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Today is he birthday of Henry Stuart Rich (September 18, 1841-March 18, 1929). He was born in upstate New York, but moved to Chicago as a young man, and co-founded The Western Brewer in 1876. By 1887, he and some partners bought the trade journal and was its president until his death.
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This is his obituary from his own publication, The Western Brewer:
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And this obituary appeared in Ice and Refrigeration in April of 1929.
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