HILLYARD, Lorenzo O. - Revision history

Randylyon at 20:26, 17 January 2018

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	Hillyard was the president of the Central Broadcasting Company which operated WOC Radio Station from Davenport, Iowa and WHO Radio Station from Des Moines.		Hillyard was the president of the Central Broadcasting Company which operated WOC Radio Station from Davenport, Iowa and WHO Radio Station from Des Moines.

			As a boy, Hillyard worked as a newsboy. Remembering those day, he made an annual practice of distributing dollar bills among the newsboys of the Telegraph Herald. (1)

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			1. "Caring for the Needy," ''Telegraph Herald'', Deember 21, 2004, p. 1

	Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 610		Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 610

Randylyon at 03:46, 29 December 2015

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			Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 610

	"C. F. Hillyard," Citizens Historical Association of Indianapolis, Jan. 27, 1940, Vertical Files, Carnegie-Stout Public Library		"C. F. Hillyard," Citizens Historical Association of Indianapolis, Jan. 27, 1940, Vertical Files, Carnegie-Stout Public Library

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Randylyon at 03:01, 20 December 2015

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	HILLYARD, Lorenzo O. (Wayne County, IA, Sept. 4, 1874--Jan. 3, 1935)~~. President, Midland Chemical Company~~. Hillyard was educated in rural schools and then attended a commercial college in Omaha, Nebraska. He moved to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1894 and was employed by Standard Oil Company as a wagon driver and a traveling specialty salesman for six years. From 1898 to 1901, he was a general tank wagon superintendent for the Standard Oil Company.		HILLYARD, Lorenzo O. (Wayne County, IA, Sept. 4, 1874--Jan. 3, 1935). Hillyard was educated in rural schools and then attended a commercial college in Omaha, Nebraska. He moved to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1894 and was employed by Standard Oil Company as a wagon driver and a traveling specialty salesman for six years. From 1898 to 1901, he was a general tank wagon superintendent for the Standard Oil Company.

	He resigned in 1901 and moved to Dubuque where he established a chemical manufacturing company at Second and Locust [[STREETS]]. In 1905 he incorporated the company as the [[MIDLAND CHEMICAL LABORATORIES ~~INC.~~]] He served as the president of the company until his death. The company that he founded prospered ~~until it gained recognition as~~ one of the nation's largest disinfectant and germicide companies.		He resigned in 1901 and moved to Dubuque where he established a chemical manufacturing company at Second and Locust [[STREETS]]. In 1905 he incorporated the company as the [[MIDLAND CHEMICAL LABORATORIES]]. He served as the president of the company until his death. The company that he founded prospered AS one of the nation's largest disinfectant and germicide companies.

	Hillyard was the president of the Central Broadcasting Company which operated WOC Radio Station from Davenport, Iowa and WHO Radio Station from Des Moines.		Hillyard was the president of the Central Broadcasting Company which operated WOC Radio Station from Davenport, Iowa and WHO Radio Station from Des Moines.

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	HILLYARD, Lorenzo O. (Wayne County, IA, Sept. 4, 1874-~~Unknown~~). President, Midland Chemical Company. ~~While working~~ as a general tank wagon superintendent for the Standard Oil Company~~, Hillyard made~~ a ~~careful study of disinfectants~~. In ~~1901~~ he ~~began to manufacture these household chemicals on Second Street in Dubuque~~. The company that he founded prospered until it gained recognition as one of the nation's largest disinfectant and germicide companies.		HILLYARD, Lorenzo O. (Wayne County, IA, Sept. 4, 1874--Jan. 3, 1935). President, Midland Chemical Company. Hillyard was educated in rural schools and then attended a commercial college in Omaha, Nebraska. He moved to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1894 and was employed by Standard Oil Company as a wagon driver and a traveling specialty salesman for six years. From 1898 to 1901, he was a general tank wagon superintendent for the Standard Oil Company.

			He resigned in 1901 and moved to Dubuque where he established a chemical manufacturing company at Second and Locust [[STREETS]]. In 1905 he incorporated the company as the [[MIDLAND CHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC.]] He served as the president of the company until his death. The company that he founded prospered until it gained recognition as one of the nation's largest disinfectant and germicide companies.

			Hillyard was the president of the Central Broadcasting Company which operated WOC Radio Station from Davenport, Iowa and WHO Radio Station from Des Moines.

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			"C. F. Hillyard," Citizens Historical Association of Indianapolis, Jan. 27, 1940, Vertical Files, Carnegie-Stout Public Library

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HILLYARD, Lorenzo O. (Wayne County, IA, Sept. 4, 1874-Unknown). President, Midland Chemical Company. While working as a general tank wagon superintendent for the Standard Oil Company, Hillyard made a careful study of disinfectants. In 1901 he began to manufacture these household chemicals on Second Street in Dubuque. The company that he founded prospered until it gained recognition as one of the nation's largest disinfectant and germicide companies.

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