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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) has this: Harry Kline
Burial Date: 18 Aug 1943
Burial Plot: Section 4, side 5B, grave 7
Burial Place: West Roxbury, Massachusetts
So he was buried the day after he died.. |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 has a Harry Kline born 10 June 188<7> (not 1888): Harry Kline
3909 Pine Phila Penn
June 10 1887
naturalized citizen
Leban-Cousland [?] Russia
Veterinary student
single, Caucasian
Defective eye sight
Not sure of 'Leban-Cousland', possibly e.g. Seban-Consland |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: 1930 census:
Harry Kline, 41, born in Latvia, age at first marriage 35, Proprietor Veterinary, year of immigration 1905. Wife: Esther, 26, born in Poland, year of immigration 1923. Daughter: Deborah, 4 1/2, born in Minnesota. Lives in Queens, New York. |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 11 March 1913:
Kline, Harry
109 Elmo St., Dorchester
June 10th 1887, Liban, Russia
Farmer, Unmarried
Dorchester is in Boston area - fine. Farmer? Ok, he studied vet. in 1914. And 1887, again. Where is Liban? |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: <Harry L. Kline, born 4 July 1888 in Kovno, Russia (= Kaunas, Lithuania)> Also for him the U.S. Naturalization Record Index 1917 has <Liban, Russia>. ---
From http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lit...: <Before World War I the Agudath Yisrael party was very active. The list contains the names of paying 78 members. The economic situation of Zhidik deteriorated in these years to such an extent that the estate owners had to donate flour and firewood to the needy people. Emigration to America and South Africa increased and almost every week a family departed to a new country.> And many of them took the name 'Harry Kline'.
<During World War I, in the summer of 1915, the remaining Zhidik Jews were exiled to remote parts of Russia.> This concludes my investigation on Harry P. Kline! |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Phony Benoni: http://www.waltham.lib.ma.us/localh... Simply "Harry Kline".
I am beginning to doubt the middle initial, Gaige notwithstanding. Every reference I've found has been for "Harry Kline" or "Dr. Harry Kline". There is a "Harry P Kline" from Philadelphia in the 1900s-1910s, but he is a billiards player who keeps losing to Willie Hoppe. I notice another of Kline's teammates was E. S. Jackson, whom I played in a tournament in 1975. Darn. If only I'd known, I could have asked. |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: Some more, for completion (sorry I can't resist):
From U.S. College Students Lists, University of Pennsylvania, Veterinary, p. 775: “Harry Kline, V. M. D., 1917; Veterinarian; attached O. R. C., U. S. A. 5324 Lyndale Ave., S. Minneapolis, Minn.” Whatever O. R. C. is. The Minnesota stay ca. 1917-1927 explains why there are few (if any) chess reports in online newspapers from that period. From US City Directories:
1919 St. Paul, Minnesota Kline Harry Vet insptr B of A Ind rms 238 5th av N S St P 1921 Minneapolis, Minnesota, Veterinary surgeons [--] Kline Harry 5320 Lyndale av S 1922 Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kline Harry Veterinary surgeon 5324 Lyndale av S r same 1924 Minneapolis Minnesota Kline Harry Veterinarian Surgeon 5324 Lyndale av S There were 6 or 8 Harry Kline's in Minneapolis only, and thousands in the US. |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: <Phony B> I've tried desperately to find him in the 1910 census. He is probably there somewhere, likely in Boston area, but it may be that he used the real name in 1910. The first I've found in newspapers so far is in 1912: "Harry Kline of Boston". |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Phony Benoni: <Tabanus> Did you try Denver? It's a long shot, but the <Brooklyn Daily Eagle>, August 31, 1911, in a report on the Western Championship puts "Harry Kline" in Denver. http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers... |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: <PB> I'm trying to learn US geography here. Now I know Denver Colorado is in the middle of US, far away :) I suppose it must be Denver New York? |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: If Denver Colorado there is a Harry Kline also there (in 1910): 20, Born in Illinois (sigh), employment 'Kitchen Hospital'. No other good candidates. |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: Denver Illinois, Denver Indiana, Denver Iowa, Denver Missouri, Denver North Carolina, Denver Ohio, Denver Pennsylvania, Denver West Virginia, Denver City, Texas, Denver Township Isabella County Michigan,
Denver Township Newaygo County Michigan, Denver Township Minnesota. I tried Denver New York. Last try: Denver, Minnesota. Which is near to Excelsior, Minnesota where the Western Ch was held. |
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Jun-11-13
 | | Tabanus: From Turner's Public Spirit (Ayer, Mass.), 4 July 1914: "<Harry Kline>, a special student for the past year in the Townsend high school, has received word that he has successfully passed the entrance
examinations for the University of Pennsylvania. His marks in the languages were in the 80's and in science and mathematics in the 90's. When Mr. Kline entered the high school last fall he had never attended grammar school, his only preparation being a little private tutoring. When we add to this the fact that he has been working his way through school his success seems nothing short of marvelous and reflects great credit upon himself and upon the school. Mr. Kline is to take a course in veterinary medicine at the University ot Pennsylvania." From Minnesota Alumni Weekly, 24 March 1919, p. 10:
"Appointments.
