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About August Straus
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXW8-KLP : accessed 14 July 2015), S Strauss, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 93, family 689, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,972. Mr. Straus made a success in life wholly by his own efforts and without any advantages in childhood. His father, Samuel Straus, came from Minnstroppel, in south Germany, when a young man and died about 1905 at age 88. August's mother, who was Rebecca Bloch, of Germany, was still living at the time of August's death.
His work as a newsboy brought him in touch with the newspaper offices and while still a boy he quit the rail road and learned to set type on the Courier-Journal. From there he went into the job printing department.In 1883 the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company was incorporated by W. N. and John A. Haldeman, Louis T. Davidson and August Straus. Mr. Straus was vice president, In 1887 Mr. Straus undertook the founding of the Insurance Herald from which grew, ten years later, the Insurance Field.
The enterprise gave him a wide personal acquaintance with insurance magnates all over the United States. The Courier-Journal Job Printing Company had a branch in Chicago. Mr. Straus was a born salesman and took pride in carrying the label of Louisville printing goods everywhere from British America to Cuba and Mexico.
Personally, "Gus" Straus was known for his great kindness of heart, for an open-handed generosity that was its own fault, and for a shy yet boyish frankness that made devoted friends.August Straus was vice president of the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company; president of the Insurance Field Company, and died at his home 1141 Third Street in Louisville. He had sought treatment for his failing health in Carlsbad and Berlin, and afterward sought a change of air and scene in Cuba and several points in the United States without relief.
“[August Straus] married on 16 October 1877 Miss Rachael Loeb, of Louisville. They were parents to their two sons: the eldest is Emanuel E. Straus, of the Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., the younger, Dr. Ernest C. Straus. He was survived also by Mrs. Lee C. Cohn, a sister, and one brother who resided in Ohio. Taken from "Obituary of August Straus," The Courier-Journal, 28 April 1912, p. 9 “ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27749225
http://books.google.com/books?id=Hx48AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq... This link contains a picture of him. His Courier-Journal Job Printing Company published the work,
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August Straus's Timeline
| 1855 |
December 29, 1855
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Louisville, KY, United States
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| 1878 |
September 12, 1878
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Louisville, Kentucky
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| 1881 |
February 2, 1881
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Louisville, KY, United States
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| 1912 |
April 27, 1912
Age 56
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Louisville, KY, United States
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