Gangster William George ‘‘Big Bill’’ Lias, born at the turn of the 20th century, was a flamboyant bootlegger, leader of organized crime, and professional gambler in Wheeling, West Virginia. By 1920, he had left his family grocery business in Wheeling for a career in...
Born May 30, 1877, in Kansas, Charles Albert Lindsey worked for the majority of his career in the silk industry, first as a salesman of “ladies’ novelties” and later as a manager for Corticelli Silk, one of the world’s largest producers of silk thread imported from...
Original owner of 1405 Balmoral Drive, Dr. Ramage was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the grandson of the lord mayor of the city. He was educated at Liverpool College, Eng., Steward College, Edinburgh, and received his doctorate at Heidelberg University, Germany. He...
Robert Pauli Scherer was the inventor of the rotary die press used to create soft gelatin capsules for medications and dietary supplements. Born on October 10, 1906 in Detroit, Michigan, Scherer was raised and educated in the city, and after attending Detroit’s public...
King David Shwayder was born in 1910, the son of Jesse Shwayder, founder of the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company. The business made folding card tables and furniture under the “Samson” brand, named for the Biblical character. In 1939 the company...
Carl B. Tuttle was born in Corunna, Michigan in 1882. He joined the S.S. Kresge company, founded by Sebastian Kresge, in 1899, working at its very first store as a maintenance man. He rose through the ranks, and by the 1910s was the secretary and treasurer of the...