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Judge E H Gary Dies Noted Steel Magnate
The Chicago area obituary reports the death of Elbert H Gary, famed head of United States Steel, with notes on his career from DuPage county judge to Steel magnate. It covers tributes at the American Iron and Steel Institute in 1919, his role in abolishing the 12 hour day, and details of burial in Wheaton with family.
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Gary
American Iron and Steel Institute
New York
Steel Corporation
Empire Building
United States Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel Institute
Chicago
E. H. Gary
Wheaton
Robert W. Campbell
Northwestern University
Gertrude Sutcliffe
Campbell
Evanston
Sutcliffe
DuPage County
Ilinois Sice Company
Federal Steel Company
Illinois Steel
American Finance
Gary Mermoriil Methodist
Eugene J. Buffington
The
Winds Steel Company