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First Dollars Earned by Frederick Notables Across Trades
Frederick's well known figures recall early work days from bone gathering to brick hauling and farm chores. The piece records Emory L. Coblentz, Charles Wertheimer, John Schell, and others describing how they earned their first money, from potato growing to purifying corn and selling rabbits, revealing a common thread of hard work shaping future success.
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Frederick Tonians
Frederick
Emory L. Coblentz
Hageratown and Frederick Railway
Central Trust Company of Maryland
Mr. Coblentz
Middletown
John Ed Schell
Eli Wolfe
Schell
John A. Di‘zler
Grace Reformed Church
Adams County
George B. McCleery
Landis
Fout
D.C Whiebrewer
Bunlders
North Market Street
C. BE. Cline
Commercial State Bank
Cline
Charles E. Thomas
EH. Lamar
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dickinson College
Lamar
Fred W. Cramer
Montgomery County
Board of Trade
Lloyd T. MacGil
F. W. Staub
L. Obendorfer
F .W. Obendorfer
O. B. Coblentz
Robert A Bennett
McMurray
Mr. Bennett
Charles F. Seeger
Seeger
C O
Winchester
J. W. Hatner
Lyndhurst
Harner