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The Milwaukee Journal
September 4, 1934


           By Special Correspondence of The Journal.
           
           Sturgeon Bay, Wis. - Funeral Services were
        held from the Moravian church here Tuesday for
        CAPT. FRANK JACOBS, 76, who was in command of
        tugs during the building of the Sturgeon Bay
        canal and then spent nearly 40 years tugging
        on the Chicago river and drainage canal. He 
        retired about seven years ago. The captain was
        found dead in his bed Sunday at his home near
        Sawyer.
           CAPT. JACOBS, who was born in Germany, was
        placed in command of a craft here when only 19.
        He was the youngest captain on the lakes then
        and one of the best. Pioneer marine men still
        relate how, to prove the supremacy of the tug
        O. B. Green, he ran a thrilling race with the
        tug John Gregory here in the early eighties and
        won out when the latter gave up after almost
        blowing up her boilers.
           As hard boiled a man as ever had command of
        a boat, JACOBS had no use for religion in the
        early days, but at Chicago in 1898 he suddenly
        reformed as a result of chance attendance at
        the Moody church and since that time was an
        ardent church worker.
           Surviving are three brothers, THEODORE and
        BRUNO of Milwaukee and JOHN of Canada.
        
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