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    1. [RI] Printers and Printing in Providence (part 168)
    2. Beth Hurd
    3. from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution printed in 1907 "The Journeymen" (part 168) pp. LXXVI - LXXVII. "FRANK HOPKINS SEARS - Born New York State Aug. 21, 1855; learned printing on newspapers in Montgomery and Newburgh, N. Y., beginning in 1869; admitted to Providence Union by card Oct. 12, 1874; worked in this city about seven years, on the Journal, Bulletin, Press and Star; went West in the fall of 1881, and Dec. 19 of that year published one number of the Waverly Enterprise in Waverly, Coffey Co., Kas.; went into cattle raising business and has not worked at printing since 1881; was in cattle business at Eudora, Kas., in 1904. FRANK H. SEFFING - Born Sandusky, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1864; learned printing in office of Register of that city, beginning Aug. 25, 1876; admitted to Providence union by card Aug. 27, 1884, and again June 28, 1885; worked on the Star and Telegram. After enumerating the names of the men on those papers when he visited Providence, Mr. Seffing writes: 'The lapse of 20 years has not served to efface from my mind the names of those old stalwarts of No. 33, and the rides 'down the river' and the 'Rhode Island clambakes' and the general good times to be had in Providence.' Mr. Seffing represented Cleveland Union at the Hot Springs convention in 1907. P. A. SEIBERLICH - Born Philadelphia, Pa., May 13, 1860; he learned the printing trade in that city in the offices of John P. Murphy, beginning in 1875; worked in Providence on the Evening Telegram from 1894 to 1900, and has 'worked in nearly every large city in the country;' now located in New York. THOMAS C. SHANLEY - Died Providence Jan. 24, 1885, aged 25 years; he learned printing on the Evening Telegram; initiated into Providence Union Sept. 30, 1883. The funeral was an elaborate one. The bearers were James H. Russell, Joseph N. B. Meegan, James Moore and George W. Flynn. Mass was at the Pro-Cathedral. JOHN A. SHANNON - Born May 10, 1863, in England; he began to learn printing in the office of the News at Lawrence, Mass., finishing his apprenticeship in Providence at A. N. Angell's; he worked in Providence from 1887 to 1904; was an original member of the souvenir committee; now located in New York city." continued in part 169.

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