One of the liberal Republicans in the House this winter is the Hon. John F. Grote of West Side, representing Crawford county. The platform upon which he was nominated and elected declared, "If the stuff can be sold, let it be manufactured in Iowa." That is the way he will vote. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, April 20, 1852. His education was gained in the old country. Coming to America at the age of 18 he stopped first at Clinton, Iowa, for twelve years. For the past thirteen years he has been conducting a dry goods and general merchandise store at West Side, which business he began at Clinton. While living at Clinton he was married to Miss Belle E. Jeffries. They have three daughters: A. Blanche, aged 19; Mabelle L., 16, and Edith E., 12. He is identified with several of the secret orders, being a member of the A. O. U. W., Modern Woodmen, in which he has been a representative in the grand lodge; Knights of Pythias, representing his local lodge in the grand lodge for the past ten years, and in Masonic circles he is numbered among the Knights Templar and Mystic Shriners. He belongs to the Episcopal church. In politics he has always been a Republican. He has been a member of the town council and has served on the school board. Crawford county is generally Democratic, but so well does Mr. Grote stand in the estimation of his neighbors that he was enabled to overcome the majority that ordinarily piles up against the Republican candidate, and he was elected to represent them this winter.
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