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Source: See Full Citation Below Biography
Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

LOUIS COHEN.
    Louis Cohen, president of the Fort Smith Office Supply House, a man whose
diligence and enterprise in business have constituted the basic elements of his
steady progress toward the goal of prosperity, was born in Buffalo, New York, in
1SS9, a son of H. L. and Regina (Strauss) Cohen. The father is now engaged in
the real estate business at Drumright, Oklahoma, having removed to the southwest
by reason of his belief in the business possibilities and opportunities of this
great and growing section of the country.

    Louis Cohen, spending his youthful days in the home of his parents, who
removed from New York to Denver, Colorado, there pursued his education to the
age of sixteen years, when in 1905 he came to Fort Smith and here started out in
the business world by securing employment on a local newspaper. He gradually
worked his way upward in newspaper circles and eventually became circulation
manager of the Southwest American, a position which be occupied for five and a
half years. Later he was made circulation manager of the Times Record at Fort
Smith and there continued for six years. Desirous of engaging in the business on
his own account, he ultimately organized the Fort Smith Office Supply House in
1919, and this was later incorporated, with Mr. Cohen as the president, C. S.
Weaver as vice president and E. N. Cohen as secretary. They conduct a business
in office furniture and supplies and their trade covers the territory of eastern
Oklahoma and western Arkansas. The business is steadily growing along most
satisfactory lines and already the patronage of the house has reached most
substational proportions.

    Mr. Cohen was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Ney, a daughter of
Rudolph Ney, and they now have one child, Marie Rosalie, who is three years of age.

    Mr. Cohen is prominently known as a valued and representative member of
various civic clubs. He is the secretary of the Lions Club, formed to promote
business interests and to uphold the highest standards of Americanization. He
served as president of the Ad Club, of which he was previously secretary, and he
is the secretary of the Progress Club. He is likewise secretary of the
Independent Order of B'nai B'rith and secretary of the Jewish Charity Fund. He
also is a trustee of the United Hebrew congregation. He belongs to the Business
Men's Club and to the Retail Merchants Association. He closely studies business
conditions and his opinions thereon indicate his wide investigation and thorough
understanding.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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