pall - bearers carried the casket through the entrance to the church , Organist Vincent B. Wheeler in a subdued strain played Chopin's funeral march , CALVIN WELLS 9.
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... friends of the dead financier and philanthropist , followed by the sorrowing little body of mourners , wended their way to the front of the edifice where places had been reserved for them . After the coffin had been placed in front of ...
... friends of the dead financier and philanthropist , followed by the sorrowing little body of mourners , wended their way to the front of the edifice where places had been reserved for them . After the coffin had been placed in front of ...
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... friends of Mr. Wells had left the city for the Summer . The pall - bearers were : Charles L. Cole , secretary Dollar Savings Bank ; Albert J. Barr , of Pittsburg " Post ; " W. L. Jones , vice - president of Jones & Laughlin's Steel ...
... friends of Mr. Wells had left the city for the Summer . The pall - bearers were : Charles L. Cole , secretary Dollar Savings Bank ; Albert J. Barr , of Pittsburg " Post ; " W. L. Jones , vice - president of Jones & Laughlin's Steel ...
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... friends . A business man by inspiration , he recognized the power of newspapers for good , and with his surplus capital bought the Philadelphia Press when it was in its less prosperous days . " The story of Calvin Wells , struggling ...
... friends . A business man by inspiration , he recognized the power of newspapers for good , and with his surplus capital bought the Philadelphia Press when it was in its less prosperous days . " The story of Calvin Wells , struggling ...
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Page 17 - The pains of death are past, Labour and sorrow cease ; And life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done I Praise be thy new employ ; And while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 8 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 17 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done ! Praise be thy new employ ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 10 - Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Page 47 - Bank and for a number of years a member of its board of trustees.
Page 50 - It is with profound sorrow that we are called upon to record the death of Mr.
Page 48 - We cherish the confident hope that he has entered into the rest that remains for the people of God...
Page 30 - He had the faculty of absorbing whatever of suggestion or information came to him, and turning it to the best account without permitting it to divert him from his purpose or to sway him from his fixed convictions.
Page 30 - His special gifts had, perhaps, the finest field for their exercise in building up and successfully establishing a business which had languished and withered under less vigorous and liberal management.