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Standart's business activities were characterized by writers as "cooperation in public interests" and "zealous support of he believes will contribute to the material, social or moral improvement of the community". Outside of his hardware business, Standart was a long-time member of the
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Standart entered the hardware business in 1850 at the age of 16 when he took a job at a retail hardware store in Auburn, working for a salary of $ 50 a year. Two years later he moved to
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