1856 Edward Hegeler and Fredrick Matthiessen arrive in America and form the Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Works, a major provider of zinc used to produce brass Civil War armaments.
"; ar_text[ar_text.length] = "1874 Work begins on the Mansion with the importation of craftsmen from Germany and other parts of Europe. Their craftsmanship over the next two years is still apparent today.
"; ar_text[ar_text.length] = "1886-1887 Edward Hegeler forms Open Court Publishing and invites the German scholar Dr. Paul Carus to join him and become the managing editor of Open Court Publishing Company.
"; ar_text[ar_text.length] = "1880´s Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Company becomes the largest zinc producer from 1880-1910.
"; ar_text[ar_text.length] = "1888 Dr. Paul Carus marries Mary, Edward and Camilla Hegeler´s daughter.
"; ar_text[ar_text.length] = "1893 Hegeler and Carus attend the World´s Parliament of Religions. They expand Open Court to include Asian religious texts.
"; ar_text[ar_text.length] = "1894 Dr. Paul Carus writes The Gospel of Buddha: According to to Old Records, a seminal work on Buddhism.
"; ar_text[ar_text.length] = "1897 D. T. Suzuki is hired by Carus to help translate Asian religious works for Open Court.
"; ar_text[ar_text.length] = "1915 Edward Hegeler Carus, a grandson of Edward Hegeler, establishes Carus Chemical Company, which becomes the world´s largest producer of potassium permanganate.
"; ar_text[ar_text.length] = "1919 Paul Carus dies leaving Mary to administer both Open Court and the Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Company.
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