Appointments were made as follows: Henry W. Vaughn, professor of animal
husbandry and animal husbandman of the experiment station, $3.300, effective August 1; Robert E. Hodgson, superintendent of the Vaseca station. Special lectures as follows: Alma Binzel, Adele Koch, home economics, A. W. Hodgman, forestry. Instructors as follows: Edwin A. Hansen, dairy husbandry; A. C. Heine, agricultural engineering, Morris. Assistants: Charles L. Lewis, Jr., plant pathology and botany, two months; <Dr. Harry Kline>, veterinary medicine, one month; ----" |
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Jun-12-13
 | | Tabanus: The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 3 Sept. 1911:
"Harry Kline of Denver, Col., is a newcomer, and carried off fourth prize." |
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Jun-12-13
 | | Tabanus: The Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 1907:
“Articles were signed last night at the Boston Chess Club between Harlow B. Daly, the secretary of the Metropolitan chess league and member of the Dorchester Chess Club, and <Harry J. Kline>, the crack player of the Paul Morphy Club for a series of games and a money stake. [---] The first game will be decided at the Boston Chess Club Monday night, March 4, and the contest is to end April 1.” There was a Paul Morphy Club in Boston, and cf. Harlow Bussey Daly. Philadelphia Inquirer 23 Dec. 1906:
“On December 6 a match was played between the Central High School Chess Club and the Chess Club of the West Philadelphia Y. M. C. A. at the rooms of the latter club. The result was as follows: [---] <Kline>, 1 Noble, 1 [---]” Where is “Central High School Chess Club”? |
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Jun-12-13 | | TheFocus: <Tabanus> Gaige's <Catalog of USA Chess Personalia> has Harry P. Kline, born in USSR and died in Waltham, Massachusetts. Maybe that's a clue? |
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Jun-12-13
 | | Tabanus: <TheFocus> No! Look: Gaige has Zhidik Lithuania URS
1930 census has Latvia
Naturalization Index 1913 has Liban Russia.
World War I Cards, 1917-1918 has Leban-Cousland Russia The middle P. is in Gaige only. The middle J. is in Boston Herald 1907 only. Everywhere else it's just 'Harry Kline'. |
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Jun-12-13 | | TheFocus: <Tabanus> Thumbs up! Good. |
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Jun-13-13
 | | Tabanus: The New York Press, 21 Jan. 1913:
"From one of the strongest fields that has ever participated in the rapid transit tournaments of the Manhattan Chess Club, and which included six of the national tournament competitors, <Harry Kline of Boston> carried off the chief prize in the lightning contest played after the conclusion of the first round of the masters' competition, the time limit being ten seconds to a move. Kline, though he lost his individual encounter with F. J. Marshall, the United States champion, finished with a total of 12 to 2, or half a point better than the score of the latter. Charles Jaffe won the third prize with a score of 10½ to 8½. The fourth and fifth prises were divided between four players, who made scores of 8½ to 5½, viz, Major J. M. Hanham, L. B. Meyer, J. Rosenthal and G. H. Koehler. Oscar Chajes of Chicago was placed next with a score of 8 to 6. Other players were L. E. Zapoleon. H. Liebenstein, G. J. Belhoff, A. Pulvermacher, H. Wahrburg, H. Cabot and J. F. Smyth." |
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Jun-13-13
 | | Phony Benoni: <American Chess Bulletin>, January 1944, p.13: <The Late Dr. Henry> [sic] <KlineWe are indebted to Barnie F. Winkelman, of Philadelphia, for information concerning the passing of Dr. Harry Kline, prominent in his youth in intercollegiate chess, and subsequently active in Boston, Philadelpha, and New York circles. We quote from Mr. Winkelman's communication: "Possibly you noted the death of our good friend, Dr. Harry Kline, in Waltham, Mass., last month. I knew him for many years, from the days when we were on the chess team of the University of Pennsylvania together. "He had come down from Boston, where he had just won the New England chmpionship, and he did well in the tournaments of the Philadelpha and Pennsylvania chamionships. "He was a man of sterling character and a real sportsman. He loved chess and it meant much to him. Few knew how hard he had worked to achieve his rank as Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; and as a professional man his days were a continued round of duties. Near the end, he became Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Boston University, but the strain had already weakened him. "In the November, 1921, issue of the "American Chess Bulletin", I came across a reference to the champion Paul Morphy chess team--H. W. Barry, W. Marshall, Moses Sussman, Kline and Zeidman. Harry learned his chess in the group, as a boy in Boston and it was good chess. But his work had to come first."> |
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Jul-16-13
 | | Tabanus: Obituary in Waltham News-Tribune 18 Aug. 1943:
"Prof. Harry Kline Dies Suddenly
A heart attack at his home, 95 Adams street, Waltham, yesterday morning, caused the sudden death of Dr. Harry P. Kline, a professor of anatomy at the Middlesex University School of Veterinary Science. Dr. Kline had been a resident of Waltham for the past year and was a member of the Beth Israel Community. He was born in Lithuania. He received his education in this country and was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and the University of Pennsylvania. He was an agriculturist as well as a veterinarian. Dr. Kline is survived by his wife, Esther Kline, and a daughter, Deborah, a Sophomore in the Middlesex University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He was editor of the Yiddish weekly magazine, Heft-n, and was a prominent chess player." |
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Jul-16-13 | | Bureaucrat: With his boss:
http://www.zdf-enterprises.de/en/in... |
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Jun-24-14
 | | offramp: <Tabanus: ...Denver, Minnesota. Which is near to Excelsior, Minnesota where the Western Ch was held.> Nice city, Excelsior. You can get promoted quicker there than anywhere else. |
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Jun-24-14
 | | perfidious: True, but y'all can get high quicker 'n easier in Denver. |
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Jun-10-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Harry Kline. |
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