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Buddy knife marked MFD. BY STANDARD APPLIANCES INC CHICAGO ILL USA.

Courtesy of Josef L’Africain

Up close and personal:

In 1918 an FBI report investigated Horix' application for

appointment to the United States Consular Services to serve in

the Far East. The report noted that prior to the U. S. entrance

into World War 1, Horix

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was a very radical pro-German and

lost no opportunity to make know his views.

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In 1928 Horix sued his Mother-in-Law for $250,000 for alleged

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alienation of affections.

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At the time his wife was suing him

for divorce on grounds of failure to support and extreme and

repeated cruelty. Carl said the failure to support was caused

by his wife's refusal to leave Chicago with him to accept a

position.

In 1919, Horix' wife Carrie was granted a divorce on the grounds of

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extreme cruelty

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During court testimony, Mrs. Horix alleged he once attacked her with a pair of scissors.

Carl countered that his wife

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violated a pre-marriage agreement not to associate with

her mother until she retracted alleged derogatory statements relating to him.

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Photo is Carl Horix in 1900 at age 26. (b.1874-d.1944).