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Biggest exhibitor at the Chicago Mart is also the titular head of U. S. furniture companies. Kroehler Manufacturing Co. of Naperville, Ill. claims the distinction of being the world's largest maker of upholstered furniture. Grey-haired, pock-marked Peter who always attends every show in person, was a $27-a-month bookkeeper when he started to work with a lounge company in Naperville. He bought the lounge company, built up a furniture corporation which in 1929 did $20,000,000 worth of business. His customers today include such heavy buyers as Sears, Roebuck and Montgomery Ward...
...health. He completed his course at Boston College and later studied for the priesthood at North American College in Rome. At 34 he was the College's rector. Installed as bishop of Portland, Me. in 1901, he did so well that five years later he was made titular archbishop and bishop coadjutor of Boston. Stepping up after the death in 1907 of benign John Joseph Williams, Archbishop O'Connell raised money ably, consolidated charities, built schools and new parishes. In 1911 he was raised to the purple along with the Archbishops of London, Paris, Vienna and New York...
Reverend William D. O'Brien as Titular Bishop...
...three times a year, crossing the ocean on business. On the water his time was spent sunning himself on deck, talking to fellow passengers. The voyage which he began at Smyrna in mid-April was such a trip except that he traveled on a smaller, slower ship, in titular custody of a young Third Secretary of Embassy and watched over by traveling correspondents. While the ship was at Casablanca he suffered a brief heart attack, but otherwise his health was good for a man of 74. He talked readily enough with fellow passengers, groused a bit at being photographed, read...
...Bidding him rise to his knees, the Prince of the Church imposed his hands and said: "Receive the Holy Ghost." He twice prayed: "Whatsoever thou shalt bless, may it be blessed. . . ." Then & there Rt. Rev. William David ("Willie"') O'Brien became a bishop, auxiliary of Chicago and titular of Calinda. Later, taking crozier (crook), Episcopal ring, Book of Gospels, mitre and gloves he walked with his consecrators through the Cathedral, blessing his flock, returning to the altar to utter thrice a well-wishing Ad multos annos. In all the great crowd none beamed with greater pride upon...