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    JOSEPH W. MEANS, M.D.

    A prominent physician of central Ohio, Joseph Warren Means, has attained his present position by merit. He was born in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1855, his parents being Joseph and Margaret Means, both of whom were of German descent. He completed his literary education in the Covode Academy, near his Pennsylvania home, and afterward came to Ohio, where in 1877 he was graduated from the scientific department of the National Normal University at Lebanon. Subsequently he engaged in teaching school for seven years and was an able educator, but preferring to devote his energies to the practice of medicine, completed his studies in the Pulte School of Medicine, by graduation, in 1881. Not content, however, with the knowledge he had already acquired, he matriculated in the Chicago Homeopathic College and took a post graduate course in Chicago, in 1898. In 1897 he was elected president of the American Association of Orificial Surgery in Chicago, a fact which plainly indicates his high standing among his professional brethren, and in 1900 was elected president of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio.

    In politics, the Doctor is a Republican, and has served for two terms as coroner of Miami county. In 1899 he served as president of the city council of Troy, representing the first ward. He has made a close study of economics and of various public questions and is a stanch advocate of municipal ownership. It was through his influence that the city of Troy purchased the electric light plant and thereby reduced the price of current from twenty cents per thousand watts to eight cents.

    Dr. Means came to Troy in 1881 and the city has since been his home. He was married in that year to Miss Eola F. Roberts, of Christiansburg, Ohio, daughter of George W. and Diantha (Corbley) Roberts, both natives of Ohio. They have one daughter, Myrtle, who was born July 27, 1883. Socially he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias fraternity. His reputation in his profession is not limited by the confines of Miami county nor of the state, for he is widely known in medical circles outside of Ohio. He is a man of public spirit, a leader of thought and action and his labors in behalf of the city have been very effective and beneficial.

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