KASPAR BUTZ
\kˈaspɑː bˈʌts], \kˈaspɑː bˈʌts], \k_ˈa_s_p_ɑː b_ˈʌ_t_s]\
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A German-American versifier; born in Hagen, Westphalia, Oct. 23, 1825; died at Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 17, 1885. He was a prominent political journalist in his native land in the stirring days of 1848, but was forced to flee to this country. Here he became a noted (Chicago) newspaper man, and produced pleasing verse, collected in "A German-American's Poems" (1879) and "Grandfather Songs" (1887).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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