William boetcker biography

William John Henry Boetcker (1873–1962) was an American religious leader and influential public speaker.
William John Henry Boetcker was an American religious leader and influential public speaker.
Brief Life History of William John Henry.

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Reverend William John Henry Boetcker

When Reverend William John Henry Boetcker was born on 17 July 1873, in Altona, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany, his father, Wilhelm Martin Emil Bötker, was 32 and his mother, Wilhelmine Marie Christlieb Hansen, was 32. He married Anna Emily Albrecht on 6 November 1899, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1936 and lived in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Geneva, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States for about 15 years. He died on 12 March 1962, in Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Millcreek Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Ferris-Wheel

The Columbian Exposition was the marvel of the age. More than 600 acres of exhibitions. More than 27 million thronging participants. At its entrance, a gleaming “alabaster city,” neoclassical in design and overwhelming in grandeur.{footnote}Katharine Lee Bates, a professor at Wellesley College, saw the gleaming White City as a model for all American cities of the future, and so in “America the Beautiful” she wrote: “Thine alabaster cities gleam/Undimmed by human tears.” For a great deal more about the White City and the horror that haunted its rim, see Eric Larson’s The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America (New York: Random House, 2003).{/footnote} At its heart, America’s first Midway—a fragmented collection of the world’s most amazing and amusing, including replicas of the Eiffel Tower, St. Peter’s Basilica, Blarney Castle, and an erupting volcano.{footnote}Midway Plaisance was the name of the park that originally connected Jackson Park and South Park in Chica

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William J. H. Boetcker

William John Henry Boetcker (1873–1962) was an American religious leader and influential public speaker. Born in Hamburg, Germany, he was ordained a Presbyterian minister soon after his arrival in the United States as a young adult. Boetcker was ordained in Brooklyn, New York. He quickly gained attention as an outspoken opponent of organized labor and was instrumental in the founding of the Citizens Industrial Association,^[1] later making a professional career of public speaking, and is sometimes considered the forerunner of such contemporary "success coaches" as Anthony Robbins. He is widely credited with coining the phrase, "A man is judged by the company he keeps, and a company is judged by the men it keeps, and the people of Democratic nations are judged by the type and caliber of officers they elect.”^[2]

The Ten Cannots

An outspoken political conservative, Rev. Boetcker is perhaps best remembered for his authorship of a pamphlet entitled The Ten Cannots, originally published in 1916, that emphasizes freedom and respo