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   Aug 19, 2021 · Victoria Glendinning’s account of the miserly founder of middle England’s department store — and the son who gave it away. Spedan Lewis in 1904. The The partnership model he established ...

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     For the year to January 2019, John Lewis profits fell by 45...

2. www.menofthewest.net › man-of-the-west-lew-wetzelMan of the West: Lew Wetzel

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   He was accused in 1788 of the murder of peaceful Indians, but he escaped and there was no trial. Lewis was the son of a German emigrant named John Wetzel, who was later killed by Indians, and Mary Bonnet, daughter of Jean Jacques Bonnet of Friedrichstal, Baden, Germany.

3. www.nrafamily.org › content › throwback-thursdayThrowback Thursday: Lewis Wetzel, Legendary Frontier Scout

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   Jun 2, 2022 · Lewis Wetzel (1763-1808) was the son of a German emigrant, John Wetzel, and his wife, Mary Bonnet. In 1770, the Wetzel and Bonnet families moved from Pennsylvania to the Wheeling Creek area of what is now the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

4. www.johnlewis.com › content › a-history-of-john-lewisThe story of John Lewis - John Lewis & Partners

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   Britain was recovering from World War One, which ended in 1918, and the post-war economic depression greatly affected trade for all businesses. The eponymous founder of John Lewis died in 1928 aged 92 and his son, John Spedan Lewis established the John Lewis Partnership the following year.

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   Aug 29, 2016 · He was the dad of John/Johann Wetzel, born 1733 in the New World, and the granddad of Lewis/Ludwig Wetzel. John/Johann Wetzel was married to Mary Bonnet, her ancestors came from what is today Stutensee, Baden, Germany.

6. www.nytimes.com › the-daily › john-lewisThe Life and Legacy of John Lewis - The New York Times

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   Jul 20, 2020 · Mr. Lewis, a son of sharecroppers and an apostle of nonviolence who was bloodied at Selma, Ala., and across the Jim Crow South in the historic struggle for racial equality, and who then carried a...

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   Who was Lewis Wetzel?

   • Lewis Wetzel (1763-1808) was the son of a German emigrant, John Wetzel, and his wife, Mary Bonnet. In 1770, the Wetzel and Bonnet families moved from Pennsylvania to the Wheeling Creek area of what is now the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

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   When did John Lewis die?

   • Britain was recovering from World War One, which ended in 1918, and the post-war economic depression greatly affected trade for all businesses. The eponymous founder of John Lewis died in 1928 aged 92 and his son, John Spedan Lewis established the John Lewis Partnership the following year.

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   What was Wetzel's occupation?

   • In the frontier society where Wetzel grew up, the killing of Indians was considered a public service. Wetzel's exceptional ability as a killer made him stand out as a man among men, despite his socially awkward teenage years.

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   Who was John Spedan Lewis married to?

   • In 1884, aged 48, Lewis married Eliza Baker, a schoolmistress with a university education, who was 18 years his junior. They set up home in a mansion on the edge of Hampstead Heath, for which Lewis made up the name Spedan Tower after his aunt, Ann Speed, and when Eliza bore a son in 1885, he was called John Spedan Lewis.

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   When did John Lewis start?

   • The eponymous founder of John Lewis died in 1928 aged 92 and his son, John Spedan Lewis established the John Lewis Partnership the following year. Elsewhere in the decade, around 1925, the Toastmaster allowed two slices of bread to be toasted at the same time, and Arthur Leslie Large invented the electrical kettle in 1922.

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   How did Lew Wetzel become a virulent Slayer?

   • The reward for violent performance against Native Americans swiftly led to Lew Wetzel becoming a most relentless killer. The hunt became his ruling passion. He had hunted armed men long enough and liked it and he would never really care for anything else thereafter.

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_Lewis_PartnershipJohn Lewis Partnership - Wikipedia

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   They set up home in a mansion on the edge of Hampstead Heath, for which Lewis made up the name Spedan Tower after his aunt, Ann Speed, [9] and when Eliza bore a son in 1885, he was called John Spedan Lewis. A second son, Oswald Lewis, was born in 1887.