Foreign Language Press Service

Jacob Newman Jr. was born in Dornmoschal, Rheinpfalz in 1850. In 1861 he came to America and to Chicago in 1881. He is a director of the Anshe Maariv Congregation and also its financial secretary, and for a number of years, held the office of recording secretary. He is also a member

Henry Horner was born in Bohemia in 1819, and came to Chicago in 1847. He was the founder of the present wholesale grocery house of Henry Horner and Co., which is the oldest business of its kind in Chicago. He is a founder of K. A. M., and was one of its early presidents. Mr. Horner died in 1

Solomon Karpen is a native of Prussia and was born in 1858. He came to America when 13 years of age and arrived in Chicago late in 1871. He began the manufacture of upholstered furniture in a basement on Milwaukee Ave. with the aid of one helper. From this small beginning has grown the presen

Supplement to the note on Israel Cowen. He is secretary of K. A. M. and a member of the Board of Delegates on Civil and Religious Rights of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He has been a member of the executive committee of the Sabbath School Union and of the Jewish Chata

Michael Greenebaum came to America in 1845 and settled in Chicago a year later. He helped to establish the Hebrew Benevolent Society and became its first president. He was a member of the Anshe Maarab and Sinai Congregation, and one of the first to join the Zion Congregation. In each of these

Rabbi A. R. Levy was born in Germany in 1858, and was educated there. In 1879 he came to America, and became the Rabbi of Kinesseth Israel Temple at Erie, Pa. In 1888 he was called to the pulpit of B'nai Abraham Congregation of Chicago. Rabbi Levy has written a series of articles on

Congregation Ohavai Sholom Mariampol. This congregation was established in 1870. The synagogue is located at Canal and Liberty streets. They also own a large burial ground. In the synagogue is an extensive library of Hebrew books. A loan association is connected with this

Mr. Israel Shrinski was born in Chicago, April 9, 1869. He has been a vice-president of the Lakeside Club, and is prominently identified with the Standard Club. He was President of the Young Men's Hebrew Charity Association from 1898 to 1899, and is now a director of the organization. He is a

Benjamin Shoeneman, the first president of Sinai Congregation, was born in Germany in 1825. In 1849 he emigrated to America and in 1852 came to Chicago where he engaged in the packing business. He was versed in Jewish literature, was a man of progressive ideas and a warm champion of Jewish re

Judge Stein was born in Renish Prussia, March 12, 1844. At the age of ten, he came to America. In 1870--71, he was associated with Mr. Adolph Moses under the firm name of Moses & Stein, and in 1887 he became a member of the law-firm of Kraus, Mayer & Stein. Judge Stein was one of the

The following is a list of congregations and some of their charity institutions in different parts of the city. Congregations. Anshe Kenesses Israel, Ohavoy Sholom Mariampol, Ohel Jacob Kovno, Anshe Drahiszin, Ohavay Emunah, Tifereth Israel, Anshe Lukinik, Anshe Kalwaria,

Dr. Joseph Stolz was born at Syracuse, N. Y. on Nov. 3, 1861. In 1887 he was called to Chicago to succeed Dr.B.Felsenthal in the Zion Congregation. Since Jan. 1896, he has been in charge of Isaiah Congregation. Dr.Stolz is vice-president of the Jewish Publication Society, and Direct

Rabbi S. N. Deinard was born in Russia in 1873. He is the present Rabbi at the South Side Hebrew Congregation of Chicago, and is only 27 years old.

p.11..................From Bethany College latest Director's meeting we have the following: Dr. Swensson reported the following donation from the Hon. C. A. Smith of Minneapolis, Minnesota, twenty-five million feet of lumber on the root from Mr. Smith's timber lands in Oregon. This lumber is

p.11......A "Free-Thinkers'"society called the Ingersoll Memorial Association has been organized in this city and was incorporated last week by E. C. Reichwald, Frederic Dahlstrom and Samuel Roberts. The association intends to build a large meeting hall estimated at $100,000.00 as a memorial

Last week Katalikas proposed to establish a Lithuanian daily newspaper, and asks the opinion of others on this project. That the Lithuanian daily newspaper is essential and beneficial, no one can dispute. If the majority of nationalities in America have their daily newspapers, even

In the United States there are at present two million people who still speak Swedish. It should be close to the hearts of all friends of the native land to strengthen the sense of unity these immigrants have for the homeland--for its culture and language. Although these people have found a ne

Last Friday occurred the trial of the publisher of Lietuva, A. Olszewiski, against the former editor of Katalikas, Mr. Rusiki. Rusiki was sued for libel, for stating in Katalikas that Mr. Olszewiski was the secretary of the Independent Catholic Church. Mr. Olszewiski won $

In last week's issue, the Saule (The Sun, Mahanoy City, Pa.) gives a suggestion on how to stop the polemics among the Lithuanian newspapers. That newspaper suggests that the publishers and editors of the newspapers hold a convention. That the wrangle of our newspapers and their pers

p.11........The Rector and Regimental Pastor Gustaf Floden, one of Sweden's most noted ministers, will preach on Sunday, Whitsuntide, at St. Ansgarius Church here. The rector, who at his own expenses has undertaken a study-trip to America to obtain a closer knowledge of the state of church af