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January 1, 1914
Sequachee Valley News
Sequatchie, Marion County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
Augustus Cordier, Jr., 23-year-old heir to a multimillion-dollar agate ware factory fortune in Wood Haven, L.I., works daily as a factory laborer in overalls to learn every department and prepare to succeed his late father as president.
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WEALTHY MAN'S SON LABORS
Takes Place in Factory at Bottom of Ladder to Learn the Business.
New York.—Augustus Cordier, Jr., twenty-three-year-old son of the late Augustus Cordier, who was president of the Lalance & Grosjean Agate Ware factory in Wood Haven, L. I., and was a son-in-law of Florian Grosjean, who founded the company, is a workman in the factory.
When the youth's father died he left his extensive interests to his widow, who is worth several millions. Each morning he arises early and goes to work in the factory to learn the business, with an idea of some day succeeding his father in its management. He is studying the work of every department and dons overalls and works as hard as any of the other employes.
Takes Place in Factory at Bottom of Ladder to Learn the Business.
New York.—Augustus Cordier, Jr., twenty-three-year-old son of the late Augustus Cordier, who was president of the Lalance & Grosjean Agate Ware factory in Wood Haven, L. I., and was a son-in-law of Florian Grosjean, who founded the company, is a workman in the factory.
When the youth's father died he left his extensive interests to his widow, who is worth several millions. Each morning he arises early and goes to work in the factory to learn the business, with an idea of some day succeeding his father in its management. He is studying the work of every department and dons overalls and works as hard as any of the other employes.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Family
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Wealthy Heir
Factory Labor
Business Apprenticeship
What entities or persons were involved?
Augustus Cordier, Jr.
Augustus Cordier
Florian Grosjean
Where did it happen?
Wood Haven, L. I.
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Key Persons
Augustus Cordier, Jr.
Augustus Cordier
Florian Grosjean
Location
Wood Haven, L. I.
Story Details
Augustus Cordier, Jr., son of the late wealthy factory president, works as a laborer in the family factory to learn the business from the bottom up, aiming to eventually manage it.