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945:"C. P. H. SCHOELLKOPF, CAPITALIST, DIES; $ 500,000 Jewelry Robbery of Which His Wife Was Victim Recalled by Death. HAD INTERESTS AT NIAGARA Former Vice President of Power Company at Falls--To Be Buried in Buffalo, His Home"
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endowed the "Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal", the oldest award given by any local section, that recognizes a person who has fostered the objectives or activities of the
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