Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1899 — JOHN C. HUBINGER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JOHN C. HUBINGER.

m Wcstcn Capitalise, Maaafaatanr asi rhilaatkiofht Among the leaders of the progressiva element for which tha midis west is famous, Mr. John C. Hubinger, of Keokuk, Is, reigns without a peer. As a manufacturer, aa an enterprising capitalist and as a philanthropist his fame has spread over many states, and Us financial enterprises have developed many obscure towns into progressive, thrifty and wide-awake cities. Mr. Hubinger, although hut 47 years of age, can look bade upon scores of commercial victories, each one of which has benefited mankind, for his liberality is as bountiful sa his business sagacity is marvelous. He was born In New Orleans, his parents being of French snff German origin. When he was four years old, his family removed to Kentucky, in which state young Hubinger received a public school education. Almost before reaching man's estate he secured patents on a somber of val uable mechanical Inventions, thereby laying the foundation of his present fortune. By inclination and force of circumstances his attention was early directed to the manufacture of starch by improved processes, and in the course of time he became the head of a concern having an annual business of millions of dollars. But genuine ambition never quite satisfied with existing conditions, works ever toward perfection, and after years of painstaking study •cd research Mr. Hubinger has made a

discovery, which he considers the crowning event of his wonderful career, and which is embodied In a aew article of commerce, known as Red Cro&a Starch (Bed Cross trade mark.) He Is planning to distribute millions of packages of this starch to :he housewives of America, at a merely nominal price to the consumer, In to make Its merits known without delay. Thus, for but ft cents two large tec packages of Bed Cross Starch may be had, together frith two magnificent Shakespearean views printed In If beautiful colors, or a Twentieth Century Girl Calendar; or for only 20 cents 10 packages of the starch and the entire series of eight Shakespearean views and one Twentieth Century Girl Calendar —views alone easily worth SI.OO. Watch this paper for future premium announcements, of which every lady will certainly want to take advantage. While Mr. Huhinger will devote his best energies td the manufacture of this new and wonderful starch, he will not retire from the various financial enterprises in which he is interested—street railways, electric lighting plants and the Mlssisisppi Valley Telephone Co_ with 10,000 telephone subscribers in Minneapolis and St. Paul—nor will bis augmented activity interfere with his social obligations and exercise of the splendid hospitality which he dispenses at his palatial Keokuk home. Mr. HnMnger’s family, consisting of himself, wife and four children, ia the" pivot around which his activity revolves, and while fond of promoting great enterprises, he la still fonder of his home circle, where he spends every moment of time not taken up by business or public cares.

JOHN C. HUBINGER.