Northern Illinois University - Norther Yearbook (DeKalb, IL)

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L, 5 30 THE NORTHER ISFU-XC LEONFXRD ELLWOOD HE men who stand high in any field of activity, whether they be among the professions, in business circles, or wherever they are found, are men who have literally made ' f h' hose name appears at themselves what they are. Such has been the record o im w the beginning of this biography. Sixty-six years ago, in the state of New York, Colonel Isaac L. Ellwood was born. At an early age he began to earn his own living. Although his education had been very limited, his untiring energy, his striking personality and his unbounded determination all gave evidence that his limited academic education would be supplemented by that broader educa- tion which comes alone from contact with the world and that success would be his. He spent several years of his youth driving a team on the Erie canal, for which he received ten dollars per month. Later he worked as clerk in a store. After passing a few years in Cali- fornia during the gold excitement Mr. Ellwood, in 1855, returned to Illinois and, with the small capital he had managed to accumulate, opened a hardware store in the village of DeKalb. VVhen Mr. Joseph Glidden invented what is to-day known as the Glidden barbed wire, M . Ell ood, realizing the great need of fencing material, saw that if this invention could r w g onl be brought to the attention of the public the venture could be made to yield large Y is prohts. Finally he borrowed enough money to push the enterprise. He bought a half- . . . I t ' the invention and through his keen foresight, combined the early paten s on interest in , , barbed wire and on the machinery for its manufacture. He was thus enabled, with the t build u a igantic enterprise The growth of this introduction of additional inventions, o p g , enterprise has been marvelous. VVithin only a few years, out of what was an experiment, has developed the works of the Isaac L. Ellwood Manufacturing Company, which produce i l V ' - M' :M- '11v--wwf-Y-.--mw.q. ,..,,..3.,.nf-: 1 . r -Q-v--rv-w:+-w-fxwv--wr-if-P1---1 1--ww-K--vs s-,ff,N...t wif-Qanuvxw-11..,.v--L-M.. .-L -' s-- -f,A- v... .....,-........mwm.m.--..

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