Clipping:George Herancourt destitute in Los Angeles
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| Date | Sunday, February 19, 1888 |
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| Text | [from Caylor’s letter] A short notice appeared in a Cincinnati paper this week announcing the misfortune which had come over George Herancourt. All had not been told. I heard last week of the desperate straits into which he had come but had not the heart to be the first to make it a matter of public gossip. A well known young Cincinnatian, who was in Los Angeles a month or two ago was passing through one of the principal streets of the town one day when the familiar sound of “weinerwurst” greeted his ear. The cry was not the only familiar part of it, for he thought the voice sounded familiar. He looked closely at the face of the man who stood on the corner with his bucket and uttered the words “weinerwurst, nice and hot” and it flashed upon him that the man was George Herancourt. He had not the heart to stop and speak, but after passing on a square he determined to go back and make himself known. When he came to the corner however, George was gone. The recognition had been mutual and the former Treasurer of this city had picked up his bucket and got out of the way. When McPhee was in that city he searched for the former club president for the purpose of extending a helping hand, but failed to find him. He believe George purposely kept away. There is not a man in the Cincinnati Club who would not gladly contribute liberally to a fund for Mr. Herancourt’s relief. They know him as the good natured liberal hearted young fellow who was at the head of the club in 1885, and who always had a ready ear for their requests financially. A better hearted, merrier, more indulgent club President never lived than Herancourt. It was indeed his over-confidence in humanity that swamped him. He was surrounded with a lot of blood suckers who lived off his purse till it was emptied and then turned their backs on him. George had his faults–who is there has not?–but his generosity and good points were in the majority always. |
| Source | Cincinnati Commercial Gazette |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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