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 NEW BRIGHTON PAPERS. 151 Paper Co., going with the company when it was formed, and has continued in that capacity ever since. He now enjoys a very large trade, and has the name of selling one of the largest volumes of business, of any one other paper salesman of this country. He has made a close study of the paper business, and has been very successful, having the reputation when in the printing business, of being one of the best experts in Ohio, and received many a compliment on the work he turned out. Mr. McCaughtry was educated in the old McKinley school house in Chippewa township, Beaver county. Pa., and there earned the first money he ever received, by building fires, and keeping the school house clean, at the salary of four dollars for the term, or one dollar a month. When he entered the employ of the Beaver "Local," he received $50 a year and his boarding. By his own efforts, his untiring industry, and his complete knowledge of his business, he has reached a position where his yearly earnings will amount to more than the value of the entire plant of the old "Local." Mr. McCaughtry is one of the most popular salesmen that has ever been in the trade in this section, and when he used to make his regular rounds among the printing offices, he was always a welcome visitor, and his reliability in his sales gave him a standing that has made his trade a sure one. He holds contracts for supplying paper, to every one of the daily papers of Pittsburg. Another apprentice who has attained a prominent place among New Brighton business men, is Harry L. Schweppe, the enterprising and reliable pharmacist, who has been located for many years in the "News" building. Dr. Wilson proprietor of the "Herald" while in New Brighton, boarded with Patterson Mitchell, Mr. Schweppe's grandfather.